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Rhené-Baton: Chamber Music For Piano And Strings
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Rhené-Baton: Chamber Music For Piano And Strings

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Composer
BATON, RHENE-EMMANUEL
Artist
Micucci, Basanisi, Mansueto
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jul 05, 2019
Catalog #
BRI95554
UPC
5028421955544

About

Although now largely forgotten, Rhene-Emmanuel Bâton (1879-1940) was a key figure in Parisian musical circles during the early 1900s. Rhene-Baton, as he was later known, was born in Normandy to a Breton family. But trained at the Paris Conservatoire to become a composer, pianist and conductor. A meeting with Serge Diaghilev led to the engagement to conduct the Ballets russes on tour, and as a conductor he was the subject dedicatee of several works such as Roussel's Second Symphony. Meanwhile Rhene-Baton continued to compose, and it was through his own music that he felt most free to express his Breton identity. Almost all the chamber music presented here dates from the years 1921-27. Both the Cello Sonata and Violin Sonata call for piano playing of great virtuosity, probably because Rhene-Baton intended those parts for himself, while the melody line unfolds in a mode of archaic, neoclassical lyricism. The peak of his achievement in the chamber-music genre, however, is the A minor Piano Trio, composed in 1923. The second movement is a 'Divertissement sur un vieil air Breton' - the 'vieil air' in question being Gwin ar c'hallaoued' (the wine of Gall), one of the best-known Breton tunes. The Suite Ancienne (1933) is different in character: a collection of dances like a Baroque suite (Prelude, Aria, Gavotte, Gigue). The more intimate mood of this chamber repertoire evokes a series of everyday musical scenes: interiors, winter hearths, summer festivities and ancient celebrations in which Rhene-Baton is both narrator and participant. Founded in 2009, the Wolferl Trio comprises three Italian musicians all with distinguished careers as performers and teachers in their own right.

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro non troppo – Allegro vivo assai 08:25
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro non troppo – Allegro vivo assai
    Duration
    08:25
    Composer
    Rhene Baton
    Performer
    Leonardo Micucci, Francesco Basanisi
  2. 2 II. Larghetto 07:33
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    07:33
    Composer
    Rhene Baton
    Performer
    Leonardo Micucci, Francesco Basanisi
  3. 3 III. Allegro vivo 08:11
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro vivo
    Duration
    08:11
    Composer
    Rhene Baton
    Performer
    Leonardo Micucci, Francesco Basanisi
  4. 4 Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 46: I. Allegro comodo 17:11
    Track
    4
    Title
    Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 46: I. Allegro comodo
    Duration
    17:11
    Composer
    Rhene Baton
    Performer
    Leonardo Micucci, Francesco Basanisi
  5. 5 I. Prélude 03:07
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Prélude
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    Rhene Baton
    Performer
    Leonardo Micucci, Francesco Basanisi
  6. 6 II. Aria 04:24
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Aria
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Rhene Baton
    Performer
    Leonardo Micucci, Francesco Basanisi
  7. 7 III. Gavotte 02:10
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Gavotte
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Rhene Baton
    Performer
    Leonardo Micucci, Francesco Basanisi
  8. 8 IV. Gigue 02:33
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Gigue
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Rhene Baton
    Performer
    Leonardo Micucci, Francesco Basanisi
  9. 9 I. Andante tranquillo – Allegro vivo e agitato 07:03
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Andante tranquillo – Allegro vivo e agitato
    Duration
    07:03
    Composer
    Rhene Baton
    Performer
    Roberto Mansueto, Francesco Basanisi
  10. 10 II. Andante un poco maestoso 05:37
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Andante un poco maestoso
    Duration
    05:37
    Composer
    Rhene Baton
    Performer
    Roberto Mansueto, Francesco Basanisi
  11. 11 III. Allegro vivo – Largo e maestoso 07:12
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Allegro vivo – Largo e maestoso
    Duration
    07:12
    Composer
    Rhene Baton
    Performer
    Roberto Mansueto, Francesco Basanisi
  12. 12 I. Lento - Allegro 10:16
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Lento - Allegro
    Duration
    10:16
    Composer
    Rhene Baton
    Ensemble
    Wolferl Trio
  13. 13 II. Divertissement sur un vieil air breton (Allegro giocoso) 04:18
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Divertissement sur un vieil air breton (Allegro giocoso)
    Duration
    04:18
    Composer
    Rhene Baton
    Ensemble
    Wolferl Trio
  14. 14 III. Andante - Allegro vivace e agitato 09:42
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. Andante - Allegro vivace e agitato
    Duration
    09:42
    Composer
    Rhene Baton
    Ensemble
    Wolferl Trio