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Pablo Ferrandez

Moonlight Variations w/Julien Quentin, SCO - Frost

Sony Classical
Release Date: May 17, 2025

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1 6 Pieces, Op. 51 No. 6. Valse sentimentale  
2 Beau soir, L. 84  
3 Estrellita  
4 Introduction - Moderato quasi andante  
5 Kinderszenen, Op.15 No. 7. Traumerei  
6 Liebestraume, S. 541 No. 3 in A-Flat Major  
7 Nacht und Traume, D. 827  
8 Nocturne in D Minor, Op. 19  
9 Nocturne in E-Flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2  
10 Nocturne No. 20 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. posth  
11 Rusalka, Op. 114, Act I Song to the Moon  
12 Souvenir dun lieu cher, Op. 42 No. 3 Melodie  
13 Thema - Moderato semplice  
14 Var. 1 - Tempo della Thema  
15 Var. 2 - Tempo della Thema  
16 Var. 3 - Andante sostenuto  
17 Var. 4 - Andante grazioso  
18 Var. 5 - Allegro moderato - Cadenza  
19 Var. 6 - Andante  
20 Var. 7 e Coda - Allegro vivo  
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Star cellist Pablo Ferrández has realized a twenty-year dream to record Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations on his latest album for Sony Classical, combining the spirited work with melancholy nocturnes to create Moonlight Variations - an album he describes as ‘night followed by day.’

The night-time has long fascinated Ferrández. On his new album, he assembles eleven handpicked gems by composers from Antonín Dvorák to Manuel Ponce that speak of the heighted emotional intimacy of the dark hours. The cellist has arranged songs, piano nocturnes, violin works and an opera aria. ‘I feel more creative at night,’ says the cellist. ‘I’m not alone in that. So many composers have written special music connected to this time. They all felt a difference in the world once the sun had gone down.’

  • Between dusk and dawn: Pablo Ferrandez presents Moonlight Variations / theStrad Q&A
    Posted At: May 23, 2025
    From theStrad…..The Spanish cellist’s new album pairs Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations with lyrical miniatures and nocturnes that trace a path from twilight introspection to morning light.Named after his great Spanish predecessor on the cello and hailed by some as ‘the next Yo-Yo Ma’, the Tchaikovsky prize-winning Pablo Ferrández made his debut on Sony Classical in 2021 with Reflections, an album that though...
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