Complete Chamber Music

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ROUSSEL
Complete Chamber Music
Jet Reling (piano) Jean-Jacques Kantorow (violin) Herre-Jan Stegenga (cello) Paul Verhey (flute) Henk Guittart (viola) Irene Maessen (soprano) etc

[ Brilliant Classics / 3 CD ]

Release Date: Saturday 20 January 2007

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"This attractively packaged set is a convenient assemblage of Roussel's work in the field of chamber music, a sequence of works characterised by the acute, even astringent, intelligence that has gone into their writing and the distinctive beauty of at least some of the results." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb August 2007)

"This attractively packaged set is a convenient assemblage of Roussel's work in the field of chamber music, a sequence of works characterised by the acute, even astringent, intelligence that has gone into their writing and the distinctive beauty of at least some of the results. In some cases better performances of individual works can be found; but there is nothing here that isn't at the very least assured and accomplished. Either as an invitation to get to know one aspect of the work of a composer who still seems to me rather underrated, or as a 'library' set, or as a genuine source of musical pleasure, this is a reissue much to be welcomed."
(Bargain of the Month MusicWeb August 2007)

A rare collection: all of Roussel's music for small ensembles on 3 CD's! It is a mix of varied combinations; sometimes highly unusual ones like piccolo and piano. A late starter, Roussel's compositions mainly date from the first decades of the twentieth century.

Composer Albert Roussel has written a relatively limited oeuvre of delightful music. His works sound typically French and increasingly impressionistic. Then a neo-classical period followed. Somehow Roussel has not benefited from the popularity of music by contemporary French composers.

Recordings on these CD's included rarely performed music like the Aria no. 2 for Oboe and Piano, and Music from Elpénor, Poème radiophonique for flute and string quartet (1937). Also included are the Deux poèmes de Ronsard, Op. 26, for flute and soprano.

Great performances by prominent Dutch musicians like Paul Verhey on the flute, horn player Herman Jeurissen and cellist Herre-Jan Stegenga.

Tracks:

CD1
Piano Trio in E flat major, Op. 2
Sonata No. 1 in D minor for Piano and Violin, Op. 11

CD 2
Impromptu Op. 21, for harp solo
(with Erika Waardenburg, harp)
Deux poèmes de Ronsard, Op. 26, for flute and soprano
Joueurs de flûte Op. 27, for flute and piano
Sonata No. 2 Op. 28, for piano and violin
Segovia Op. 29, for guitar
(with Jan Goudswaard, guitar)
Sérénade Op. 30, for flute, string trio and harp
Duo for bassoon and double bass
(with Jos de Lange, bassoon, Quirijn van Regteren Altena, double bass)
Aria No. 2, for oboe and piano
(with Hans Roerade, oboe)

CD 3
Trio Op. 40 for flute viola and cello
String Quartet Op. 45
String Trio Op. 58
Music for Elpénor, Poème radiophonique Op. 59 for flute and string quartet
Andante from an unfinished Wind Trio, for oboe, clarinet and bassoon