Release type
ALBUM
Franck: String Quartet; Violin Sonata
Product information
From $7.92
2005
8 Tracks
01:17:04
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© 2012 Decca Music Group Limited
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Franck: - 2. Allegro - Quasi lento - Tempo 1 (Allegro) View on Youtube
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Franck: - 3. Recitativo - Fantasia (Ben moderato - Largamente - Molto vivace) View on Youtube
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Whatever else they were meant to do in life, the members of the Fitzwilliam Quartet were not meant to play César Franck's String Quartet. The Fitzwilliam was fine for those who like their Shostakovich dry and their Delius cool. But the Fitzwilliam lets it all hang out in its Franck recording, and with self-restraint gone, the players let loose their inner Francophile -- and anything becomes possible. The vibrato is incredibly lush, the lines are excruciatingly intense, the intonation is unbelievably full, and the sonorities are immensely sensual. Unfortunately, this all sounds entirely inappropriate for the music. This is not to say that Franck's quartet isn't lush, intense, full, and sensual -- it certainly is -- but it is to say that the Fitzwilliam doesn't sound lush, intense, full, and sensual -- it sounds like an imitation one step up from a parody. The sound is more voluptuous than lush, more exasperated than intense, more overweight than full, and more intentionally sexual than implicitly sensual. It's all fairly embarrassing and ought to be avoided as an interpretive strategy and as a performance. However, the coupling of Franck's radiantly beautiful Violin Sonata performed here by Pierre Amoyal and Pascal Rogé is so light-filled, so soul-full, and so heartwarming that the disc will still be quite appealing to Franck aficionados, particularly in Decca's smoothly polished stereo sound. As half a disc, this release is well worth it -- but by all means skip the first four tracks.
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1. Franck: String Quartet in D major - 1. Poco lento - Allegro - Tempo I
- Cello
- Ioan Davies
- Primary Artist
- Fitzwilliam Quartet
- Performer
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Jonathan Sparey
Ioan Davies
Christopher Rowland
Alan George - Viola
- Alan George
- Violin
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Jonathan Sparey
Christopher Rowland - Ensemble
- Fitzwilliam Quartet
- Composer
- César Franck
- Balance Engineer
- John Dunkerley
- Producer
- Peter Wadland
- Studio Personnel
- John Dunkerley
2. Franck: String Quartet in D major - 2. Scherzo: Vivace
- Cello
- Ioan Davies
- Primary Artist
- Fitzwilliam Quartet
- Performer
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Jonathan Sparey
Ioan Davies
Christopher Rowland
Alan George - Viola
- Alan George
- Violin
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Jonathan Sparey
Christopher Rowland - Ensemble
- Fitzwilliam Quartet
- Composer
- César Franck
- Balance Engineer
- John Dunkerley
- Producer
- Peter Wadland
- Studio Personnel
- John Dunkerley
3. Franck: String Quartet in D major - 3. Larghetto
- Cello
- Ioan Davies
- Primary Artist
- Fitzwilliam Quartet
- Performer
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Jonathan Sparey
Ioan Davies
Christopher Rowland
Alan George - Viola
- Alan George
- Violin
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Jonathan Sparey
Christopher Rowland - Ensemble
- Fitzwilliam Quartet
- Composer
- César Franck
- Balance Engineer
- John Dunkerley
- Producer
- Peter Wadland
- Studio Personnel
- John Dunkerley
4. Franck: String Quartet in D major - 4. Finale: Allegro molto
- Cello
- Ioan Davies
- Primary Artist
- Fitzwilliam Quartet
- Performer
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Jonathan Sparey
Ioan Davies
Christopher Rowland
Alan George - Viola
- Alan George
- Violin
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Jonathan Sparey
Christopher Rowland - Ensemble
- Fitzwilliam Quartet
- Composer
- César Franck
- Balance Engineer
- John Dunkerley
- Producer
- Peter Wadland
- Studio Personnel
- John Dunkerley
5. Franck: Sonata in A major for Violin & Piano, FWV 8 - 1. Allegretto ben moderato
- Primary Artist
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Pierre Amoyal
Pascal Rogé - Performer
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Pierre Amoyal
Pascal Rogé - Piano
- Pascal Rogé
- Violin
- Pierre Amoyal
- Composer
- César Franck
- Balance Engineer
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Colin Moorfoot
Michael Mailes - Producer
- Paul Myers
- Studio Personnel
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Michael Mailes
Colin Moorfoot
6. Franck: Sonata in A major for Violin & Piano, FWV 8 - 2. Allegro - Quasi lento - Tempo 1 (Allegro)
- Primary Artist
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Pierre Amoyal
Pascal Rogé - Performer
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Pierre Amoyal
Pascal Rogé - Piano
- Pascal Rogé
- Violin
- Pierre Amoyal
- Composer
- César Franck
- Balance Engineer
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Colin Moorfoot
Michael Mailes - Producer
- Paul Myers
- Studio Personnel
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Michael Mailes
Colin Moorfoot
7. Franck: Sonata in A major for Violin & Piano, FWV 8 - 3. Recitativo - Fantasia (Ben moderato - Largamente - Molto vivace)
- Primary Artist
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Pierre Amoyal
Pascal Rogé - Performer
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Pierre Amoyal
Pascal Rogé - Piano
- Pascal Rogé
- Violin
- Pierre Amoyal
- Composer
- César Franck
- Balance Engineer
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Colin Moorfoot
Michael Mailes - Producer
- Paul Myers
- Studio Personnel
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Michael Mailes
Colin Moorfoot
8. Franck: Sonata in A major for Violin & Piano, FWV 8 - 4. Allegretto poco mosso
- Primary Artist
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Pierre Amoyal
Pascal Rogé - Performer
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Pierre Amoyal
Pascal Rogé - Piano
- Pascal Rogé
- Violin
- Pierre Amoyal
- Composer
- César Franck
- Balance Engineer
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Colin Moorfoot
Michael Mailes - Producer
- Paul Myers
- Studio Personnel
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Michael Mailes
Colin Moorfoot
Technical Specifications
- Volume
- 1 volume only
- Tracks
- 8 tracks available
- Type
- ALBUM
- Format
- Digital Media
- Duration
- 1 hour, 17 minutes and 4 seconds
- Explicit
- None
- Coverart
- Available and up to 1612x1612 px
- Booklet
- Not available
- Max Quality
CD Quality (Lossless)
16bit / 44.1 kHz
Stereo
- Audio Extension
Lossless: FLAC, M4A, WAV, WV, AIFF
Lossy: AAC, MP3, M4A, MP4, OGA, OGG, OPUS, WMA
- Archive Format
- Available in these formats: ZIP, TAR, RAR
- Lyrics
- No lyrics found
- Synchronized Lyrics
- No synced lyrics found
- Genres
- Classical
- Label
- Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Music Distribution Service
- UMG Global
- Country
United Kingdom- Language
- No linguistic content
- Popularity
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- Release Date
- Dec 31, 2005
- Track Preview
- Available
- Delivery Charge
- Free
- Delivery Method
- Digital download link via Email or Personal Dashboard on this site
- UPC
- 28947838838
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