Un violon à Paris Renaud Capuçon

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Album-Release:
2021

HRA-Release:
12.11.2021

Label: Warner Classics

Genre: Classical

Subgenre: Instrumental

Artist: Renaud Capuçon

Composer: Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), Frederic Chopin (1810-1849), Richard Wagner (1813-1883), Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), Sergej Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893), Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904), Jules Massenet (1842-1912), Claude Debussy (1862-1918), Eugene Ysaye (1858-1931)

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  • George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759):
  • 1Handel: Violin Sonata in D Major, HWV 371: II. Larghetto03:09
  • Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750):
  • 2Bach, JS: Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: II. Air03:38
  • Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962):
  • 3Kreisler: Prelude and allegro in the style of Pugnani05:58
  • Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856):
  • 4Schumann: 3 Romances, Op. 94: No. 204:07
  • Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828)
  • 5Schubert: Schwanengesang, D. 597: No. 4 Ständchen03:34
  • Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
  • 6Chopin / Arr. Milstein: Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. Posthume04:05
  • Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883):
  • 7Wagner: Albumblatt, WWV 9404:48
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897 - 1957):
  • 8Korngold: Die tote Stadt, Op. 12, Act 1: Marietta’s lied05:17
  • Giacomo Puccini (1858 - 1924):
  • 9Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, Act 1: "O mio babbino caro" (Lauretta)02:01
  • Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943):
  • 10Rachmaninov: 12 Songs, Op. 21: No. 7 "Zdes' khorosho"02:00
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893):
  • 11Tchaikovsky: Iolanta, Op. 69: “Otchevo eta prezdhe ne znala”02:25
  • Sergei Rachmaninov:
  • 12Rachmaninov: Vocalise, Op. 34: No. 1406:01
  • Antonín Dvorák (1841 - 1904):
  • 13Dvořák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55: No. 4 Songs my mother taught me02:06
  • Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912):
  • 14Massenet: Thaïs, Act 2: Méditation06:03
  • Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918):
  • 15Debussy: Préludes, Book I, L. 117: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin02:38
  • 16Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L. 75: III. Clair de lune04:32
  • Eugène Ysaÿe (1858 - 1931):
  • 17Ysaÿe: Rêve d’enfant, Op. 1404:09
  • Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897):
  • 18Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: V. Allegro in F-Sharp Minor02:19
  • Sir Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934):
  • 19Elgar: Chanson du matin, Op. 1502:31
  • Charlie Chaplin (1889 - 1977):
  • 20Chaplin / Arr. Quint & Coleman: Modern Times: Smile04:07
  • Andrea Morricone (b. 1964) , Ennio Morricone (1928 - 2020):
  • 21Morricone: Cinema Paradiso: Childhood and Manhood02:20
  • Stephane Grappelli (1908 - 1997):
  • 22Grappelli: Les valseuses: Rolls02:16
  • Total Runtime01:20:04

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This album of popular short pieces provides a memento of the first French lockdown in 2020: Renaud Capuçon and pianist Guillaume Bellom performed on social media each day, raising the spirits of their fans. Ideal for streaming, the collection includes music by Enrico Morricone, Charlie Chaplin, Carlos Gardel, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Schumann.

Renaud Capucon, violin
Guillaume Bellom, piano


Renaud Capuçon
Born in Chambéry in 1976, Renaud Capuçon studied at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris with Gérard Poulet and Veda Reynolds. He was awarded first prize for chamber music in 1992 and first prize for violin with a special distinction from the jury in 1993. In 1995 he won the Prize of the Berlin Academy of Arts. Then he studied with Thomas Brandis in Berlin, and later with Isaac Stern. Invited by Claudio Abbado in 1997, he continued his musical experiences as konzertmeister of the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester during three summers with Pierre Boulez, Seiji Ozawa, Daniel Barenboim, Franz Welser-Moest and of course Claudio Abbado. In 2000 he was nominated “Rising Star” and “New talent of the Year” (French Victoires de la Musique), in 2005 “Soliste instrumental de l’année”, also by the French Victoires de la Musique, and in 2006 “Prix Georges Enesco” (Sacem).

He is playing with: Berlin Philharmonic, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, Dresden Staatskapelle, Munich Bayerische Rundfunk, DSO Berlin, Bamberger Symphoniker, Hessischer Rundfunk, NDR Hamburg and WDR Köln orchestras, Boston Symphony, Los Angeles Phiharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Houston Symphony, Washington National Symphony Orchestra, Montreal Symphony, Simon Bolivar Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Orchestre de Paris, Lyon, Monte-Carlo, and Toulouse Orchestras, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Moskow Radio Tchaikovsky Orchestra, Danish Royal Orchestra, Swedish Radio Orchestra, London Symphony, Academy of St-Martin-in-the-Fields, Chamber Orchestra of Europe, City of Birmingham Symphony, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Firenze Maggio Musicale Orchestra, Milano Scala Philharmonic, Rome Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic, NHK Symphony, Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Lausanne and Zurich Chamber Orchestras, under Marc Albrecht, Christian Arming, Lionel Bringuier, Semyon Bychkov, Myung-Whun Chung, Jesus Lopez Cobos, Thomas Dausgaard, Christoph von Dohnanyi Gustavo Dudamel, Charles Dutoit, Christoph Eschenbach, Ivan Fischer, Bernard Haitink, Daniel Harding, Gunther Herbig, Kristjan, Paavo and Neeme Järvi, Philippe Jordan, Emmanuel Krivine, Kurt Masur, Ludovic Morlot, Andris Nelsons, Yannick Nezet-Seguin, David Robertson, Dennis Russel-Davis, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Leonard Slatkin, Tugan Sokhiev, Robert Ticciati… In 2011 he toured USA with the China Philharmonic and Long Yu, played in China with the Guangzhou and Shanghai Symphonies and Claus Peter Flor and gave integrals of Beethoven Sonatas with F. Braley in Europe, Singapore and Hong-Kong.

Renaud Capuçon plays chamber music with Martha Argerich, Hélène Grimaud, Nicholas Angelich, Frank Braley, Yefim Bronfman, Myung-Whun Chung, Yuri Bashmet, Katia and Marielle Labèque, Mischa Maisky, Truls Mork, Maria Joao Pires, Mikhail Pletnev, Antoine Tamestit, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Maxim Vengerov. He is invited by prestigious festivals: London Mostly Mozart, Edinburgh, Berlin, Ludwigsburg, Rheingau, Lucerne, Montreux, Lockenhaus, Verbier, Gstaad, Salzburg, Schwarzenberg, Jerusalem, Stavanger, Canarias, San Sebastian, Aix-en-Provence, Roque d’Anthéron, Menton, Saint-Denis, Strasbourg, Hollywood Bowl, Tanglewood…

Discography for EMI Classics: Mendelssohn and Haydn trios and the Triple Concerto by Beethoven with Martha Argerich, Schubert recital, Berlioz/Saint-Saëns/Milhaud/Ravel with Daniel Harding and the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Ravel chamber music with Gautier Capuçon and Frank Braley, duos with his brother; Dutilleux Concerto with the Radio France Philharmonic under Myung-Whun Chung (« Grand Prix Académie Charles Cros », « Choc de la Musique », « Diapason d’Or », « Fonoforum/Sterne des Monates »), Saint-Saëns chamber music, Brahms Trios with Gautier Capuçon and Nicholas Angelich (Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik), Schubert Trout, Mendelssohn/Schumann concertos with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Daniel Harding, Brahms Sonatas with Nicholas Angelich (Gramophone/Editor’s Choice-Scherzo/Excepcional-Diapason d’Or-Choc/Monde de la Musique), Brahms Double Concerto with Gautier Capuçon and the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester (Gramophone/Editor’s Choice) and Brahms Quartets with Gautier, Gérard Caussé and Nicholas Angelich, Mozart Concertos and Sinfonia Concertante with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Louis Langrée and Antoine Tamestit, Beethoven/Korngold concertos with the Rotterdam Philharmonic and Yannick Nezet-Seguin, Beethoven Sonatas for violin/piano with Frank Braley, Fauré chamber music with N. Angelich, G. Capuçon, M. Dalberto, G. Caussé and Ebène Quartet.

Renaud Capuçon plays the Guarneri del Gesù “Panette” (1737) that belonged to Isaac Stern, bought for him by the Banca Svizzera Italiana (BSI). In June 2011 he is appointed “Chevalier dans l’Ordre National du Mérite” by the French Government.

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