Nicolas Dautricourt - The Enescu Project (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/88]

The Enescu Project began life in the concert hall and has now been faithfully recorded to create this album. The programme is devoted to the music of the great Romanian composer and violinist George Enescu, and to that of his contemporaries and friends, creating a sense of the context in which Enescu was composing. Enescu studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Massenet and Fauré; rubbed shoulders and shared a stage with Bartók and Ravel; was the dedicatee of a sonata by Ysaÿe; and Debussy attended the premiere of Enescu’s First Symphony. Music by these composers, for different instrumental combinations, leads us to the focus of the album: Enescu’s beautiful Octet for strings, a work composed when he was only 19 and which had a profound impact on violinist Nicolas Dautricourt when he first heard it. Dautricourt is joined for this recording by a gathering of exceptional string players, and the album booklet includes a QR code that takes listeners to the spoken texts included in the original concert version of this fascinating project.

Tracklist:
01. Enescu: Aubade in C Major for String Trio
02. Massenet: Thaïs: Méditation (Arr. N. Dautricourt for Strings)
03. Bartók: 44 Duos for 2 Violins, Sz. 98 (Excerpts): No. 7, Walachian Song - No. 36a, Variation - No. 35, Ruthenian Kolomejka
04. Ysaÿe: Sonata in D Minor, Op. 27 No. 3 "Ballade"
05. Păiş: Mémoire déformée, hommage à George Enescu for String Octet
06. Fauré: Élégie in C Minor, Op. 24 (Arr. A. Lamarre for Strings)
07. Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 (Arr. N. Dautricourt for Strings)
08. Enescu: Octet for Strings in C Major, Op. 7: I. Très modéré - II. Même temps
09. Enescu: Octet for Strings in C Major, Op. 7: IIIa. Très fougueux
10. Enescu: Octet for Strings in C Major, Op. 7: IIIb. Lentement
11. Enescu: Octet for Strings in C Major, Op. 7: IV. Mouvement de valse bien rythmée


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