Renaud Capuçon & Khatia Buniatishvili: Franck, Grieg, Dvorak Violin Sonatas
Franck, Grieg, Dvorak Violin Sonatas
It was living legend Martha Argerich, Renaud Capuçon’s frequent duo partner and Khatia Buniatishvili’s mentor, who played musical matchmaker and brought these two brilliant performers together. Their concerts at Lugano Festival in 2012 were such a resounding success that the friendship stuck. Capuçon has been praised for his “intensely lyrical” tone and “gloriously rich sound” (BBC Music Magazine). His poised, expressive playing provides the ideal counterbalance to the impassioned pianism of 27-year-old Khatia Buniatishvili, the “fiery young star” (The Independent) hailed by Argerich as “a young pianist of extraordinary talent. I was impressed by her exceptional pianistic gift, natural musicality, imagination and her brilliant virtuosity.” Together, the pair has devised a delectable program of Romantic sonatas for violin and piano – all, extraordinarily, composed within a year in 1886-87. César Franck’s Sonata in A major is one of the finest in the genre, beloved for its soaring melodies and sensuous, light-filled final movement. “Khatia and I met over Franck’s sonata,” Capuçon recalls. “This is the sonata that sealed our musical partnership, the sheer joy of playing together.”
Discography
Debussy: Sonates & Trio
Renaud Capuçon, Bertrand Chamayou, Gérard Caussé, Emmanuel Pahud, Marie-Pierre Langlamet, Edgar Moreau – 2017
Rihm: Gedicht des Malers, Dusapin: Aufgang, Mantovani: Jeux d’Eau
Wiener Symphoniker, Orchstre de l’Opéra National de Paris, Philippe Jordan, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Myung-Whun Chung – 2016
Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole, Bruch: Violin Concerto
Lalo, Bruch, Sarasate, Paavo Järvi, Orchestre de Paris – 2016
Renaud Capuçon & Khatia Buniatishvili: Franck, Grieg, Dvorak Violin Sonatas
Franck, Grieg, Dvorak Violin Sonatas
Distant Lights – Vasks; Bach: Violin Concertos BWV 1041 & 1042
Renaud Capuçon, violin & direction Chamber Orchestra of Europe Céline Frisch, continuo (Bach) – 2014
La muse et le poète – Concertos
Renaud Capuçon , Camille Saint-Saëns, Lionel Bringuier, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Gautier Capuçon – 2013
Fauré : Complete chamber music for strings
Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Gérard Caussé, Nicholas Angelich, Quatuor Ébène – 2011
Beethoven & Korngold : Violin Concertos
Renaud Capuçon, Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin – 2009
Mozart : Violin Concertos 1 & 3, Sinfonia Concertante
Renaud Capuçon, Louis Langrée, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Antoine Tamestit – 2009
Dutilleux : Concertos • Orchestral Works
Renaud Capuçon, Mstislav Rostropovich, Various Artists – 2008
Brahms : Double Concerto & Clarinet Quintet
Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, Myung-Whun Chung, Paul Meyer – 2007
MENDELSSOHN & SCHUMANN : VIOLIN CONCERTOS
Renaud Capuçon, Daniel Harding, Mahler Chamber Orchestra – 2004
BEETHOVEN : TRIPLE CONCERTO & SCHUMANN : PIANO CONCERTO
Martha Argerich, Renaud Capuçon, Mischa Maisky, Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky – 2004
DUTILLEUX : CELLO & VIOLIN CONCERTOS
Truls Mørk, Renaud Capuçon, Myung-Whun Chung, French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra – 2002
