大象传媒

Live from Wigmore Hall, London
Presented by Martin Handley

Violinist Renaud Capu莽on is joined by an ensemble including his brother Gautier on cello, in a concert from Wigmore Hall's Faur茅 Project, a programme of chamber music which spans the composer's long career.

Gabriel Faur茅:
Cello Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 109
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor Op. 15

Renaud Capu莽on (violin)
G茅rard Causs茅 (viola)
Gautier Capu莽on (cello)
Nicholas Angelich (piano)
Michel Dalberto (piano)

Over the past decade, the Capu莽on brothers have become known for their individual approach to chamber music, a style described by the critic of The Telegraph as an 'unfashionably big luxurious tone'. For Renaud Capu莽on, individuality in music is everything: he has said "When you listen to those old recordings of great violinists you hear that they use their right arm a lot as a way of expression, where currently many young violinists are using the left hand instead, which makes their play less personal. Hearing this new generation on for instance the radio you don't recognise them."

The Wigmore Hall's Faur茅 Project explores a composer whose lifetime saw huge changes in musical language, but whose own musical voice remained constant and distinctive. His innovative approach to harmony and fresh treatment of melody can be heard in his youthful First Piano Quartet, which dates from the 1870s. He composed his sublime Piano Trio in D minor in 1923, the year before he died at the age of 79.