Boëllmann: Symphonie en fa majeur, Variations symphoniques & Quatre pièces brèves
7/2/2021, 8 Tracks, 54:08
Featuring
Patrick Davin
Henri Demarquette
Orchestre Symphonique de Mulhouse
Léon Boëllmann
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Composition History
Boëllmann's Symphonic Variations for cello and orchestra, Op. 23, were inspired by César Franck's Symphonic Variations for piano and orchestra, rather than Tchaikovsky's Rococo Variations.
Performer Biography
Patrick Davin, the conductor on this album, died suddenly on September 9, 2020, making this recording his final testimony.
Composer Biography
Léon Boëllmann, the composer, was born in the same year as Debussy and died in the same year as Brahms.
Composer Biography
Léon Boëllmann's famous Suite gothique for organ, with its 'Prière à Notre-Dame' and 'Toccata', overshadowed many of his other works.
Recording & Production
This album features world premiere recordings of Léon Boëllmann's Symphonie en fa majeur and Quatre Pièces brèves.
Instruments
Henri Demarquette, the cellist, plays 'Le Vaslin', a cello created by Stradivarius in 1725, which is entrusted to him by LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.
Composition History
Léon Boëllmann's Symphony in F major, Op. 24, is dedicated to Camille Saint-Saëns and borrows some of its formal structure from Saint-Saëns' Third Symphony.
