CD – Offenbach Romantique

Before becoming the high priest of Operetta in Second Empire Paris, Offenbach was a virtuoso of the cello; indeed he was called ‘the cello Lizst'. In April 1847 he performed for the first time his magnificent cello concerto, but it was subsequently forgotten. IN later years, different movements were unearthed but the work was never performed in it entirety. However, after many years of research, a complete version of the work has been recorded by Jérôme Pernoo with the orchestra the Musiciens du Louvre, under Marc Minkowski. The cd is currently available under the title Offenbach Romantique produced by Archiv Produktion.
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