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Chamber Music

$18.99

Details

Composer
Melanie Bonis, Louise Farrenc, Elena Firsova
Artist
Ensemble Louise Farrenc
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Jun 06, 2025
Catalog #
555624-2
UPC
761203562428

About

This chamber music recording features two important anniversaries - the 150th anniversary of the death of French composer Louise Farrenc, who died on 15 September 1875 after a successful career in Paris and the 75th birthday of her Russian colleague Elena Firsowa, who was born on 21 March 1950 in Leningrad in the late-Stalinist Soviet Union. She had every reason to be glad at the "mercy of a late birth", since she was among the rebellious who bristled against the long-established standard-bearers very early on. Her piano quartet, now ten years old, is the centrepiece of this recording. Louise Farrenc once again demonstrates her impressive creative powers with her first piano quintet, and her compatriot Mel (anie) Bonis (1858-1937) deserves admiration for her first quartet, whose almost Art Nouveau-like melodies and sonorities are without question some of the most beautiful chamber music written after the turn of the century.

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 11:16
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    11:16
    Composer
    Louise Farrenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Louise Farrenc
  2. 2 II. Adagio non troppo 06:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio non troppo
    Duration
    06:26
    Composer
    Louise Farrenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Louise Farrenc
  3. 3 III. Scherzo. Presto 03:43
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo. Presto
    Duration
    03:43
    Composer
    Louise Farrenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Louise Farrenc
  4. 4 IV. Finale: Allegro 07:27
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro
    Duration
    07:27
    Composer
    Louise Farrenc
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Louise Farrenc
  5. 5 I. Introduction: Misterioso 02:37
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Introduction: Misterioso
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Elena Firsova
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Louise Farrenc
  6. 6 II. Scherzo: Con moto 02:15
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Con moto
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    Elena Firsova
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Louise Farrenc
  7. 7 III. Adagio 07:34
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    07:34
    Composer
    Elena Firsova
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Louise Farrenc
  8. 8 I. Moderato 06:29
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    06:29
    Composer
    Mélanie Bonis
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Louise Farrenc
  9. 9 II. Intermezzo: Allegretto tranquillo 05:47
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Intermezzo: Allegretto tranquillo
    Duration
    05:47
    Composer
    Mélanie Bonis
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Louise Farrenc
  10. 10 III. Andante 06:42
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    06:42
    Composer
    Mélanie Bonis
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Louise Farrenc
  11. 11 IV. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo 04:55
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Mélanie Bonis
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Louise Farrenc