Ensemble Vivant - Palm Court Pleasures (2025)

Palm Court Pleasures was first released in the fall of 1987 on Fanfare Records, a Toronto based Label. It was an instantaneous ‘hit’, receiving frequent international radio play and critical acclaim. By 1988 Pro Arte/Intersound, based in Atlanta, Georgia, had scooped up Palm Court Pleasures and re-released it on their prestigious label. A best-seller, Palm Court Pleasures was quickly chosen by the Columbia Record Club to join their selective roster of acclaimed recordings.

Recorded at Humbercrest United Church in the late spring of 1987, the dynamic Trio Vivant of Catherine Wilson, piano; Marie Bérard, violin; and Dorothy Lawson, cello, created magic. Julian Rice, the President of Fanfare Records, ran the recording session, allowing two takes per piece. The popularity of Trio Vivant continued to grow with concert series in Canada, the United States and Europe actively engaging the group.