Fauré: Cello Sonatas Luca Magariello & Cecilia Novarino

• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924): Cello Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 109:
• 1 Cello Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 109: I. Allegro 06:01
• 2 Cello Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 109: II. Andante 07:23
• 3 Cello Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 109: III. Finale. Allegro comodo 07:28
• Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 117:
• 4 Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 117: I. Allegro 06:27
• 5 Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 117: II. Andante 07:26
• 6 Cello Sonata No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 117: III. Allegro vivo 05:13
• Total Runtime 39:58

Info for Fauré: Cello Sonatas

Elusive masterpieces of French chamber music on the cusp of Romanticism and the modern age.

Fauré was a reserved, self-effacing man particularly drawn by the intimacy of chamber music. Deeply attached to the romanticism of an earlier age, he is considered the last of the romantics. Debussy described him as a ‘maître de charme’, an epithet that still rings true.

During the First World War Fauré remained in Paris as head of the Conservatoire, and despite its external turmoil, this period (lasting for him until 1921, the year of the Second Cello Sonata) was the most productive of his life. His compositions of this period are notable for their force and even violence from a composer who is usually renowned for his delicacy and restraint. In fact the first movement of the First Cello Sonata is among Fauré’s most angular and assertive pieces.

The Second Sonata shares a flowing, elusive quality with much of his late music, but it falls on the ear with almost deceptive ease: ‘How lucky you are to stay young like that!’, remarked Vincent d’Indy to the 78-year-old composer when he first heard the sonata’s effervescent finale. Fauré himself remarked with typical understatement that ‘Music consists in raising us as far as possible above what is. I carry within me a certain desire for things that do not exist.’ There is a sense in which these late cello works speak in a Romantic language which the composer already knew was dead – and yet every note within them is uniquely his own, averse to tragic declamation yet unwilling to shake off a melancholy spirit of reflection Praised for their ‘excellent’ playing by the Dutch Opusklassiek magazine, the husband-and-wife team of Luca Magariello and Cecilia Novarino recorded the cello sonatas of Nikolai Myaskovsky for Brilliant Classics (95437). The album attracted glowing reviews which the new recording is sure to share: ‘The duo's longstanding partnership leads to a seamless play of sympathetic expression, so that the two sonatas are given an effective interpretation.’ (Pizzicato magazine). ‘There is an immediacy and transparency to Magariello's and Novarino's playing… Sensitive and original interpretations.’ (Classical.net)

The two sonatas for cello and piano by Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) were composed in the last decade of the composer's long and fruitful creative life. They are a significant example of how Fauré has evolved and developed his musical language during his lifetime. A reserved personality living in his own intimate creative world, deeply rooted in the romanticism that preceded him, he is considered the last of the romantics, in an age whose musical language had long been devoid of nineteenth-century canons.He is known for his vast quantity of light, expressive songs, characterised by natural, singable melodies of a charming and sweet sentiment. They became immensely popular and Tosti made a fortune with them. The music of this "maître de charme" (As Debussy called him) is essentially lyrical and his highly personal melodic and harmonic language has an exquisite quality.

Luca Magariello is one of Italy’s foremost cellists. He and his partner Cecilia Novarino already made a highly successful recording for Brilliant Classics with cello sonatas by Miaskovsky.

Luca Magariello, cello Cecilia Novarino, piano

Luca Magariello
was born in 1989 , the young talent began to study cello at the Suzuki School in Turin, and graduated from Turin Conservatory, aged 16, with the highest grade and praises studying with Antonio Mosca. From the age of 6 he toured with the Suzuki Orchestra in Italy and abroad,gaining a vast experience and reputation as soloist and orchestral cellist. After his graduation he continued his studies with some of the most important cellists such as Mario Brunello, Giovanni Sollima, Philippe Muller; but decisive will be his encounter with Enrico Dindo and Enrico Bronzi, to whom he entrusted his artistic and musical growth.

He was a finalist at the 5th Antonio Janigro International Competition in Zagreb , and in June 2010 won the Khachaturian International Cello Competition in Yerevan ( Armenia); this prestigious achievement will lead Luca to an International soloist career : He has performed as soloist in Slovenia, Romania, Albania, Japan, Macedonia, Armenia and Belgium under the batton of conductors like Guy Braunstein, Sergey Sambatyan, Filip Pavisic, Mikk Uleoja, Mario Brunello. He plays as soloist with the Soloists of Zagreb, Philarmonie Orchestra of Zagreb, State Youth Orchestra of Armenia, Durres Chamber Orchestra. He has a duo with the pianist Cecilia Novarino, studying with the Trio di Parma. They are often invited to play for important musical seasons in Italy and abroad such as Lubiana University, Società della musica in Mantova, Unione Musicale and MITO in Torino, Società della musica di Mantova, Hulencourt Chamber music di Bruxelles, Festival di Musica da Camera di Cervo, with succesfull critics and public acclaim.

Luca Magariello, in duo or other ensembles, performs in the most important musical institutions and theaters like Teatro la Fenice of Venezia, Teatro Regio of Torino, Lingotto of Torino, Teatro Verdi of Trieste. He recorded Haydn cello Concertos ( Fregoli Music – Red Dress 2010 ), the complete work: Saint Saens’s Piano Quartets Brilliant Classics, 2012 , with Avos Quartet, ( winning Vittorio Gui and Trio di Trieste Chamber Music Competition ) ; Hummel Complete piano Trio, Brillian Classics 2014. his next work for the Brillian Classic label will be available in September ( Mjiaskovskij Cello Sonatas)

Luca is the Principal Cello of the Gran Teatro la Fenice Orchestra of Venice, and from 2013 he works as Principal Cello in the Camerata Salzburg.

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