‘…French Neo-Classicism represents an affectionate and critical look at the past…without malice.’ These are the words the Swiss cellist Christophe Pantillon uses to describe the...

‘…French Neo-Classicism represents an affectionate and critical look at the past…without malice.’ These are the words the Swiss cellist Christophe Pantillon uses to describe the connecting character of the otherwise strongly contrasting post-1945 works on his new solo CD. Starting with Honegger’s Paduana (1945), the chronological arch stretches over Ibert’s Étude-Caprice (1949) and Ghirlarzana (1950), the Sonate (1956) by Henri Sauguet, the Suite en Concert by André Jolivet (1965), Dutilleux’s 3 Strophes sur le nom de Sacher (1976-82) and finally David Chaillou’s Seul (2011).