Cellist Victor Julien-Laferrière (born 1990) was a follower of René Benedetti, Roland Pidoux and Heinrich Schiff, in a dazzling career which saw him take the 1st Prize at the 2017 Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels, after also having won 1st Prize at the 2012 Prague Spring International Music Competition. Since, his career has seen him play with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, the Orchestre National de Belgique, the Brussels Philharmonic, the Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie, the National d’Ile de France and many others, as well as partnering with chamber musicians like Renaud Capuçon, Augustin Dumay, Adam Laloum, Jonas Vitaud, Raphaël Sévère and Lise Berthaud. This is the recording, made in public, naturally, of the semi-final and final of the famous Belgian competition: the Second Concerto by Haydn, the Sonata in F Majorby Brahms alongside pianist Théo Fouchenneret, and then the formidable First Concertoby Shostakovitch, to which he brings an extraordinary energy and diabolical tension from the first to the last note.
Tracklist:
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
1. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2 : I. Allegro moderato 15:13
2. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2 : II. Adagio 04:54
3. Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, Hob. VIIb:2 : III. Allegro 05:38
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)
4. Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99 : I. Allegro vivace 06:39
5. Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99 : II. Adagio affettuoso 06:33
6. Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99 : III. Allegro passionato 06:22
7. Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99 : IV. Allegro 04:45
Dimitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
8. Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107 : I. Allegretto 06:18
9. Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107 : II. Moderato 12:29
10. Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107 : III. Cadenza 06:28
11. Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-Flat Major, Op. 107 : IV. Finale. Allegro con moto 05:16
Personnel:
Victor Julien-Laferriere, cello
Orchestre royal de chambre de Wallonie
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