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Debussy - Ravel - Franck

4/5/2011, 10 Tracks, 1:00:08

Featuring

  • Jennifer Pike
  • Martin Roscoe
  • Claude Debussy
  • Maurice Ravel
  • César Franck

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Composer Biography

Achille-Claude Debussy was briefly a pupil of César Franck at the Conservatoire, though their artistic views diverged.

Source: Booklet

Notable Performances

The first performance of Debussy's Violin Sonata in G minor on May 5, 1917, featuring violinist Gaston Poulet, was Debussy's last public appearance.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Debussy's Violin Sonata in G minor was the third and final work of a projected set of six sonatas for various instrument combinations, which he began in 1915.

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

The foundation of the Société nationale de musique in 1871 provided a regular forum for chamber and orchestral music in France, free from the dictates of the opera house.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Jennifer Pike, the violinist on this album, was named BBC Young Musician of the Year in 2002, making her the youngest ever winner of the competition.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Maurice Ravel believed the violin and piano were incompatible instruments and aimed to make them as independent as possible in his Violin Sonata in G major.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

César Franck's Violin Sonata in A major was a wedding present in 1886 for the Belgian violinist Eugène Ysaÿe, who premiered it that year.

Source: Booklet

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