Gaubert: Works for Violin, Cello, and Piano

Featuring

Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian
Marie-Josèphe Jude
Henri Demarquette
Philippe Gaubert

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Philippe Gaubert preferred freer, more concise forms of a poetic and evocative nature, producing only one symphony but many short pieces.

Compositional Technique

Gaubert's violin writing, as heard in the Sonata, is purely melodic, rarely using double-stopping or pizzicato, emphasizing a lyrical effusion.

Instruments

Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian, the violinist on this album, plays a Petrus Guarnerius violin from Venice, dated 1748.

Composer Biography

Philippe Gaubert, the composer, was a brilliant flautist and also a magnificent violinist, with the Paris Conservatoire commissioning competition pieces for both instruments.

Critical Reception

The Sonata for Violin and Piano was premiered by its prestigious dedicatees, Jacques Thibaud and Alfred Cortot, and was considered worthy of taking its place alongside sonatas by other prominent French composers.

Composition History

The Sonata for Violin and Piano, a major work on this album, was composed in 1915 during the First World War.

Recording & Production

The Trois Aquarelles are recorded here for the first time in the version for violin, cello, and piano, though a more familiar version with flute was also offered by the composer.