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Albert Roussel: Chamber Music

by Czech Nonet, Kateřina Englichová, Daniel Wiesner

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Le Marchand de Sable qui Passe, Musique de scène, Op. 13 I. Prélude 03:46
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Le Marchand de Sable qui Passe, Musique de scène, Op. 13 II. Scène 2 03:40
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Le Marchand de Sable qui Passe, Musique de scène, Op. 13 III. Interlude et Scène 4 04:11
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Le Marchand de Sable qui Passe, Musique de scène, Op. 13 IV. Scène finale 05:22
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Impromptu for Harp, Op. 21 06:48
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Sérénade for Flute, String Trio and Harp, Op. 30 I. Allegro 04:08
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Sérénade for Flute, String Trio and Harp, Op. 30 II. Andante 07:24
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Sérénade for Flute, String Trio and Harp, Op. 30 III. Presto 04:16
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Duo for Bassoon and Contrabass 03:36
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Divertissement for Wind Quintet and Piano, Op. 6 06:08
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Trio for Flute, Viola and Cello, Op. 40 I. Allegro grazioso 04:54
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Trio for Flute, Viola and Cello, Op. 40 II. Andante 05:18
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Trio for Flute, Viola and Cello, Op. 40 III. Allegro non troppo 04:38

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"Roussel’s chamber music achieves an unprecedented balance between the refinement of colours and rhythmic clarity, a side usually masked in the too-rare anthologies devoted to it. The ‘piquant’ harmony of the subtle Sérénade Op. 30, a ‘symphony of the light caprice’ in Roland-Manuel’s words, must be played without blurring the prodigious energy propelling it. The Divertissement Op. 6, a relatively early score, plays with the woodwinds’ interlaced lines and irresistible syncopation, which will be remembered by his unexpected pupil Bohuslav Martinů. Towards the end of his life, Roussel wrote a Trio thoroughly classical in structure but with the inexhaustible melodic verve of his Bohemian student. The Duo is only an occasional piece, but not the Impromptu for harp, which exudes a diffuse orientalism. The finale of the incidental music for Le Marchand de sable qui passe, poetic and serious, develops one of the most moving melodies penned by the composer of Bacchus et Ariane.

Awards: 4* by Le Monde de la Musique, 5 by Diapason, 9 by Classica-Répertoire

“The reading of the Czech Nonet is ideal with the tension of its strings in quintet and the velvetiness of its quartet harp-flute-clarinet-horn… The ecstasy and the neoclassic style of the Divertissement Op. 6 are marvelously expressed by the winds.” (Le Monde de la Musique, April 1996)"

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released September 1, 1995

Czech Nonet (Ensemble)
Kateřina Englichová (Harp)
Daniel Wiesner (Piano)

Digitaly recorded in Prague, April 4, May 1, 4, June 2, 1995

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