Secrets

Dedicated entirely to French music from the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries, our cycle of arrangements explores the multitude of colours that the combination of guitar and violin can offer. Our special selection focuses on pieces written with chords and arpeggios that lend themselves naturally to the guitar. The different types of chord, the fragility of playing in harmonics, the rasgueado and even percussive sounds on the guitar, serve every nuance of the score, adding variety and depth. The guitar, with its Spanish warmth so dear to the French in that period, also reinforces the intimate character of the ensemble, particularly in the pieces where delicacy is at the heart of the musical expression.

    1.    Gabriel Fauré, Les berceaux
    2.    Claude Debussy, Minstrels 
    3.    Maurice Ravel, Là-bas, vers l'église
    4.    Maurice Ravel, Mejerke, main Suhn
    5.    Gabriel Fauré, Improvisation
    6.    Camille Saint-Saëns, Le Déluge, prélude
    7.    Cécile Chaminade, Sérénade espagnole
    8.    Claude Debussy, Clair de lune
    9.    Gabriel Fauré, Berceuse
    10.    Charles-Marie Widor, Méditation
    11.    Gabriel Fauré, Après un rêve
    12.    Edouard Lalo, Guitare
    13.    Gabriel Fauré, Sicilienne
    14.    Emmanuel Chabrier, Feuillet d'album
    15.    Maurice Ravel, Vocalise en forme de habanera
    16.    Maurice Ravel, Kaddish
    17.    Gabriel Fauré, Romance sans paroles, op. 17 no. 3
    18.    Mel Bonis, Gai printemps
    19.    Mélanie Chasselon, Abandon

Jean-Samuel Bez - violin

Raphaël Béreau - guitar