Franchomme: Cello Works / Franchomme-Chopin: Grand Duo Concertante (Sony)

Auguste Franchomme (Composer), Frederick Chopin (Composer), Anner Bylsma (Performer), Lambert Orkis (Performer), L'Archibudelli (Performer), Smithsonian Chamber Players (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Anner Bylsma, Lambert Orkis, L'Archibudelli, Smithsonian Chamber Players
• Composer: Auguste Franchomme, Frederick Chopin
• Audio CD (February 7, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B00000296W
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #96,868 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Air Auvergnat Varie, Op.26

2. Caprice, Op.7 No.7

3. Nocturne In G

4. Grande Valse, Op.34

5. Grand Duo Con

6. Caprice, Op.7 No.4

7. Nocturne, Op.15 No.3

8. Caprice, Op.7 No.2

9. Air Russe Varie No.2, Op.32

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Be prepared to be blown away., January 28, 2005

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Michael Choate (Orange County, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Franchomme: Cello Works / Franchomme-Chopin: Grand Duo Concertante (Sony) (Audio CD)

This is perhaps some of the most beautiful music ever written. Given the right circumstances you will "tear-up" when listening. Not all the songs pull on the heart-strings. The others make one to feel truly alive. To buy this is not like spending money rather, it's an investment in ones soul.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars passionate string music (my stepping stone from freejazz to classical music), February 21, 2009

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M. Flikweert (Amsterdam, Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Franchomme: Cello Works / Franchomme-Chopin: Grand Duo Concertante (Sony) (Audio CD)

Before this cd I mainly listened to choatic freejazz (john zorn, masada, pat metheny), bebop (miles, mal waldron).
This is my first classical music cd is actually a very logical next step from freejazz to classical music.
Everything about this cd is of excellent quality: performers, the music, the way it was recorded lets me enjoy the acoustics, of the wood and the snares (made from guts of pig apparently).
So now my poor neighbours have to suffer the screeching of pig guts in the night from my appartment. Well at least it is not freejazz anymore.