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The five composers on this disc share the clarity and refinement, brio and wit, and subtle sensuality that permeate French music written between the Franco-Prussian and Second World Wars. Each found in literature, the visual arts and the music of Debussy and Ravel touchstones for their own compositions, while expressing their individual personalities. Refinement and pellucid textures characterise Tournier’s Suite; vigour, elegance and passion Schmitt’s. Françaix’s Quintet, much-loved for its charm and delicacy, matches Roussel’s neo-classical Serenade and complements Pierné’s virtuosic and translucently scored Variations. “All this alternately thoughtful and exuberant music is played with great care and authority by the Mirage Quintet who never mistake a term such as animé for fast. Brilliantly alive to their challenge, they have been well recorded.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2010 | | | (also available to download from $6.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Debussy: | Danses sacrée et profane Chamber Music Society Orchestra, Pierre Capdevielle Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp Gaston Crunelle (flute) & Georges Blanpain (viola) Préludes - Book 1: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin | Françaix: | Quintet for flute, string trio & harp Gaston Crunelle (flute), René Bas (violin), Georges Blanpain (viola) & Robert Krabansky (cello) | Indy: | Suite en parties, Op. 91 René Leroy (flute), René Bas (violin), Pierre Grout (viola) & Roger Boulmé (cello) | Mozart: | Flute & Harp Concerto in C major, K299 Gaston Crunelle (flute) Gustave Cloëz | Pierné, G: | Voyage au pays de tendre Gaston Crunelle (flute), Étienne Ginot (viola), Marcel Frecheville (cello), Louis Beydts (narrator) & René Bas (violin) Variations libres et Finale, Op. 51 René Leroy (flute), René Bas (violin), Pierre Grout (viola) & Roger Boulmé (cello) | Ravel: | Introduction & Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet Soloists of French Radio, Pierre Capdevielle | Roussel: | Sérénade for flute, string trio & harp, Op. 30 Gaston Crunelle (flute), René Bas (violin), Georges Blanpain (viola) & Robert Krabansky (cello) | Schmitt, F: | Suite en Rocaille, Op. 84 René Leroy (flute), René Bas (violin), Pierre Grout (viola) & Roger Boulmé (cello) |
This charming double album pays tribute to a very French institution - the Paris Instrumental Quintet, renamed following World War Two after harpist Pierre Jamet. All the works on the second disc were written for, or commissioned by, the Quintet, and recorded soon after their premières, so that this release is an important historical document as well as a very civilised listening experience. And sooo French! | | | (also available to download from $21.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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