Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 - Franck, Fauré & Poulenc (Bonus Track Version) Bruno Philippe, Tanguy de Williencourt, Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra & Christoph Eschenbach

• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924): Romance, Op. 69:
• 1 Fauré: Romance, Op. 69 03:34
• César Franck (1822 - 1890): Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8 (Arr. for Cello and Piano by Jules Delsart):
• 2 Franck: Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8 (Arr. for Cello and Piano by Jules Delsart): I. Allegretto ben moderato 06:20
• 3 Franck: Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8 (Arr. for Cello and Piano by Jules Delsart): II. Allegro 08:31
• 4 Franck: Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8 (Arr. for Cello and Piano by Jules Delsart): III. Recitativo-Fantasia. Ben moderato - Molto lento 07:39
• 5 Franck: Violin Sonata in A Major, FWV 8 (Arr. for Cello and Piano by Jules Delsart): IV. Allegretto poco mosso 06:27
• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 - 1921): Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33:
• 6 Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33: I. Allegro non troppo (Live) 06:00
• 7 Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33: II. Allegretto con moto (Live) 05:34
• 8 Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 33: III. Molto allegro (Live) 09:07
• Gabriel Fauré: Papillon, Op. 77:
• 9 Fauré: Papillon, Op. 77 03:07
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963): Cello Sonata, FP 143:
• 10 Poulenc: Cello Sonata, FP 143: I. Allegro - Tempo di Marcia 05:56
• 11 Poulenc: Cello Sonata, FP 143: II. Cavatine 06:13
• 12 Poulenc: Cello Sonata, FP 143: III. Ballabile 03:28
• 13 Poulenc: Cello Sonata, FP 143: IV. Finale 06:45
• Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1:
• 14 Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 02:57
• Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125:
• 15 Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des Animaux, R. 125: XIII. Le Cygne (Bonus Track) 02:55
• Total Runtime 01:24:33

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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.

Bruno Philippe, violoncello
Tanguy de Williencourt, piano
Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

Bruno Philippe
Born in France in 1993, cellist Bruno Philippe studied at the Conservatoire National de Région (CNR) in Perpignan and later with Raphael Pidoux and Jérôme Pernoo at the Conservatoire de Paris. Alongside his cello studies at the Conservatoire, he has also taken part in masterclasses with Gary Hoffman, Steven Isserlis, David Geringas and Pieter Wispelwey. In 2010, 2014 and 2016 he was an active participant in Kronberg Academy's Cello Masterclasses.

Bruno Philippe is a regular guest at festivals such as the Pablo Casals Festival, the Cello Biennale Amsterdam and Les Vacances de Monsieur Haydn and has already appeared in concerts with leading artists such as Renaud Capuçon, Gary Hoffman and Lise Berthaud and has performed with numerous renowned orchestras, including the hr-symphony orchestra with Christoph Eschenbach. One of his main competition successes was winning third prize at the André Navarra International Cello Competition in Toulouse in 2011. He also won the CNR Chamber Music Prize in 2007 and was awarded the Prix Nicolas Firmenich de Violoncelle at the Verbier Festival in Switzerland in 2014. The same year he was awarded both third prize and audience prize at the 63rd ARD International Music Competition in Munich. In 2017 he became laureate at the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition. In 2018 Bruno Philippe won Les Victoires de la Musique Classique.

In 2009 he recorded the Duo Op 54 No 1 by Jacques Offenbach (Integral Classic) with his former teacher, cellist Raphael Pidoux. In 2015 his recording of pieces composed by Brahms and Schumann which he recorded with the pianist Tanguy de Williencourt was released by the label Evidence.

In 2015, 2017 and 2019 Bruno Philippe took part in the Kronberg Academy Festival where he was awarded the Leyda Ungerer Music Prize 2015. In 2016 he participated in Chamber Music Connects the World. From 2014-2018 Bruno Philippe studied at Kronberg Academy with Frans Helmerson. These studies were funded by the Christa Verhein Stiftung.

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