Dutilleux: Tout un monde lointain

Featuring

Emmanuelle Bertrand
Pascal Amoyel
James Gaffigan
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Henri Dutilleux
Claude Debussy

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Composition History

Henri Dutilleux's 'Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher' was written for Paul Sacher, a Swiss German conductor and patron, who had previously helped Dutilleux save his eye after a shingles attack.

Composition History

Henri Dutilleux's Cello Concerto was commissioned by the prodigious Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich in 1961, but its completion was delayed by other projects.

Notable Performances

At the 1970 premiere of Henri Dutilleux's Cello Concerto in Aix-en-Provence, the work was encored immediately after its first performance at the instigation of the soloist and conductor.

Composition History

Claude Debussy's Cello Sonata was part of a planned cycle of six pieces in 'the old form, which is so flexible,' but he only completed three before his death.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Henri Dutilleux's Cello Concerto, 'Tout un monde lointain,' draws its title and thematic inspiration from a fragment of Charles Baudelaire's poem 'La Chevelure' from 'Les Fleurs du mal'.