Koechlin: Chansons Bretonnes, Cello Sonata; Debussy / Bruns

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Haenssler Classic
Release Date
September 18, 2006
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      KOECHLIN, CHARLES
    • PERFORMER
      Bruns, Ishay
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 18, 2006
    • UPC
      4010276019084
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      98258
    • LABEL
      Haenssler Classic
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. La Prophetie de Gwenc'hlan

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    2. No. 2. Le Seigneur Nann et la fee

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    3. No. 3. Le Vin des Gaulois

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    4. No. 4. Azenor la pale

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    5. No. 5. Saint-Efflam et le Roi Arthur

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    6. No. 6. Les Laboureurs

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    7. I. Tres modéré

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    8. II. Andante quasi adagio

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    9. III. Final: Allegro non troppo

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    10. No. 7. Les 3 Moines rouges

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    11. No. 8. Alain-le-Renard

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    12. No. 9. Le Baron de Jaouioz

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    13. No. 10. Notre-Dame du Folgoat

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    14. No. 11. Iannik Skolan

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    15. No. 12. La Ceiture de noces

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    16. No. 13. L'Enfant suppose

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    17. No. 14. Merlin au berceau

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    18. No. 15. La Conversion de Merlin

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    19. No. 16. La Chanson du pilote

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    20. No. 17. L'Epouse du croise

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    21. No. 18. Le Rossignol modulant

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    22. No. 19. Le Page de Louis XIII

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    23. No. 20. La Faucon

      Composer: Charles Koechlin

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    24. I. Prologue

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    25. II. Serenade

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay

    26. III. Final

      Composer: Claude Debussy

      Performer: Peter Bruns, Roglit Ishay




KOECHLIN Chansons bretonnes, op. 115. Cello Sonata, op. 66. DEBUSSY Cello Sonata • Peter Bruns (vc); Roglit Ishay (pn) • HÄNSSLER CD 98.258 (53:11)


The tentative thumbs-up given to the Lidstrom/Forsberg tilt at Koechlin— Chansonnes Bretonnes , Books I and II, and the Cello Sonata (Hyperion 66979, Fanfare 22:1); Book III (Hyperion 67244, Fanfare 27: 2)—is a thumbs-down after hearing this new Bruns/Ishay release. With no comparisons, Lidstrom’s dragging pace and overload of clinging sensitivity presented Koechlin’s art as recondite, arcane, fragile, spaced-out, while Bruns and Ishay’s brisker pace—often by several minutes in many of these brief pieces—animates the Breton folk-song arrangements with lift, lilt, and charm. Likewise, the novel melodic/harmonic geste of the Cello Sonata leaps from the limbo of the “interesting” chez Lidstrom/Forsberg (the consolation prize one awards music of unfathomable complexity one intends never to hear again) to the desmesne of the piquantly novel, teasing us to return. Nor are Bruns and Ishay hustling the music for an easy score, but following directions—the Andante quasi Adagio of the Sonata’s middle movement, for instance, need not be a molasses-treading dirge, as it is with Lidstrom and Forsberg. The contrast puts one in mind of Schoenberg’s quip, “My music isn’t ‘Modern,’ just poorly performed.”


While Koechlin titled the folk-song collection Vingt Chansons bretonnes , Lidstrom and Forsberg have included a Marche d’Arthur which the composer omitted “due to its brevity (five bars),” Koechlin scholar Robert Orledge notes, though the performers distend this to 28 seconds. Bruns and Ishay eschew it but give us the set of 20 pieces, as Koechlin prepared it, complete on a single disc. Their Debussy Cello Sonata seems to search for a bit more than there is to find, heard after, say, Gary Hoffmann’s breezier go at it with David Golub (Delos 3167), though their performance still gives pleasure, supplying a substantial bonus. Sound is upfront and balanced, capturing every nuance with vibrant gutsiness. Orledge’s informed liner notes confect a final elegance. The performances of choice, enthusiastically recommended.


FANFARE: Adrian Corleonis