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ID: STR33997 (EAN: 8011570339973) | 1 CD | DDD Released in: 2014
- LABEL:
- STRADIVARIUS
- Composers:
- CAPLET, André | DEBUSSY, Claude | ENESCU, George | FAURÉ, Gabriel | GAUBERT, Philippe | HÜE, Georges
- Other info:
Mario Caroli flute
Keiko Nakayama piano
Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918) Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Georges HüE (1858-1948) Fantaisie
Gabriel FAURé (1845-1924) Fantaisie op.79
Philippe GAUBERT (1879-1941) Madrigal
George ENESCU (1881-1955) Cantabile et Presto
Paul TAFFANEL (1844-1908) Andante pastoral et Scherzettino
André CAPLET (1878-1925) Rêverie et Petite Valse
Albert PéRILHOU (1846-1936) Ballade
Philippe GAUBERT (1879-1941) Nocturne et Allegro Scherzando
Louis GANNE (1862-1923) Andante et Scherzo
Many of the pieces in this anthology are morceaux de concours, pieces commissioned by the Paris Conservatory for the candidates who were preparing to pass the Prix that marked the end of higher musical studies. While the composer was free to write following his aesthetic preferences, there was only one condition imposed by the Conservatory: the piece had to be difficult! To deal minutely, in 5/6 minutes, with the key points of the transcendental technique of the instrument, from sonority to articulation, from speed to support, from changes of register to the intonation of the phrasing.
And so there was born and developed an entire literature that, besides the illustrious and little known, included names like Fauré, Enescu, Dutilleux, Jolivet and Messiaen. For many years, the classical structure of the morceau de concours was binary, alternating a first part which was lyrical and cantabile, generally in a minor key, with a pyrotechnical second part, in a major key, riddled with technical difficulties. Often, the titles of the pieces had the character of a diptych (Nocturneet Allegro scherzando, Andante pastoral et Scherzettino, Andante e scherzo…). Other times, the titles led to the formal structure of the piece (Fantaisie, Ballade…).
In choosing the pieces to record, I opted for some pieces of the very early twentieth century. I then decided to include also pieces which have nothing to do with the morceaux, in spite of the deceptive title (Caplet), or which are absolutely their source, not to mention Deus ex Machina (Debussy). [...]
At the same time, all the pieces recorded are very representative of the musical culture and the French art de vivre: sense of equilibrium, good taste, tendency towards concise clarity.
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