Franck, C.: Sonata for Piano and Violin, M. 8 / Ravel, M.: Piano Trio in A Minor

Featuring

Michael Dinnebier
Angela Charlott Bieber
Arvo Lang
César Franck
Maurice Ravel

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Performer Biography

Pianist Angela-Charlott Bieber was a first prize winner at the National Competition of the German Music Academies and a scholarship holder of the Bavarian Music Council.

Interpretation

The performers, Angela-Charlott Bieber (piano), Michael Dinnebier (violin), and Arvo Lang (cello), consider the rhythmic pulse of the first movement's 8/8 time in Ravel's Piano Trio to be the 'backbone' of the entire work.

Performer Biography

Cellist Arvo Lang has been a member of the Mannheim National Theatre Orchestra since 2001 and plays a violoncello made by Giovanni Grancino in 1697.

Instruments

Cellist Arvo Lang performs on a violoncello crafted by Giovanni Grancino in 1697, which is provided to him by Fazenda Ipiranga ('Bleu de Brasil' coffee) from Brazil.

Performer Biography

Violinist Michael Dinnebier was the first concertmaster at the State Theatre in Gärtnerplatz in Munich from 1997 to 1999 and has been the principal of the second violins of the SWR Symphony Orchestra since 1999.

Recording & Production

This CD recording was made possible through the generous support of Mr and Mrs Goltermann.

Compositional Technique

Both Franck's Violin Sonata and Ravel's Piano Trio are in the key of A, feature a long first movement serving as an introduction, and have dramatic, expressive finales.