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A Sentimental Moment
Franz Schubert

A Sentimental Moment

Duo Morat-Fergo

Label: Challenge Classics
Format: CD
Barcode: 0608917279122
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Catalog number: CC 72791
Releasedate: 02-11-18
- First release by Classical Guitar Duo Morat-Fergo
- The Swiss-Danish guitar duo Morat-Fergo was founded by classical guitarists Raoul Morat and Christian Fergo in 2014.
- Their mutual captivation of Franz Schubert's music inspired them to start the duo to perform the masterpieces by the Austrian composer.
“We had always felt the guitar unconsciously lingering in Schubert's musical language. That, combined with our love for Schubert's music, sparked the desire to musically arrange and finally discover Schubert's world, not only as listeners, but as performers. We started out by arranging Moments Musicaux. It was with delight that we realized how well these pieces work for guitar: the intimacy, serenity and folklore in Schubert's piano music, so to speak, lived within the character of the guitar – and in order to move even closer into his world, we decided to play copies of guitars from Schubert's time, with the very sound quality Schubert would have heard in the Viennese musical circles”.

Elisabeth Leonskaja commented after hearing the duo: “Recently I experienced a magical moment of music: two fine musicians – Christian Fergo and Raoul Morat – playing Schubert on two guitars. I felt transported back to the time of Schubert and thought I was hearing pianos from his epoch. A moment full of magical sounds.”