Sébastien Singer & André Fischer - L'amour sorcier (2024)

For their third recording for label Stradivarius, the duo singer & fischer have chosen to devote themselves to four Hispanic flavored works. With little original repertoire ­ despite the opuses that various composers have written for them in recent years ­ transcriptions, arrangements and other adaptations are usual in the ensemble’s work. However, not all works are easy to adapt, and the choice of pieces from among the ‘possibilities’ is often a difficult one. The transcriptions on this recording are the result of a process of reflection that goes back to the duo’s genesis. Their first attempts at De Falla or Granados took place in the 90s, a time when the youthfulness of the performerscertainly contributed to the enthusiasm essential to any musical interpretation, but when a lack of experience was abrake on any idea of immortalizing their concert attempts.

Since then, the singer & fischer duo have taken the time to mature, and this latest recording is the result of over thirty years of playing together. Whether in terms of sound timbre, phrasing or balance, the ensemble has achieved a musical union made possible by its longevity, proof that despite all the acceleration and frenzy in today’s world, some goals take time.

Tracklist
01. Iberia, B. 47, Book 1 (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): No. 1, Evocación
02. Iberia, B. 47, Book 1 (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): No. 2, El puerto
03. Iberia, B. 47, Book 1 (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): No. 3, El Corpus en Sevilla
04. 8 Valses poéticos, H. 136 (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): Introduction. Vivace molto
05. 8 Valses poéticos, H. 136 (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): No. 1, Melodico
06. 8 Valses poéticos, H. 136 (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): No. 2, Tempo de Vals noble
07. 8 Valses poéticos, H. 136 (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): No. 3, Tempo de Vals lento
08. 8 Valses poéticos, H. 136 (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): No. 4, Allegro humoristico
09. 8 Valses poéticos, H. 136 (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): No. 5, Allegretto. Elegante
10. 8 Valses poéticos, H. 136 (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): No. 6, Quasi ad libitum. Sentimental
11. 8 Valses poéticos, H. 136 (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): No. 7, Vivo
12. 8 Valses poéticos, H. 136 (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): No. 8, Presto
13. 8 Valses poéticos, H. 136 (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): Andante. Tempo de Valse
14. Cello Sonata in D Minor, L. 135 (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): I. Prologue. Lent, sostenuto e molto risoluto
15. Cello Sonata in D Minor, L. 135 (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): II. Sérénade. Modérément animé
16. Cello Sonata in D Minor, L. 135 (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): III. Final. Animé, léger et nerveux
17. El amor brujo (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): Introduccion y Escena
18. El amor brujo (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): En la cueva
19. El amor brujo (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): Canción del amor dolido
20. El amor brujo (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): El aparecido
21. El amor brujo (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): Danza del terror
22. El amor brujo (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): El circulo mágico
23. El amor brujo (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): A media noche, los sortilegios
24. El amor brujo (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): Danza ritual del fuego
25. El amor brujo (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): Escena
26. El amor brujo (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): Canción del fuego fatuo
27. El amor brujo (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): Pantomima
28. El amor brujo (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): Danza del juego de amor
29. El amor brujo (Arr. for Cello & Guitar by Anonymous): Final. Las campanas del amanecer