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Gramophone Magazine
January 2024
Recording of the Month
Bruno Philippe (cello), Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christoph Eschenbach, Tanguy de Williencourt (piano)
Fauré: Romance in A major for cello & piano, Op. 69
Franck, C: Cello Sonata in A major
Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 33
Fauré: Papillon, Op. 77
Poulenc: Cello Sonata, Op. 143
Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1
Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux: Le Cygne
From the overt Romanticism of Saint-Saëns to the nostalgia-laden modernity of Poulenc, Bruno Philippe takes us on a journey through (almost) a century of French cello music.
Alongside Tanguy de Williencourt, he also performs the cello version of Franck’s famous Violin Sonata, one of the absolute peaks of nineteenth century chamber music.
