Gautier Capuçon plays Schubert, Schumann, Debussy & Britten

Featuring

Gautier Capuçon
Frank Braley
Franz Schubert
Robert Schumann
Claude Debussy
Benjamin Britten

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Composition History

Schubert composed his Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in 1824 at the request of Johann Georg Stauffer, the inventor of the arpeggione, to promote the new instrument.

Performer Biography

Cellist Gautier Capuçon and pianist Frank Braley, a long-time collaborator, have previously performed together at the Schubertiades of Hohenems and Schwarzenberg.

Composition History

Benjamin Britten composed his Sonata in C major for cello and piano in January 1961 for the renowned cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, who premiered it with Britten himself.

Interpretation

This album pays tribute to the legendary 20th-century musical duo Mstislav Rostropovich, a renowned cellist, and Benjamin Britten, a celebrated composer.

Recording & Production

The album was recorded in the Markus Sittikus Hall in Hohenems, Austria, and the Salle Colonne in Paris, France.

Composition History

Debussy's Sonata for Cello and Piano was one of three sonatas he completed from a planned set of six, a project cut short by his death in 1918.

Instruments

The arpeggione, a hybrid instrument with six fretted strings played like a viola da gamba, was invented in 1823 by Viennese instrument maker Johann Georg Stauffer.