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Still in his early twenties, Gautier Capuçon plays the cello with the control and wisdom of a much older musician. The lightness of his touch and the consistent clarity of his bow strokes are... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Release Date: 22nd Apr 2003
Catalogue No: 5455602
Label: Erato
Length: 64 minutes

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Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1

Work length23:22

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Gautier Capuçon (cello)
Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Harding
Recorded: 2002-06-03
Recording Venue: 30th May - 3rd June 2002. Jugendstiltheater, Vienna, Austria.

1: I. Moderato - Cadenza

Track length9:38

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1: II. Adagio - Cadenza

Track length6:37

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1: III. Allegro molto

Track length7:07

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Haydn: Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101)

Work length23:43

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Gautier Capuçon (cello), Mahler Chamber Orchestra
Daniel Harding
Recorded: 2002-06-03
Recording Venue: 30th May - 3rd June 2002. Jugendstiltheater, Vienna, Austria.

2 (Op. 101): I. Allegro moderato - Cadenza

Track length13:51

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2 (Op. 101): II. Adagio

Track length4:33

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2 (Op. 101): III. Rondo (Allegro) - Cadenza

Track length5:19

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Haydn: Cello Concerto No.4 in D Major, Hob. VIIb / 2

Work length18:41

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Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Gautier Capuçon (cello)
Daniel Harding
Recorded: 2002-06-03
Recording Venue: 30th May - 3rd June 2002. Jugendstiltheater, Vienna, Austria.

I. Allegro

Track length8:34

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II.Adagio

Track length5:13

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III.Allegro

Track length4:54

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Still in his early twenties, Gautier Capuçon plays the cello with the control and wisdom of a much older musician. The lightness of his touch and the consistent clarity of his bow strokes are quite admirable in themselves, but when combined with an uncanny sweetness of tone in the higher registers they're breathtaking.
These qualities suit the two Haydn concertos very well indeed and bestow upon the modest little anonymous D major Concerto unexpected dignity and charm.
Daniel Harding, conducting the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, opts for galant rather than driven tempi. The scale of his orchestral forces enables him to establish a relationship with the soloist more akin to chamber music than is usually heard in these works. There's lightness of articulation throughout, conveying both intimacy and vitality.
Their reading of the C major Concerto, while not strongly imprinted, is truly Classical in its delicacy and refinement. It's shapely and spirited but never forced. It's the second item, the D major Haydn, which proves the highlight. In the opening movement Capuçon conjures the darting image of a water sprite, who can nevertheless steal time in all the right moments. The doublestops are dizzying and the chords in the poetic cadenza are exquisitely rolled. The Adagio takes on the aura of a meditation; Capuçon seems detached while gently supported by the orchestra, in a reverie of his own. When it comes, the elaboration that serves in the place of a cadenza is perfectly attuned to the moment.
The final Allegro is never allowed to go 'peasant', remaining instead in the aristocrat's drawing room where it sparkles and glows.

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