Lekeu - Œuvres Orchestrales (1992)

Guillaume Lekeu
Œuvres Orchestrales


Orchestre Philarmonique de Liege et de la Communauté Française
dir. Pierre Bartholomee

Ricercar, RIS 084067




Fortunately, for us, Lekeu's short life did non prevent him from writing music.
An unknown name today (apart for his violin sonata, often coupled with Franck's one), he met great masters in his short musical journey (D'Indy, Ysaye) and studied for a year with Cesar Franck.
His music, clearly influenced by those eminent figures, is, if not completely mature, highly individual and full of passion and lyricism, and shows a skillful hand in orchestration and melodic invention.
A Piano Quartet left, abruptly, incomplete by his sudden death, remain as a trace of what surely would have been a flourishing musical career.


I think Pierre Bartholomee and his orchestra - though I'm not aware of any other recordings of this music, so can't have a reference to compare with - respond fully and with great dedication to this wonderful music.

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Liszt: Douze études d'exécution transcendante - L. Berman (1963)

Franz Liszt (1811-1886)
Douze études d'exécution transcendante


Lazar Berman
DIAP025

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Cambini- String Quintets Nos. 1, 4 & 23

Cambini, Giuseppe Maria (1746-1825)

String Quintets No. 1, 4 & 23
Ensemble Entr'acte (Period Instruments)
Pan Classics PC 10218

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Debussy: La musique de Chambre - Kuijken (2000)

Claude Debussy
La musique de chambre
String Quartet Op. 10; Syrinx
Sonata for Cello and Piano, Sonata for Violin and Piano
Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp
Sigiswald, Veronica, Sara, Wieland, Barthold & Piet Kuijken,
Sophie Hallynck
Arcana A 303


This jolly Belgian family, while peeking outside their Baroque soundscape, must have fallen under the spell of Claude Debussy. Hardly surprising to me, of course, yet very intriguing. Music, they say, should have no boundaries, and the Kuijkens' approach to both the early and late masterpieces by the genius of Saint-Germain-en-Laye is refreshing, fully committed and with a hint of true discovery, that makes this album all the more interesting.

Needless to say, period instruments are used, from Sigiswald's Franciscus Bovis 1899 violin to Sophie Hallynck's Erard Harp (1926).


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J.S. Bach: The art of the fugue - A. Isoir (1999)

J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
The art of the Fugue BWV.1080


André Isoir
orgue Grenzing de Saint-Cyprien-en-Périgord
DIAP034

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Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances - de Waart (1973)

Sergej Rachmaninov
Symphonic Dances Op. 45
Caprice bohémien Op. 12

London Philharmonic Orchestra
Edo de Waart
Philips 6500 362

An irresistible recording by the great Dutch Maestro and the warm-toned London Philharmonic at its best. One of the most beautiful accounts of Rachmaninov's late masterpiece (composed in 1940 in the U.S.) and the first recording of the earlier, colourful Caprice bohémien.

This album was bought in 2007 at Classical Exchange, Notting Hill Gate, London, a real haven for the CD and record archeologist...

LP Transfer
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Lebrun- Six Sonatas For Fortepiano And Violin, Op.1

Francesca Lebrun (1756-1791)

Six Sonatas For Fortepiano And Violin, Op.1 (1780)
Monica Jakuc, Fortepiano
Dana Maiben, Violin
Dorian DIS-80162 (1996)

(Collaboration project with member Ockeghem)

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