Cassadó: Sonate, Suite - Casals: Cello Pieces Valérie Aimard & Cédric Lorel

• Gaspar Cassadó (1897 - 1966): Requiebros:
• 1 Cassadó: Requiebros 05:09
• Pablo Casals (1876 - 1973): Pastorale:
• 2 Casals: Pastorale 06:54
• Rêverie:
• 3 Casals: Rêverie 05:07
• Gaspar Cassadó: Serenade for Cello and Piano:
• 4 Cassadó: Serenade for Cello and Piano 03:25
• Suite for Cello Solo:
• 5 Cassadó: Suite for Cello Solo: I. Preludio – Fantasia 06:15
• 6 Cassadó: Suite for Cello Solo: II. Sardana (Danza) 05:08
• 7 Cassadó: Suite for Cello Solo: III. Intermezzo e danza finale 05:59
• Pablo Casals: Romance for Cello and Piano:
• 8 Casals: Romance for Cello and Piano 05:43
• Feuillet d'album for Cello and Piano:
• 9 Casals: Feuillet d'album for Cello and Piano 03:22
• Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916): Goyescas:
• 10 Granados: Goyescas: Intermezzo (Transc. by Gaspar Cassadó) 04:44
• Gaspar Cassadó: Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Minor:
• 11 Cassadó: Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Minor: I. Rapsodia 09:17
• 12 Cassadó: Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Minor: II. Aragonesa 04:22
• 13 Cassadó: Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Minor: III. Saeta 05:44
• 14 Cassadó: Sonata for Cello and Piano in A Minor: IV. Paso doble 03:13
• Pablo Casals: El cant dels ocells:
• 15 Casals: El cant dels ocells 03:37
• Total Runtime 01:17:59

Info for Cassadó: Sonate, Suite - Casals: Cello Pieces

2026 marks both the 60th anniversary of Gaspar Cassadó’s death and the 150th anniversary of Pablo Casals’s birth.

In this album, Valérie Aimard and Cédric Lorel pay tribute to these two towering Catalan cellists, both of whom were also composers. The full spectrum of Spanish colour resounds in Cassadó’s rarely performed Sonata in A minor, his flamboyant Requiebros, and his Suite for solo cello, which celebrates its centenary this year. In striking contrast, Casals’s youthful pieces and his deeply moving Cant dels ocells captivate through the simplicity of their poetic, dreamlike Romanticism.

Bound by a long-standing musical friendship, Valérie Aimard and Cédric Lorel illuminate the highly distinctive style of these two great masters: the passion of their musical gestures, the nobility of their expression, and the elegance of a singing line imbued with freedom.

Valérie Aimard, cello
Cédric Lorel, piano

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