Brahms, Schumann, Franck, Lekeu: Violin Sonatas, etc / Christian Ferras, Pierre Barbizet

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Album Summary

Performers

• Christian Ferras (Violin)
• Pierre Barbizet (Piano)
• Jean-Claude Ambrosini (Piano)

Composers

• Guillaume Lekeu (1870 - 1894)
• Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962)
• Grigoras Dinicu (1889 - 1949)
• Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944)
• Pablo de Sarasate (1844 - 1908)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)
• Franz Schubert (Vienna) (1797 - 1828)
• Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924)
• Manuel de Falla (1876 - 1946)
• César Franck (1822 - 1890)
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
• Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847)
• Jules Massenet (1842 - 1912)
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921)

Notes & Reviews:

This set contains a selection of the recordings by the great French violinist focusing on his prowess as a chamber musician. Ferras was born in 1933 of musical parentage - his father had been a violinist and a pupil of Marcel Chailley, a devotee and friend of Saint-Saens. This set is a superb portrait of a great artist, who was gifted beyond anyone's wildest dreams but lost the fight with his inner demons of depression and alcohol dependency.

This set contains a selection of the recordings by the great French violinist focusing on his prowess as a chamber musician. Ferras was born in 1933 of musical parentage - his father had been a violinist and a pupil of Marcel Chailley, a devotee and friend of Saint-Saens. Though Christian's talent was not in dispute, his father was extremely pushy and the undue pressure he exerted on his young son probably led to the mental instability that led to Ferras's suicide in 1982. At the age of 8, Ferras enrolled at the Paris Conservatoire and in 1943 won first prize. This set is a superb portrait of a great artist, who was gifted beyond anyone's wildest dreams but lost the fight with his inner demons of depression and alcohol dependency.

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César Franck (1822 - 1890) : Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8

• Performers: Christian Ferras (Violin); Pierre Barbizet (Piano)
• Notes: Composition written: 1886.
• Running Time: 26 min. 4 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Lekeu, Guillaume : Sonata for cello & piano in G major

• Performers: Christian Ferras (Violin); Pierre Barbizet (Piano)
• Running Time: 29 min. sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic

Brahms, Johannes : Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in G major, Op. 78

• Performers: Pierre Barbizet (Piano); Christian Ferras (Violin)
• Running Time: 25 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1878-1879

Brahms, Johannes : Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 100

• Performers: Pierre Barbizet (Piano); Christian Ferras (Violin)
• Running Time: 19 min. 37 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1886

Brahms, Johannes : Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 108

• Performers: Pierre Barbizet (Piano); Christian Ferras (Violin)
• Running Time: 21 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1886-1888

Brahms, Johannes : Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"

• Performers: Christian Ferras (Violin); Pierre Barbizet (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1853

Schumann, Robert : Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in A minor, Op. 105

• Performers: Pierre Barbizet (Piano); Christian Ferras (Violin)
• Running Time: 16 min. 12 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1851

Schumann, Robert : Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 121

• Performers: Christian Ferras (Violin); Pierre Barbizet (Piano)
• Running Time: 28 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1851

Schumann, Robert : Romances (3) for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94

• Performers: Pierre Barbizet (Piano); Christian Ferras (Violin)
• Running Time: 9 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1849

Kreisler, Fritz : Liebesfreud

• Performers: Jean-Claude Ambrosini (Piano); Christian Ferras (Violin)
• Running Time: 3 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: by 1910

Kreisler, Fritz : Liebesleid

• Performers: Jean-Claude Ambrosini (Piano); Christian Ferras (Violin)
• Running Time: 3 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: by 1910

Schumann, Robert : Kinderszenen :: Träumerei

• Performers: Christian Ferras (Violin); Jean-Claude Ambrosini (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1838

Schubert, Franz : Ave Maria

• Performers: Christian Ferras (Violin); Jean-Claude Ambrosini (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1825

Kreisler, Fritz : Rondino on a theme by Beethoven

• Performers: Jean-Claude Ambrosini (Piano); Christian Ferras (Violin)
• Running Time: 2 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: circa 1905

Mendelssohn, Felix : Song without words, Op. 62/1 (Andante espressivo)

• Performers: Jean-Claude Ambrosini (Piano); Christian Ferras (Violin)
• Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 01/12/1844

Dinicu, Grigoras : Hora staccato, for violin & piano (or orchestra)

• Performers: Christian Ferras (Violin); Jean-Claude Ambrosini (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1906

Antonin Dvorák (1841 - 1904) : Humoresques (8) for Piano, Op. 101/B 187

• Performers: Christian Ferras (Violin); Jean-Claude Ambrosini (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic

Kreisler, Fritz : Caprice Viennois

• Performers: Christian Ferras (Violin); Jean-Claude Ambrosini (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1910

Massenet, Jules : Thaïs :: Méditation

• Performers: Jean-Claude Ambrosini (Piano); Christian Ferras (Violin)
• Running Time: 5 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1892

Cécile Chaminade (1857 - 1944) : Sérénade espagnole, for piano, Op. 150

• Performers: Jean-Claude Ambrosini (Piano); Christian Ferras (Violin)
• Notes: Composition written: 1895.
• Running Time: 1 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1895

Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) : Berceuse for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 16

• Performers: Christian Ferras (Violin); Jean-Claude Ambrosini (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1879

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai : Sadko :: Hindu Song

• Performers: Christian Ferras (Violin); Jean-Claude Ambrosini (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1895-1896

Sarasate, Pablo de : Romanza Andaluza, Op. 22 no 1

• Performers: Christian Ferras (Violin); Jean-Claude Ambrosini (Piano)
• Running Time: 4 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Written: 1879

Falla, Manuel de : La vida breve :: Danza española

• Performers: Jean-Claude Ambrosini (Piano); Christian Ferras (Violin)
• Notes: Composition written: 1905-13.
• Running Time: 3 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1905-1913

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921) : Carnival of the Animals :: The Swan

• Performers: Jean-Claude Ambrosini (Piano); Christian Ferras (Violin)
• Running Time: 2 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1886

Stravinsky, Igor : Mavra :: Russian Song

• Performers: Christian Ferras (Violin); Jean-Claude Ambrosini (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Opera/Operetta
• Written: 1922