Maurice Gendron - The Art of Maurice Gendron (2015) [14CD Box Set]

• Title: The Art of Maurice Gendron
  
• Year Of Release: 2015
  
• Label: Decca
  
• Genre: Classical
  
• Quality: FLAC (*image + .cue,log)
  
• Total Time: 17:12:37
  
• Total Size: 4,3 GB (+3%rec.)
  
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This well-deserved retrospective from Decca France is timed to coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the death of French cellist Maurice Gendron (1920-1990). His origins were poor and he hailed from Nice. At the age of three he took up music, starting with the violin, but his mother then gave him a quarter-sized cello and he was drawn to it immediately. The rest is history. At ten he was introduced to Emanuel Feuermann, and at twelve he was admitted to the Nice Conservatory, winning first prize at fourteen. Then it was on to the Paris Conservatoire to study with Gérard Hekking. Whilst there he supported himself by selling newspapers. When war broke out he was declared unfit for active service due to malnourishment, so he became a member of the resistance. During these years he formed a cello-piano duo with Jean Françaix that lasted for 25 years. There are several examples of their collaborations in this collection. His international career began in 1945 when he gave the first Western European performance of the Prokofiev Cello Concerto, Op. 58, in London. Adjacent to concertizing he held several teaching posts at the Paris Conservatoire, the Mozarteum in Salzburg, the Menuhin School in Surrey, UK and in Saarbrücken. He also did some conducting, having studied with the Dutch conductor Willem Mengelberg and the West German conductor Hermann Scherchen. He was an assistant conductor with the Bournemouth Sinfonietta in England in the early 1970s. His instrument was an 18th-century Stradivarius known as the ‘ex-Gendron’ cello which, for a time, was loaned to German cellist Maria Kliegel. His discography is biased towards standard repertoire with some twentieth century French music. He commanded an outstanding technique and expressive tone, with an impeccable sense of phrasing.
For cello mavens this is required listening.



Tracks:

CD 1

Antonin DVOŘÁK (1841-1904)
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104

Franz Peter SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in A minor, D.821

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33

Maurice Gendron - cello, Jean Françaix - piano
London Philharmonic, Karl Rankl
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet


CD 2

Robert SCHUMANN (1810-1856)
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129
Fantasiestücke, Op.73
3 Romances, Op.94
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op.129

Maurice Gendron - cello, Jean Françaix - piano
L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet
Vienna Symphony, Christoph von Dohnányi


CD 3

Franz Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)
Cello Concerto in D,H.VIIb No.2

Luigi BOCCHERINI (1713-1805)
Cello Concerto in B flat

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33
Pezzo capriccioso for cello and orchestra, Op.62

Maurice Gendron - cello
Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Pablo Casals
Vienna Symphony, Christoph von Dohnányi


CD 4

Johann Sebastian BACH (1685-1750)
Suite for Cello Solo No.1 in G, BWV 1007
Suite for Cello Solo No.4 in E flat, BWV 1010
Suite for Cello Solo No.6 in D, BWV 1012


CD 5

Johann Sebastian BACH
Suite for Cello Solo No.2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Suite for Cello Solo No.3 in C, BWV 1009
Suite for Cello Solo No.5 in C minor, BWV 1011

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)
12 Variations on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45

Maurice Gendron - cello, Jean Françaix - piano


CD 6

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
7 Variations on "Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen", for Cello and Piano, WoO 46
12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66

Antonio VIVALDI (1678-1741)
Sonata for cello and Continuo in B flat, RV.47
Sonata for Cello and Continuo in F major, R.41
Sonata for Cello and Continuo in A minor, R.43
Sonata for Cello and Continuo in B flat, R.45
Sonata for Cello and Continuo in E minor, R.40
Sonata for Cello and Continuo in B flat, R.46

Maurice Gendron - cello, Jean Françaix - piano
Hans Lang - cello, Marikye Smit Sibinga - harpsichord


CD 7

Franz Peter SCHUBERT
Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in A minor, D.821

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor

Jean FRANÇAIX (1912-1997)
Berceuse
Rondino staccato - arr. Maurice Gendron
Nocturne - arr. Maurice Gendron
Mouvement perpétuel
Sérénade - arr. Maurice Gendron

Gabriel FAURÉ (1845-1924)
Sonata for Cello and Piano No.2 in D minor, Op.117

Olivier MESSIAEN (1908-1992)
Quatuor pour la fin du temps
5. Louange à l'Eternité de Jésus

Maurice Gendron - cello, Jean Françaix - piano


CD 8

Franz Joseph HAYDN
Cello Concerto in C, H.VIIb, No.1

Antonin DVOŘÁK
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op.104
Rondo in G minor, Op.94
Silent Woods, Op.68/5

Maurice Gendron - cello
London Symphony Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
London Philharmonic, Bernard Haitink


CD 9

Luigi BOCCHERINI (1713-1805)
Cello Concerto in G

Camille SAINT-SAËNS (1835-1921)
Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor, Op.33

Gabriel FAURÉ
Elégie, Op.24

Edouard LALO (1823-1892)
Cello Concerto in D minor

Maurice Gendron - cello
London Symphony Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
National Orchestra of Monte-Carlo Opera, Roberto Benzi, 1969


CD 10

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
Piano Trio No.5 In D, Op.70 No.1 - "Geistertrio"

Franz SCHUBERT
Piano Trio No.1 in B flat, Op.99 D.898
Sonatensatz in B Flat Major D.28

Maurice Gendron - cello, Yehudi Menuhin - violin, Hephzibah Menuhin - piano


CD 11

Ludwig van BEETHOVEN
Piano Trio No.6 in E flat, Op.70 No.2

Franz SCHUBERT
Piano Trio No.2 in E flat, Op.100 D.929
Notturno in E flat major D.897

Maurice Gendron - cello, Yehudi Menuhin - violin, Hephzibah Menuhin - piano


CD 12

Johannes BRAHMS (1833-1897)
String Sextet No.1 in B flat, Op.18
String Sextet No.2 in G, Op.36

Maurice Gendron, Derek Simpson - cello, Yehudi Menuhin, Robert Masters - violin, Cecil Aronowitz - viola


CD 13

Johannes BRAHMS
Piano Trio No.2 in C, Op.87

Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY
Piano Trio in A Minor, Op.50

Maurice Gendron - cello, Yehudi Menuhin - violin, Hephzibah Menuhin - piano


CD 14

David POPPER (1843-1913)
Serenade, Op.54, No.2

George Frederick HANDEL (1685-1759)
Serse / Act 1: Ombra mai fu (Largo)

Camille SAINT-SAËNS
Le Carnaval des Animaux: Le Cygne

Robert SCHUMANN
Kinderszenen, Op.15: 7. Träumerei

Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (1844-1908)
The Tale of Tsar Saltan: The Flight of the Bumble-Bee

Niccolò PAGANINI (1782–1840)
Introduction and Variations on "Dal tuo stellato" from Rossini's Opera "Mosè"

Moritz MOSZKOWSKI (1854-1925)
Guitare, Op.45, No.2

Fritz KREISLER (1875-1962)
Liebesleid

Manuel de FALLA (1876-1946)
La vida breve / Act 2: Spanish Dance No.1

Johann Sebastian BACH
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639

Frédéric CHOPIN (1810-1849)
Introduction and Polonaise, Op.3

Wilhelm FITZENHAGEN (1848-1890)
Moto perpetuo

Enrique GRANADOS (1867-1916)
Spanish Dance Op.37, No.5 - "Andaluza" - arr. Maurice Gendron

Antonin DVOŘÁK
Humoresque in G Flat Major, Op.101

Maurice Gendron - cello, Peter Gallion - piano

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