Discography
Lise Cristiani
SOL GABETTA, violoncello
CAPPELLA GABETTA
Dmitry Smirnov, violin and direction
Irina Zahharenkova, fortepiano
Victor Julien-Laferrière, violoncello
SONY Classical
Release Date: October 2025
1 SERVAIS - La Romanesca - Fameux air de danse de la fin du 16e siècle
2 DONIZETTI - Una furtiva lagrima - Romance de L’elisir d'emore (arr. by A. Batta)*
3 SCHUBERT - Du bist die Ruh (D. 776) - L’Attente (arr. by A. Batta)*
4 SCHUBERT - Ständchen (D. 889) - Sérénade (arr. by A. Batta)*
5 SCHUBERT - Ellens Gesang III (D. 839) - Ave Maria (arr. by A. Batta)*
6 OFFENBACH - Musette - Air de ballet du 17é siècle (Op.24)
7 SERVAIS - Souvenir de Spa. Fantaisie pour le violoncelle (Op. 2)
8 OFFENBACH - Grande scène espagnole (Op. 22) - Prière
9 OFFENBACH - Grande scène espagnole (Op. 22) - Boléro
10 ROSSINI - Une Larme - Thème
11 BATTA - Guillaume Tell - Morceau de concert pour trois violoncelles et piano*
12 SERVAIS - Fantaisie sur deux airs russes (Op. 13)*
* World premiere recording
The Mail on Sunday, January 2026
The celebrated cellist Sol Gabetta, and a carefully selected ensemble, has produced a first-class album of music associated with the now almost forgotten cello player Lise Cristiani, who was born 200 years ago and was the first woman to play the instrument in public. ... This is an album of great charm, but also of huge accomplishment. And for me, who had, I confess, never previously heard of Cristiani, it is one of the best things to have appeared in the past 12 months. I cannot recommend it too highly."
