Theme varie

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
July 17, 2026
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Various
    • PERFORMER
      Elena Urioste, Tom Poster
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 17, 2026
    • UPC
      0095115238028
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 20380
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Thème varié in D Minor, Op. 15

      Composer: Charlotte Sohy

      Performer: Elena Urioste, Tom Poster

    2. Andante religioso in D Major, Op. 78

      Composer: Mélanie Bonis

      Performer: Elena Urioste, Tom Poster

    3. Allegretto non troppo in D Major, Op. 84

      Composer: Mélanie Bonis

      Performer: Elena Urioste, Tom Poster

    4. I. Très modéré - Vif et passionné

      Composer: Guillaume Lekeu

      Performer: Elena Urioste, Tom Poster

    5. II. Très lent

      Composer: Guillaume Lekeu

      Performer: Elena Urioste, Tom Poster

    6. III. Très animé

      Composer: Guillaume Lekeu

      Performer: Elena Urioste, Tom Poster

    7. Elégie in D Major, Op. 143

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Performer: Elena Urioste, Tom Poster

    8. Élégie in F Major, Op. 160

      Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns

      Performer: Elena Urioste, Tom Poster

    9. Largo in E-Flat Major, Op. 83

      Composer: Mélanie Bonis

      Performer: Elena Urioste, Tom Poster

    10. Theme: Modéré -

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Elena Urioste, Tom Poster

    11. Variation 1: Modéré -

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Elena Urioste, Tom Poster

    12. Variation 2: Un peu moins modéré -

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Elena Urioste, Tom Poster

    13. Variation 3: Modéré, avec eclat -

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Elena Urioste, Tom Poster

    14. Variation 4: Vif et passionne -

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Elena Urioste, Tom Poster

    15. Variation 5: Tres modéré

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Elena Urioste, Tom Poster

    16. Nocturne for Violin and Piano

      Composer: Elsa Barraine

      Performer: Elena Urioste, Tom Poster


Conceived as a treasure trove of lesser-known French and Belgian repertoire, the works on this album span a forty-year period, from 1892 to 1932. A number of unifying threads run through the programme, perhaps the most significant of which is the influence of a composer whose music is not heard here at all: César Franck. Franck taught and championed Guillaume Lekeu and Mel Bonis; and Bonis in turn taught Charlotte Sohy, whose principal composition teacher was Vincent d'Indy, one of Franck's most devoted acolytes. The artists decided against including Franck's Violin Sonata in favour of the work by his fellow Belgian Lekeu, much more rarely recorded and hardly ever heard in the concert hall. A number of shorter works surround this sonata to form a uniquely rewarding programme, starting with Charlotte Sohy's Thème varié. Three works by Mel Bonis complement the duo's recording of her Violin Sonata on their previous album (CHAN 20275), whilst the two Élégies by Saint-Saëns have also been unfairly neglected. Fascinatingly, the second Élégie and Messiaen's Thème et variations are separated by just a dozen years, although they inhabit sound worlds seemingly decades apart. Elsa Barraine was Messiaen's contemporary and lifelong friend. Her haunting Nocturne seemed to provide a fitting conclusion to this programme.