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Truls M\u00f8rk and H\u00e5kon Austb\u00f8 in the French repertoire<\/p>\n
It is the French cello which is at the centre of attention on this album by Truls M\u00f8rk and H\u00e5kon Austb\u00f8. Throughout the album\u00b4s 70 minutes the duo performs works for the cello by C\u00e9sar Franck, Ernest Chausson, Claude Debussy and Francis Poulenc, all pillars of French music for the instrument. Franck\u00b4s Violin Sonata, one of those cyclic compositions beloved of Franck, is an ingenious treatment of just three notes producing many of the work\u00b4s themes. Chausson\u00b4s \u201dPi\u00e9ce for Cello and Piano\u201d is somewhat of a rarity, being one of those lyrically, quiet French works and often overshadowed by the grandeur of many well-known dramatic works of the same period. However, its beauty is unquestionable. Debussy\u00b4s Sonata, returning to the old classical forms of French music, was composed \u201cin the ancient, flexible mould with none of the grandiloquence of modern sonatas,\u201d as the composer himself described it. Poulenc\u00b4s \u201cSonata for Cello and Piano\u201d stands out from the composer\u00b4s list of works, being more dominated by woodwind pieces. Like his earlier Violin Sonata, it is a substantial work presenting Poulenc at his most imaginative. <\/p>\n
Being one of the most outstanding cellists on the international scene, Truls M\u00f8rk has distinguished himself at several important national and international competitions, and has since the mid-1980s toured extensively all over the world. H\u00e5kon Austb\u00f8, on the other hand, has since the 1970s gained international attention and has enjoyed a successful international solo as well as chamber music career.<\/p>\n
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