Emotions

by Gautier Capucon

Overview

This release by cellist Gautier Capucon is a crossover album, consisting of short melodies from various classical and pop sources; the range of the titular emotions is rather narrow. Listener reactions may depend on whether that's what they're after, but it's certainly a well-executed specimen of the form. Capucon's classical selections hew pretty close to the list of all-time greatest hits, including Debussy's Clair de lune and Albinoni's Adagio, as well as other just slightly less familiar pieces. Beyond these, however, Capucon is more adventurous. He pairs his chestnuts, which are very evocatively played, with not only classical crossover works from Max Richter, Michael Nyman, Ludovico Einaudi, and Qigang Chen, but also pop songs and instrumental pieces. The presence of Edith Piaf on a French release of this type is not so unusual, but Leonard Cohen (the admittedly ubiquitous Hallelujah) and Scott Joplin's The Entertainer are novel. The Joplin work and Astor Piazzolla's tango Oblivion come at the end and break the consistent mood of the music that has come before; listeners may or may not find that this works. A major contributor to the overall sound is pianist Jerome Ducros, who accompanies Capucon and has also arranged many of the pieces for cello and the Orchestre de Chambre de Paris; they're unusually varied arrangements of this type. Buyers after crossover cello music will find an attractive and inventive example here. ~ James Manheim

Product Details

Release Date:	11/20/2020
Label:	Erato
UPC:	0190295189853
Rank:	78011

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Gautier Capucon   Primary Artist,Cello
Jerome Ducros   Piano,Featured Artist
La Maitrise de Notre Dame   Ensemble,Choir/Chorus,Featured Artist
Adrien Perruchon   Conductor
Orchestre de Chambre de Paris   Orchestra

Technical Credits

Tomaso Albinoni   Composer,Original Material
Leonard Cohen   Composer
Ludovico Einaudi   Composer
Edward Elgar   Composer
Felix Mendelssohn   Composer
Max Richter   Composer
Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky   Composer
Marguerite Monnot   Composer
Astor Piazzolla   Composer
Gabriel Faure   Composer
Erik Satie   Composer
Franz Schubert   Composer
Antonin Dvorak   Composer
Claude Debussy   Composer
Scott Joplin   Composer
Michael Nyman   Composer
Michael Fine   Recording Producer
Remo Giazotto   Composer
Nikos Aliagas   Liner Notes,Photography
Vittorio Monti   Composer
Jerome Ducros   Orchestration
Jin Choi   Engineer
Alain Lanceron   Executive Producer
Qigang Chen   Composer
Gautier Capucon   Liner Notes,Transcription
Stephane Gambini   Design
Simon Fowler   Photography
Guillaume Leonard de Serres   Photography
Joong Seog   Photography
Pierre Morales   Photography