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| ARTIST: | Ernest Chausson, Maurice Ravel, Arthur Honegger, Claude Debussy, Gabriel Faure, Pierre Barbizet, Christian Ferras |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Polygram Int'l |
| FEATURES: | Import |
| TYPE: | Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Poeme Op. 25, Tzigane, Sonata For Unaccompanied Violin, Sonata In G Minor For Violin And Piano- I. Allegro Vivo, Ii. Intermede- Fantasque El Leger, Iii. Finale- Tres Anime, Sonata No. 2 In E Minor For Violin And Piano- I. Allegro Non Troppo, Ii. Andante, Iii. Finale- Allegro Non Troppo |
| UPC: | 028946849620 |
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Customer Reviews of French Violin Masterpieces
A handsome young violinist remembered. Two exciting violinists emerged from France onto the international scene soon after the end of W W 2. One was Ginette Neveu, the other Christian Ferras. I heard them both perform before an airplane crash ended the life of one and illness restricted the career of the other.
This CD restores to the market some of the best recordings made by Christian Ferras, when he was in his early 20s. He seems indisputably at home in this all French repertoire. He captures the languorous mood of the once popular Poeme, by Chausson. Unlike Neveu, who employed very little vibrato, Ferras begins his unaccompanied entry here with plenty of vibrato, and he finishes the piece with some beautifully executed high trills.
The Ravel Tzigane has the entire requisite fire and color in this version, with orchestral accompaniment in its second half. The nowadays neglected solo violin sonata by Honneger unites Neveu and Ferras. She provided the fingerings for the published edition, and Ferras gave its first performance in 1948, following with this "creator" record in 1953. Double and treble stoppings abound especially in the outer movements. The emotional content of the two middle movements is especially striking. In the Debussy violin sonata and Faure's second violin sonata Ferras is accompanied by Pierre Barbizet.
Collectors might approach this Decca Legends reissue with hesitation, knowing that Decca recording techniques and violins were incompatible in the early 1950s. I can report that there is no need for such hesitation. Everything here was comfortably and successfully recorded and the remastering has done justice to the recordings and the memory of a fine artist.