Francaix: Quintets, Quartet, Divertissement / Bergen Woodwind Quintet

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Label
BIS
Release Date
April 1, 2012
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      FRANCAIX, JEAN
    • PERFORMER
      Bergen Wind Quintet
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 01, 2012
    • UPC
      7318599920085
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BIS-SACD-2008
    • LABEL
      BIS
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Andante tranquillo

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Ensemble: Bergen Wind Quintet

    2. II. Presto

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Ensemble: Bergen Wind Quintet

    3. III. Theme and Variations: Andante - L'istesso tempo - Andantino con moto - Lento - Vivo - Andante

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Ensemble: Bergen Wind Quintet

    4. IV. Tempo di marcia francese

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Ensemble: Bergen Wind Quintet

    5. I. Preludio

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Ensemble: Bergen Wind Quintet

    6. II. Toccata allegro

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Ensemble: Bergen Wind Quintet

    7. III. Scherzando

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Ensemble: Bergen Wind Quintet

    8. IV. Andante

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Ensemble: Bergen Wind Quintet

    9. V. Allegrissimo

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Ensemble: Bergen Wind Quintet

    10. I. Allegro

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Ensemble: Bergen Wind Quintet

    11. II. Andante

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Ensemble: Bergen Wind Quintet

    12. III. Allegro molto

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Ensemble: Bergen Wind Quintet

    13. IV. Allegro vivo

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Ensemble: Bergen Wind Quintet

    14. I. Prelude: Moderato

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Ensemble: Bergen Wind Quintet

    15. II. Allegretto assai

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Ensemble: Bergen Wind Quintet

    16. III. Élégie: Grave

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Ensemble: Bergen Wind Quintet

    17. IV. Scherzo

      Composer: Jean Françaix

      Ensemble: Bergen Wind Quintet


This disc celebrates the centenary of Jean Francaix, (1912-1997), as well as his music, written with the stated aim to 'give pleasure;. A precocious talent, praised by Ravel for his great gifts and curiosity, and astonishing Nadia Boulanger with his ability, Francaix wrote his first chamber work for winds, the Quartet, in 1933 at the age of 21, and completed his Quintet No.2 more than 50 years later - with a remarkably consistent style marked by lightness and wit. Francaix' works are favourites not only with audiences but also with the musicians themselves, enjoying the challenges of his virtuosic writing, his fleet way with rhythms and timbres and the conversational character of the interplay between individual parts. The highly regarded Bergen Woodwind Quintet, consisting of solo players from the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, here perform four chamber works for winds which all share these characteristics - and do so with obvious pleasure. The versatile ensemble released its first disc on BIS in 1985, and has recorded chamber music by Carl Nielsen as well as by David Maslanka, to critical acclaim.