DUTILLEUX : CELLO & VIOLIN CONCERTOS

Truls Mørk, Renaud Capuçon, Myung-Whun Chung, French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra – 2002

Truls Mørk and Renaud Capuçon perform two great concertos by Henri Dutilleux, the mysterious and dreamlike Tout un monde lointain for cello and orchestra, written in 1970, and the lyrical violin concerto L’Arbre des songes, from 1985. The recording, made in the presence of the composer, also includes the Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher for solo cello. All three works demand a highly gifted soloist: Tout un monde lointain (the title is from a poem by Baudelaire) and the Trois strophes were written for Mstislav Rostropovich, the violin concerto for Isaac Stern; all three display Dutilleux’s rich poetic gifts, approachable, imaginative and intensely beautiful.

01 / Cello Concerto (Tout un monde lointain) : I. Enigme (Très libre & flexible)    6:35
02 / Cello Concerto (Tout un monde lointain) : II. Regard (Extrêmement calme)    6:07
03 / Cello Concerto (Tout un monde lointain) : III. Houles (Large & ample)    4:15
04 / Cello Concerto (Tout un monde lointain) : IV. Miroirs (Lent & extatique)    5:12
05 / Cello Concerto (Tout un monde lointain) : V. Hymne (Allegro)    4:32
06 / Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher for unaccompanied cello : I. Un poco indeciso    3:39
07 / Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher for unaccompanied cello : II. Andante sostenuto    2:47
08 / Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher for unaccompanied cello : III. Vivace    2:51
09 / L’Arbre des songes (Violin Concerto) : I. Librement    4:35
10 / L’Arbre des songes (Violin Concerto) : Interlude 1    2:39
11 / L’Arbre des songes (Violin Concerto) : II. Vif    1:48
12 / L’Arbre des songes (Violin Concerto) : Interlude 2    1:56
13 / L’Arbre des songess (Violin Concerto) : III. Lent    6:02
14 / L’Arbre des songes (Violin Concerto) : Interlude 3    1:20
15 / L’Arbre des songes (Violin Concerto) : IV. Large et animé    5:26