Jean Françaix, Romain Bischoff, Thies Roorda, Rien de Reede, Caroline Strumphler, Marleen Asberg, Christoph Streuli, Ken Hakii, Michael Gieler, Daniël Esser, Jan Wolfs - Françaix: Chamber Music (2021)
BAND/ARTIST: Jean Françaix, Romain Bischoff, Thies Roorda, Rien de Reede, Caroline Strumphler, Marleen Asberg, Christoph Streuli, Ken Hakii, Michael Gieler, Daniël Esser, Jan Wolfs
- Title: Françaix: Chamber Music
- Year Of Release: 2021
- Label: Brilliant Classics
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless +Booklet
- Total Time: 00:49:38
- Total Size: 194 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Trio à cordes: I. Allegretto vivo
02. Trio à cordes: II. Scherzo
03. Trio à cordes: III. Andante
04. Trio à cordes: IV. Rondo
05. Le colloque des deux perruches: I. Allegrissimo
06. Le colloque des deux perruches: II. Presto
07. Le colloque des deux perruches: III. Larghetto
08. Le colloque des deux perruches: IV. Scherzando
09. Le colloque des deux perruches: V. Larghetto
10. Le colloque des deux perruches: VI. Allegro
11. Divertimento pour flûte et piano: I. Toccatina (allegrissimo)
12. Divertimento pour flûte et piano: II. Notturno
13. Divertimento pour flûte et piano: III. Perpetuum mobile (vivo)
14. Divertimento pour flûte et piano: IV. Romanza
15. Divertimento pour flûte et piano: V. Finale
16. Cantate de Méphisto
A unique collection of chamber music by the master of French neoclassicism, featuring a performance of the Divertimento for flute with the composer at the piano.
In his 80s, Jean Françaix (1912-1997) supervised this 1996 Dutch album of four pieces for varied forces, writing the engaging booklet notes and performing with undimmed skill in the Divertimento which he wrote back in 1953 for the flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal. As he notes, the title is somewhat ironic for those who play it: ‘if it is “diverting” to listen to, it is not at all so to play it and requires great virtuosity.’
Le Colloque des deux Perruches (The Dialogue of Two Parakeets) is a modern classic of the repertoire for two flutes: a six-movement dialogue opening with a fluttering, swooping Allegrissimo, followed by a melancholy little Larghetto. Smiles and laughter are never far away in Françaix’s music and the mood brightens with a darting Scherzando. The fifth movement is another plaintive Larghetto, with the parakeets in earnest conversation.
As a 22-year-old composer of already remarkable fluency, Françaix composed the String Trio for the Trio Pasquier, who went on to play it in over a thousand concerts: an inimitably bustling, weightless piece in four movements enclosing a wistful Andante and rounding off with one of those Françaix tunes that turns round in the listener’s head for days afterwards.
The ten-minute Cantate de Méphisto sets a text by Paul Valéry: according to the composer, ‘This 'Méphisto' is terribly authentic, cunning, subversive and perverse.’ The devil wheedles and beguiles in a lyric parlando, accompanied by a string ensemble, spiced by the irony and satire of his operas and comedies such as Le diable boiteux, his first work for the stage. Valéry’s text is printed in the booklet. Françaix’s music features in countless compilations: here is an authoritatively performed opportunity to immerse yourself in his world for ‘une heure exquise’.
01. Trio à cordes: I. Allegretto vivo
02. Trio à cordes: II. Scherzo
03. Trio à cordes: III. Andante
04. Trio à cordes: IV. Rondo
05. Le colloque des deux perruches: I. Allegrissimo
06. Le colloque des deux perruches: II. Presto
07. Le colloque des deux perruches: III. Larghetto
08. Le colloque des deux perruches: IV. Scherzando
09. Le colloque des deux perruches: V. Larghetto
10. Le colloque des deux perruches: VI. Allegro
11. Divertimento pour flûte et piano: I. Toccatina (allegrissimo)
12. Divertimento pour flûte et piano: II. Notturno
13. Divertimento pour flûte et piano: III. Perpetuum mobile (vivo)
14. Divertimento pour flûte et piano: IV. Romanza
15. Divertimento pour flûte et piano: V. Finale
16. Cantate de Méphisto
A unique collection of chamber music by the master of French neoclassicism, featuring a performance of the Divertimento for flute with the composer at the piano.
In his 80s, Jean Françaix (1912-1997) supervised this 1996 Dutch album of four pieces for varied forces, writing the engaging booklet notes and performing with undimmed skill in the Divertimento which he wrote back in 1953 for the flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal. As he notes, the title is somewhat ironic for those who play it: ‘if it is “diverting” to listen to, it is not at all so to play it and requires great virtuosity.’
Le Colloque des deux Perruches (The Dialogue of Two Parakeets) is a modern classic of the repertoire for two flutes: a six-movement dialogue opening with a fluttering, swooping Allegrissimo, followed by a melancholy little Larghetto. Smiles and laughter are never far away in Françaix’s music and the mood brightens with a darting Scherzando. The fifth movement is another plaintive Larghetto, with the parakeets in earnest conversation.
As a 22-year-old composer of already remarkable fluency, Françaix composed the String Trio for the Trio Pasquier, who went on to play it in over a thousand concerts: an inimitably bustling, weightless piece in four movements enclosing a wistful Andante and rounding off with one of those Françaix tunes that turns round in the listener’s head for days afterwards.
The ten-minute Cantate de Méphisto sets a text by Paul Valéry: according to the composer, ‘This 'Méphisto' is terribly authentic, cunning, subversive and perverse.’ The devil wheedles and beguiles in a lyric parlando, accompanied by a string ensemble, spiced by the irony and satire of his operas and comedies such as Le diable boiteux, his first work for the stage. Valéry’s text is printed in the booklet. Françaix’s music features in countless compilations: here is an authoritatively performed opportunity to immerse yourself in his world for ‘une heure exquise’.
Year 2021 | Classical | FLAC / APE
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