Play: Works for Cello and Piano

Description

The French cellist Edgar Moreau can already look back on a number of exceptional achievements: among them becoming the winner of the Second Prize in Russias formidable Tchaikovsky Competition at age 17, winning the Young Soloist Prize in the 2009 Rostropovich Cello Competition in Paris, and performing with such distinguished musicians as Valery Gergiev, Gidon Kremer, András Schiff, Yuri Bashmet, Krzysztof Penderecki, Gustavo Dudamel, Renaud Capuçon, Nicholas Angelich, Frank Braley, Khatia Buniatishvili, Gérard Caussé, and the Talich Quartet. In 2013 his potential was recognized by Frances top music awards, Les Victoires de la Musique, which named him the years Révélation among young classical instrumentalists. Moreau recorded his first release for Erato with pianist Pierre-Yves Hodique. It is a collection of short pieces both virtuosic and lyrical. Rostropovichs composition Humoresque is featured alongside works by Paganini, Chopin, Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Dvoák, Massenet, Schubert, Poulenc, and Tchaikovsky, among others.