Nicolas Dautricourt – The Enescu Project (2022) [FLAC 24bit/88,2kHz]

Nicolas Dautricourt – The Enescu Project (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 01:18:52 minutes | 1,33 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Orchid Classics

The Enescu Project began life in the concert hall and has now been faithfully recorded to create this album. The programme is devoted to the music of the great Romanian composer and violinist George Enescu, and to that of his contemporaries and friends, creating a sense of the context in which Enescu was composing. Enescu studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Massenet and Fauré; rubbed shoulders and shared a stage with Bartók and Ravel; was the dedicatee of a sonata by Ysaÿe; and Debussy attended the premiere of Enescu’s First Symphony. Music by these composers, for different instrumental combinations, leads us to the focus of the album: Enescu’s beautiful Octet for strings, a work composed when he was only 19 and which had a profound impact on violinist Nicolas Dautricourt when he first heard it. Dautricourt is joined for this recording by a gathering of exceptional string players, and the album booklet includes a QR code that takes listeners to the spoken texts included in the original concert version of this fascinating project.

Tracklist:

01. Nicolas Dautricourt – Enescu: Aubade in C Major for String Trio (03:56)
02. Nicolas Dautricourt – Massenet: Thaïs: Méditation (Arr. N. Dautricourt for Strings) (05:10)
03. Nicolas Dautricourt – Bartók: 44 Duos for 2 Violins, Sz. 98 (Excerpts): No. 7, Walachian Song – No. 36a, Variation – No. 35, Ruthenian Kolomejka (03:01)
04. Nicolas Dautricourt – Ysaÿe: Sonata in D Minor, Op. 27 No. 3 “Ballade” (07:20)
05. Nicolas Dautricourt – Păiş: Mémoire déformée, hommage à George Enescu for String Octet (08:21)
06. Nicolas Dautricourt – Fauré: Élégie in C Minor, Op. 24 (Arr. A. Lamarre for Strings) (06:56)
07. Nicolas Dautricourt – Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 (Arr. N. Dautricourt for Strings) (05:30)
08. Nicolas Dautricourt – Enescu: Octet for Strings in C Major, Op. 7: I. Très modéré – II. Même temps (12:05)
09. Nicolas Dautricourt – Enescu: Octet for Strings in C Major, Op. 7: IIIa. Très fougueux (08:14)
10. Nicolas Dautricourt – Enescu: Octet for Strings in C Major, Op. 7: IIIb. Lentement (09:48)
11. Nicolas Dautricourt – Enescu: Octet for Strings in C Major, Op. 7: IV. Mouvement de valse bien rythmée (08:31)

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