Classical music
Quatuor Ebène : Debussy, Fauré, Ravel – string quartets (Artistic Confessions)
Rehearsal and recording of works by Debussy, Fauré and Ravel with the Quatuor Ebène under the artistic direction of Etienne COLLARD. The Ebène quartet composed of Mathieu HERZOG, violist, Pierre COLOMBET, first violin, Gabriel LE MAGADURE, second violin and Raphaël MERLIN, cellist, met in a rural se...
Beethoven, Symphony No. 1 in C Major, op. 21
Although still in the style of Mozart and Haydn, the audacious form and orchestration of Beethoven's First Symphony marks a turning point from the classical technique.
The third movement, classical manner "menuetto", is close to a Romantic scherzo: the tempo is much faster than a traditional menuet...
Beethoven, Symphony No. 7 in A Major, op. 92
Beethoven uses an extraordinary palette of rhythms, colours and nuances in this work, increasing the contrasts and creating a sensation of perpetual motion. Wagner said "this symphony is the apotheosis of dance itself." This dancing character reaches its peak in the final, Dionysian scherzo. Yet ...
Bel Air Festival 2010 – Saint Saëns & Schubert
Concert given as part of the 15th Rencontres de musique de chambre de Bel Air in Chambéry on September 4, 2010.
With : Renaud CAPUÇON (violin), Etienne ABELIN (violin) Béatrice MUTHELET (viola), David GUERRIER (horn), Henri DEMARQUETTE (cello), Bertrand CHAMAYOU (piano), Marc-Antoine BO...
BEST OF Renaud Capuçon & Friends
Concert given as part of the 15th Rencontres de musique de chambre de Bel Air in Chambéry.
Renaud CAPUCON and guests perform works by Mahler, Brahms, Shostakovich, Dvorak and Mendelssohn.
With : Nicholas ANGELICH (piano), Renaud CAPUÇON (violin), Lise BERTHAUD (viola), Yan Levionnois...
Gérard Caussé : Bach suites (Artistic confessions)
Meeting with the French violist Gérard CAUSSE on the occasion of the release of his album "Bach 6 Suites de danses": extracts from suites by Jean Sébastien BACH and interview with Gérard CAUSSE about Bach and his artistic collaboration with Laurent TERZIEFF .Interview Gérard Caussé Excerpts Bach 6 D...
JORDI SAVALL : THE BORGIA, church and power during the Renaissance
As part of the 5th Music and History Festival for intercultural dialogue, given at the Fontfroide Abbey in Narbonne on July 31, 2010, Montserrat FIGUERAS, on vocals and zither, Driss EL MALOUMI, on vocals and oud, the Capella Reial de Catalunya, and Hespèrion XXI, under the direction of Jordi SAVALL...
JORDI SAVALL : THE CATHAR TRAGEDY, the forgotten kingdom
As part of the Music and History Festival for intercultural dialogue, under the direction of Jordi SAVALL, Montserrat FIGUERAS, vocals and zither, Pascal BERTIN, countertenor, Lluis VILAMAJO, tenor, Marc MAUILLON, baritone, Furio ZANASI, baritone, La Capella Reial de Catalunya, and Hespèrion XXI, pe...
JORDI SAVALL : THE SPIRITUAL CONCERT, music in the time of Louis XV
As part of the 5th edition of the Music and History Festival for intercultural dialogue given at the Fontfroide Abbey in Narbonne on July 30, 2010, the Concert des Nations and Enrico ONOFRI, perform works by Corelli, Telemann and Jean Philippe Rameau, under the direction of Jordi SAVALL.
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METAMORPHOSES, Renaud Capuçon & Friends
String Sextet No. 2, Op. 36 by Johannes BRAHMS
Renaud Capuçon — violin
Aki Saulière — viola
Gérard Caussé — viola
Béatrice Muthelet — viola
Gautier Capuçon — cello
Clemens Hagen — cello
At the 2010 Bel-Air Chamber Music Festival, Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, accompanied...