The pieces in this recital by violinist Philippe Graffin and pianist Pascal Devoyon are not merely French bonbons. Several are more substantial than that. Nor are they merely transcriptions, the transference of a piece's original musical lines from one instrument to another. The opening work, in fact, is an original work by a young Saint-Saëns, not a transcription. The Caprice brilliant was written and then thought lost when Saint-Saëns was a student, according to the disc's accompanying notes. He reconstructed most of it ...
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The pieces in this recital by violinist Philippe Graffin and pianist Pascal Devoyon are not merely French bonbons. Several are more substantial than that. Nor are they merely transcriptions, the transference of a piece's original musical lines from one instrument to another. The opening work, in fact, is an original work by a young Saint-Saëns, not a transcription. The Caprice brilliant was written and then thought lost when Saint-Saëns was a student, according to the disc's accompanying notes. He reconstructed most of it as the finale of the Violin Concerto No. 3, and again as the Allegro de concert for violin and piano. In its original form, it has all the familiarity of the popular concerto, and seems to be almost as much of a showcase for the piano at times as for the violin. However, it is the violin that is the star of these works. While the Chopin nocturnes and the waltz are more literal transcriptions -- and here are like sweet treats that might be found as encores -- the other pieces have more...
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