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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Ravel, Fauré & Bonis: Trio Avec Piano
For its first recording on Zig-Zag Territories, the George Sand Trio, composed of Virginie Buscail, Nadine Pierre and Anne-Lise Gastaldi, offers a refined interpretation of trios by Ravel, Mel Bonis, and Fauré. It is astonishing to realize the gulf that divides the two greatest trios in French music: while Ravel’s sparkles with a quasi-orchestral profusion and presents unexpected formal devices, that of his master Fauré (composed later) unassertively imposes a timeless, poignant austerity. These masterpieces, which gain much from being placed side by side, are here complemented by a diptych for trio by their contemporary Mel Bonis, a woman composer whose output, despite its high quality, is still too seldom heard. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mel Bonis - Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
“Enchanting music by a once acclaimed but now forgotten Frenchwoman. ” Gramophone Magazine, June 2008 “No.1 also dates from the 1900s and is the work that so deeply impressed Saint-Saëns at its premiere (which featured Pierre-Monteux, no less on viola). Cast in the traditional four movements, it is sunny and relaxed with a classical balance evident from the opening bar…..The Mozart Piano Quartet provide these works with enthusiastic advocacy and MDG’s sound is a model of clarity and natural balance – just like Bonis’s music” Gramophone Magazine, June 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Barcarolles
Alfvén: | Boljesang, Op. 17, No. 3 | Bonis: | Barcarolle in E flat, Op. 71 | Chopin: | Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60 | Delafosse: | 2e Barcarolle | Elgar: | Canto Popolare (In Moonlight) | Fauré: | Barcarolle No. 6 in E flat major Op. 70 | Heller, S: | Barcarolle, Op. 141 No. 1 | Hengeveld: | Barcarolle | Klami: | Barcarolle, Op. 5 | Liszt: | La Lugubre Gondola I, S200 No. 1 | Melartin: | Barcarolle, Op. 59, No. 1 | Mendelssohn: | Song without Words, Op. 19b No. 6 in A minor 'Venetianisches Gondellied' | Moeran: | The Lake Island | Nevin, E W: | Barcarolle, Op. 13, No. 6 | Ravel: | Une barque sur l'océan (Miroirs No. 3) | Sibelius: | Romance, Op. 24 No. 2 | Tchaikovsky: | The Seasons, Op. 37b: June (Barcarolle) |
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| |  | Mel Bonis: La Cathédrale blesséePiano Works
Bonis: | Barcarolle in E flat, Op. 71 La Cathédrale blessée, Op. 107 Il pleut, Op. 102 Romance sans paroles, Op. 56 Ballade, Op. 27 Eglogue, Op. 12 Etude de concert, Op. 136 Echo, Op. 89 Narcisse, Op. 90 Marionnettes, Op. 42 Prelude, Op. 51 Le Songe de Cléopâtre, Op. 180/1 Mélisande, Op. 34 Desdémona, Op. 101 Salomé, Op. 100 Ophélie, Op. 165 Dolorosa, Op. 138 Impromptu, Op. 1 Cloches lointaines, Op. 121 |
Mélanie Bonis taught herself the piano until the age of 12, when a close friend of the family convinced her parents to send her to music school. She was soon introduced to Cesar Franck and studied at the Paris Conservatoire for 5 years. She fell in love with a young music critic, but her parents were so against the marriage that they withdrew her from the Conservatoire, despite her compositional skills. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | To Pan and SyrinxMusic for Flute and Piano
Kenneth Smith & Paul Rhodes | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | La Joueuse de fluteMel Bonis Romantic Flute Music
Bonis: | Suite, Op. 59 (1903) for Flute, Violin and Piano Andante et Allegro, Op. 133 (1929) for flute and piano Air vaudois, Op. 108 (1914-1918) for Flute and Piano Septuor-Fantaisie ou Concerto, Op. 72 Scènes de la foret, Op. 123 (1927/1928) for Flute, Horn and Piano Suite dans le style ancien, Op. 127 No. 1 Pièce, Op. 189 Scherzo Final, Op. posth. 187 |
Tatjana Ruhland (flute), Florian Wiek (piano) Mitglieder des Radio-Sinfonieorchesters Stuttgart des SWR | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Hommage à Debussy - Flute, Viola & Harp
Rachel Talitman (harp), Mihi Kim (flute) & Pierre-Henry Xuereb (viola) This well-planned CD combines Debussy’s late masterpiece, the Sonata for flute, viola and harp, with three
works written for the same instrumental group by one
contemporary (Mel Bonis) and two more recent composers
(Oedoen Partos and Henri Lazarof). First recordings for all
three of the ‘tribute’ works, making a perfect ‘Hommage à
Debussy’. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Florilege de Musique Francaise
Andres: | Le Noël de l'âne Colette Comoy-Alexandre (soprano), Michaël Mulvey (baritone), Huguette Geliot (harp) | Bonis: | Regina coeli Colette Comoy-Alexandre (soprano), Michaël Mulvey (baritone), Huguette Geliot (harp) Que dira-t-elle Michaël Mulvey (baritone), Huguette Geliot (harp) | Cannon: | Cinq chansons de femme Colette Comoy-Alexandre (soprano), Huguette Geliot (harp) | Gounod: | D'un coeur qui t'aime Colette Comoy-Alexandre (soprano), Michaël Mulvey (baritone), Huguette Geliot (harp) Barcarola Colette Comoy-Alexandre (soprano), Michaël Mulvey (baritone), Huguette Geliot (harp) | Saint-Saëns: | Ave Maria Colette Comoy-Alexandre (soprano), Michaël Mulvey (baritone), Huguette Geliot (harp) | Tournier: | Rèverie de Bouddha Colette Comoy-Alexandre (soprano), Christian Ciuca (violin), Eric Filliere (violin),
Emmanuel Raynaud (viola), Frédéric Petit (cello) |
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