Nicolas Dupont; Olga Kirpicheva - Prelude: Debussy / Poulenc / Franck

PRELUDE: a new take on the violin sonatas from Debussy, Poulenc and Franck.Violinist Nicolas Dupont launched a competition is to find three short works for violin and piano to complete the programme for this new CD with pianist Olga Kirpicheva.

PRELUDE looked for newly composed works for violin and piano with a duration of maximum three minutes, which would serve as prelude to one of the following sonatas:

Claude Debussy � Sonata for violin and piano in G minor

Cesar Franck � Sonata for violin and piano in A major

Francis Poulenc � Sonata for violin and piano

The result are three premiere works which sit alongside and complement these French sonatas for Violin and Piano.