Utwory na płycie:

• Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester Nr. 1 a-moll, Op. 33 - 1. Allegro non troppo
• Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester Nr. 1 a-moll, Op. 33 - 2. Allegretto con moto
• Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester Nr. 1 a-moll, Op. 33 - 3. Allegro non troppo
• Elegie c-moll, Op. 24 (für Violoncello und Orchester)
• Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester - 1. Andante
• Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester - 2. Lento
• Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester - 3. Allegro marcato
• Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester d-moll - 1. Präludium: Lento - Allegro maestoso
• Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester d-moll - 2. Intermezzo: Andantino con moto
• Konzert für Violoncello und Orchester d-moll - 3. Introduktion: Andante - Allegro vivace
• Camille Saint-Saens: Romanze F-Dur, Op. 36 (Fassung für Violoncello und Orchester)

Camille Saint-Saens:
Concerto for cello and orchestra no. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Romance in F major, Op. 36 (Version for cello and orchestra)

Gabriel Faure:
Élégie in C minor, Op. 24

Arthur Honegger:
Concerto for cello and orchestra

Edouard Lalo:
Concerto for cello and orchestra in D minor

The luminous textures and sensual orchestral colours that are considered essential features of French music reflect the genre’s history of great names renowned for their art of instrumentation and sensitive use of timbres. They include the composers of the cello concertos on this recording: Camille Saint-Saëns, whose skill in instrumentation always combines colour with transparency; Édouard Lalo, who was highly esteemed by Claude Debussy for the wealth of colour in his works; and Arthur Honegger, who painted striking soundscapes not only in his Cello Concerto, but also in his works for smaller ensembles.

Often it’s the fine shadings and delicate transitions that characterise the tone colours of French music and are responsible for its delightful charm.

Daniel Müller-Schott – a 2019 Opus Klassik award winner – appealingly combines five works from the French kaleidoscope of sound on his newest album with the DSO Berlin and Alexandre Bloch – Four Visions of France.

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Recording: Berlin, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, 27.-30.08.2019. Daniel Müller-Schott plays the ‘Ex Shapiro’ Matteo Goffriller cello, made in Venice, 1727and a bow by F.X. Tourte, Paris approx. 1820.