CDH55396 - Disc 1 Track 6 - Caprice

Caprice

composer

Ernest Guiraud (1837-1892)

1884; dedicated 'to my friend Sarasate'

Recordings

Rare French works for violin and orchestra

Philippe Graffin (violin), Ulster Orchestra, Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Buy by post £6.99 CDH55396 Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Details

Movement 1: Andante

Philippe Graffin (violin), Ulster Orchestra, Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Track 6 on CDH55396 [6'21] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Movement 2: Allegro appassionato

Philippe Graffin (violin), Ulster Orchestra, Thierry Fischer (conductor)

Track 7 on CDH55396 [5'27] Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Caprice

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Guiraud’s Caprice was written in 1884 and dedicated ‘to my friend Sarasate’. It was meant to follow in the footsteps of Saint-Saëns’s Introduction and Rondo capriccioso, or at least that must have been the idea. Unfortunately, even though Sarasate performed the work, and it was published soon after, Guiraud’s music, which was mostly operatic, fell slowly into oblivion after his death. The musical world was changing, and the Caprice failed to find its place in the repertoires of the next generation of violinists.