Sol Gabetta's big project
After several years of research, Sol Gabetta recorded the first album dedicated to Lise Cristiani in 2025. It features Lise's favorite pieces—those she played in almost all of her recorded concerts—and others by the same composers. This repertoire is little known today, rarely performed in concert, and even less frequently recorded. For this project, scores were reconstructed and sometimes even reissued with the help of Peter François (Servais Society, Halle, Belgium) and Jean-Christophe Keck (Offenbach Keck Edition, Berlin). Half of the pieces on this album are...
"World's first recordings".
Information about the CD and the larger project:
Sol Gabetta habillée en Lise Cristiani
© Victor Matussiere
Lise Cristiani, Sol Gabetta (cello), Cappella Gabetta (strings),
Irina Zahharenkova (fortepiano), Sony, 2025.
Listen to excerpts from the album:
Jacques Offenbach, Musette – 17th-century ballet air
François Servais, La Romanesca – Famous dance tune from the late 16th century
Franz Schubert, Ellens Gesang III – Ave Maria (arr. Alexandre Batta)
Franz Schubert, Ständchen – Serenade (arr. Alexandre Batta)
Booklet texts:
Peter François, From Servais to Offenbach: a journey into the Romantic cello repertoire with Lise Cristiani // From Servais to Offenbach: a journey into the Romantic cello repertoire with Lise Cristiani.
Waldemar Kamer, Lise Cristiani, a forgotten icon of the Romantic cello // Lise Cristiani, a forgotten icon of the Romantic cello .
Sol Gabetta, Waldemar Kamer and Balthazar Soulier
studying Lise's rediscovered archives © blue-marmot/Vita Spiess
Director Simone Jung and her team accompanied Sol Gabetta, his co-researchers and musicians in several countries during the preparation of this major project for a documentary film (in German and French):
Simone Jung, Virtuosos and Intrepid Travelers – Sol Gabetta in the Footsteps of Lise Cristiani , 53 min., ARTE, 2025, Replay link on Arte.tv until November 30, 2025
Simone Jung, Mit dem Cello ans Ende der Welt – Sol Gabetta auf den Spuren von Lise Cristiani , 53 min. ARTE, 2025, Link in replay on Arte.tv until November 30, 2025
![Bande annonce du film : [en allemand, bientôt la version française] La même équipe a continué le tournage po](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/62bddc_77e42a18a0294216bdfccc553d33022b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_493,h_277,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/62bddc_77e42a18a0294216bdfccc553d33022b~mv2.jpg)
Movie trailer:
[in German, French version coming soon]
The same team continued filming for a very poetic film.
without the constraints of a television documentary:
Simone Jung, Sol und Lise (DE), 93 min., blue marmot gmbh, 2025.
Simone Jung, Sol and Lise (FR), 93 min., blue marmot gmbh, 2025.
Release date: Autumn-Winter 2025-2026
Information: simonejung@t-online.de