This is a beautiful album of French impressionistic works for cello and piano. Along with some standards are some wonderful, less often played works by Lili Boulanger. American cellist NatashaÂ FarnyÂ has performed with the Boston Symphony, the Buffalo Philharmonic, and several orchestras throughout New York. Solo and chamber music tours include appearances in Germany, the Czech Republic, Italy, and Brazil, and nationally at Chicago's Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts, Brooklyn's Bargemusic "Here and Now" Series, and Florida's BIG ARTS Sanibel series. Nationally, Ms.Â FarnyÂ has performed live on radio programs including Chicago's "Live from WFMT" andÂ is a regular guest at WXXI's "Live from Hochstein" series in Rochester, New York. This season, her duoÂ EkstasisÂ will perform atÂ MerkinÂ Hall, Bard College, and Saugerties ProÂ Musica. She has been appointed to numerous summer festivals including the Sewanee Music Festival, the National Music Festival (MD), and the Colorado Music Festival and during the year, teaches at the School of Music at SUNY Fredonia.

Tracklist:

Beau Soir, L. 6 (Arr. For Cello & Piano)
Cello Sonata In D Minor, L. 135: I. Prologue. Lent
Cello Sonata In D Minor, L. 135: II. Sérénade. Modérément Animé
Cello Sonata In D Minor, L. 135: III. Final. Animé
Sonata No. 1 For Violin And Piano, Op. Posthume
Vocalise-Étude En Forme De Habanera, M. 51 (Arr. For Cello & Piano)
Cello Sonata, Op. 66: I. Très Moderé
Cello Sonata, Op. 66: II. Andante Quasi Adagio
Cello Sonata, Op. 66: III. Final. Allegro Non Troppo
Après Un Rêve, Op. 7 No. 1 (Arr. For Cello & Piano)
Nocturne (Arr. For Cello & Piano)
3 Morceaux: No. 3, Cortège (Arr. For Cello & Piano)

UPC: 044747375328
Label: Centaur
Release Date: 1.3.20
Format: CD

Boulanger / Farny / Frankova - French Cello Music (CD)