Après un rêve

Gabriel Faure (Composer), Georges Bizet (Composer), Maurice Ravel (Composer), Jules Massenet (Composer), Claude Debussy (Composer), Ernest Chausson (Composer), Reynaldo Hahn (Composer), Henri Duparc (Composer), Francis Poulenc (Composer), Daria Hovora (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Daria Hovora
• Composer: Gabriel Faure, Georges Bizet, Maurice Ravel, Jules Massenet, Claude Debussy, et al.
• Audio CD (January 11, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Deutsche Grammophon
• ASIN: B00002DETC
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,242 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #70 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Vocal Non-Opera > Chansons

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52 of 52 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars French Songs Transcribed for Cello; Result is Magical, August 14, 2000

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Keith M. Kendig (Chagrin Falls, OH USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Après un rêve (Audio CD)

Occasionally a CD appears that is pure magic. This is one of them. Mischa Maisky and Daria Hovora form an ideal team: each performs on an exquisite instrument, and the recording engineer has captured everything, balance and all. In my opinion, transcribing French songs from voice to cello is a "natural"--the cello, so much like the human voice, captures the intimacy and atmosphere beautifully.

Both performers are natural story tellers, and Maisky, with an almost uniquely seductive vibrato, unhurriedly describes the French romantic soul. If a phrase is to be caressed, he caresses it. It if needs to soar, he gives it exactly what it needs. And the pianissimos! His tone sometimes just seems to come out of nowhere, and the endings often promise never to end.

Being a cellist myself, I have to say that this masterpiece both inspires and teaches. It has been said that great art leaves one changed. This CD does that, and it deserves a place in every classical music collection.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ethereal Recording of French Composers, March 28, 2011

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John Keating - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mischa Maisky - Après un rêve (MP3 Download)

I totally agree with the reviewer who states this cd is simply magic. It is an incredible 78 minute ride. The music is simply superb from start to finish. The cello and the piano are in perfect synchronicity. Each player, Mischa Maisky and Daria Hovora, bring a beauty and soul to the music that is simply undeniable.

This is 78 minutes of musical bliss. If you enjoy music that relaxes and soothes the human spirit, this certainly will work. I give this cd my highest recommendation. This is one of those "special" recordings you'll play over and over simply because it takes you to a place you want to be everytime you listen to it.