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Elena Ballario & Sergio Patria - Braids [CD]

Elena Ballario & Sergio Patria - Braids [CD]

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Cellist Sergio Patria and pianist Elena Ballario presentBraids, an album of French music for cello and piano that represents the interwoven strands of their professional and personal partnership, as well as the intricate threads between the composers and works they have chosen, from the Romanticism of Chopin to Boellmann's impressionistic sonata and Debussy's forward-looking work, written right at the end of his life.

The figure of Auguste Franchomme links Chopin and Boellmann; this cellist was Chopin's great friend and an inspiration for his cello writing, which represents a rare foray into repertoire in which the piano is not the main focus - although the work is entitled 'Sonata for Piano and Cello' in that order. Franchomme's legacy is also palpable in the Sonate pour Piano et Violoncelle, Op. 40 by Leon Boellmann, who dedicated the work to cellist and teacher Jules Delsart, one of Franchomme's pupils. Boellmann's beautiful, virtuosic music also shows, with its remarkable, almost Wagnerian harmonic fluidity, the influence of the great French organist Cesar Franck, who was inspired by Wagner and whose Sonata for Violin was arranged for cello by Delsart. Such is the complex and fascinating network of connections braided together in this programme. As for Debussy, the Cello Sonata is one of his last works, revealing a composer at once troubled by war and illness, and yet full of invention and imagination.

These works are of great significance to Sergio Patria and Elena Ballario, who have recorded with Odradek, along with violinist Franco Mezzena, the Schubert Trios Opp. 99 and 100, and an album of music by Franck, Debussy and Schmitt, which earned a four-star review in BBC Music Magazine.

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Cellist Sergio Patria and pianist Elena Ballario presentBraids, an album of French music for cello and piano that represents the interwoven strands of their professional and personal partnership, as well as the intricate threads between the composers and works they have chosen, from the Romanticism of Chopin to Boellmann's impressionistic sonata and Debussy's forward-looking work, written right at the end of his life.

The figure of Auguste Franchomme links Chopin and Boellmann; this cellist was Chopin's great friend and an inspiration for his cello writing, which represents a rare foray into repertoire in which the piano is not the main focus - although the work is entitled 'Sonata for Piano and Cello' in that order. Franchomme's legacy is also palpable in the Sonate pour Piano et Violoncelle, Op. 40 by Leon Boellmann, who dedicated the work to cellist and teacher Jules Delsart, one of Franchomme's pupils. Boellmann's beautiful, virtuosic music also shows, with its remarkable, almost Wagnerian harmonic fluidity, the influence of the great French organist Cesar Franck, who was inspired by Wagner and whose Sonata for Violin was arranged for cello by Delsart. Such is the complex and fascinating network of connections braided together in this programme. As for Debussy, the Cello Sonata is one of his last works, revealing a composer at once troubled by war and illness, and yet full of invention and imagination.

These works are of great significance to Sergio Patria and Elena Ballario, who have recorded with Odradek, along with violinist Franco Mezzena, the Schubert Trios Opp. 99 and 100, and an album of music by Franck, Debussy and Schmitt, which earned a four-star review in BBC Music Magazine.

Track Listing

Frederic Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65. I. Allegro moderato

Frederic Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65. II. Scherzo: Allegro con brio

Frederic Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65. III. Largo

Frederic Chopin: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65. IV. Finale: Allegro

Leon Boellmann: Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 40. I. Maestoso. Allegro con fuoco

Leon Boellmann: Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 40. II. Andante

Leon Boellmann: Cello Sonata in A minor, Op. 40. III. Allegro molto

Claude Debussy: Cello Sonata in D minor, L. 135. I. Prologue: Lent. Sostenuto e molto risoluto

Claude Debussy: Cello Sonata in D minor, L. 135. II. Serenade: Moderement anime

Claude Debussy: Cello Sonata in D minor, L. 135. III. Finale: Anime. Leger et nerveux

Details
  • Genre: Classical
  • Product Type: AUDIO CD
  • Barcode: 810042704510
  • Release Date: January 31, 2025
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