Magnard: Cello Sonata; Piano Trio / Patria, Bellario, Trio Mazzena
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Magnard: Cello Sonata; Piano Trio / Patria, Bellario, Trio Mazzena

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Composer
Alberic Magnard
Artist
Camilla Patria, Sergio Patria, Franco Mezzena, Elena Ballario
Format
CD
Discs
1
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
May 10, 2024
Catalog #
BRI95963
UPC
5028421959634

About

Albéric Magnard, born in Paris in 1865, was a pupil of Dubois, Guiraud, Massenet and D’Indy at the Paris Conservatoire, and he frequented the circle of César Franck. In 1896, he became a teacher at Paris’s Schola Cantorum. Then, from 1904, he settled in the countryside on his estate at Manoir des Fontaines in Baron (Oise), where he died in 1914, shot by German troops while attempting to defend the property, which was set on fire along with many of his as yet unpublished compositions. In addition to four symphonies, he is also the author of operas, but chamber music is the genre in which he best expressed himself and into which he poured the influence of Beethoven and the counterpoint of the Schola Cantorum. His last chamber work, the Sonata for Cello and Piano Op. 20 is among his most significant compositions. Composed between 1908 and 1910, it is structured in four movements like all his chamber works, betraying his devotion to German contemporaries and in opposition to the French tendency for three movements in symphonies and instrumental compositions.

Completed in 1905, the Piano Trio Op. 18 was first performed at the Salle Aéolian in Paris in January 1906. Also in four movements, it presents more measured writing than the Cello Sonata or Violin Sonata. The dialogue between the three instruments is refined and balanced without any break in interaction.

These are works by a brilliant composer faithful to tradition. On the whole the music can be described as an innovative and surprising, certainly deserving of wider recognition.

Tracklist 7 tracks

  1. 1 I. Sans lenteur 09:23
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Sans lenteur
    Duration
    09:23
    Composer
    Albéric Magnard
    Performer
    Patria Camilla, Elena Ballario
  2. 2 II. Sans faiblir - III. Funèbre 12:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Sans faiblir - III. Funèbre
    Duration
    12:26
    Composer
    Albéric Magnard
    Performer
    Patria Camilla, Elena Ballario
  3. 3 IV. Rondement 08:18
    Track
    3
    Title
    IV. Rondement
    Duration
    08:18
    Composer
    Albéric Magnard
    Performer
    Patria Camilla, Elena Ballario
  4. 4 I. Sombre 08:39
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Sombre
    Duration
    08:39
    Composer
    Albéric Magnard
    Performer
    Franco Mezzena, Sergio Patria, Elena Ballario
  5. 5 II. Chantant - Dramatique - Limpide - Mouvement 11:55
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Chantant - Dramatique - Limpide - Mouvement
    Duration
    11:55
    Composer
    Albéric Magnard
    Performer
    Franco Mezzena, Sergio Patria, Elena Ballario
  6. 6 III. Vif: Tempo de valse 05:32
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Vif: Tempo de valse
    Duration
    05:32
    Composer
    Albéric Magnard
    Performer
    Franco Mezzena, Sergio Patria, Elena Ballario
  7. 7 IV. Double plus lent - Vif - Largement 15:35
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. Double plus lent - Vif - Largement
    Duration
    15:35
    Composer
    Albéric Magnard
    Performer
    Franco Mezzena, Sergio Patria, Elena Ballario