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Enescu: Impressions d'enfance / Ketler, Bezrodny, Apap, Ensemble Raro
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Enescu: Impressions d'enfance / Ketler, Bezrodny, Apap, Ensemble Raro

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Details

Composer
George Enescu
Artist
Anna-Liisa Bezrodny, Diana Ketler, Gilles Apap
Format
CD
Label
Solo Musica
Released
May 20, 2022
Catalog #
SM396
UPC
4260123643966

About

Impressions d’enfance, Ensemble Raro’s and Gilles Apap’s new recording, is dedicated to chamber music works of George Enescu. The Piano Quintet in D is one of his earliest compositions. Written in 1896 at the age of fifteen during his studies at the Paris Conservatoire, it is certainly inspired by Brahms’ chamber works. Enescu himself confessed about Brahms’ enormous influence on his development: “the God of my youthful adoration is Brahms and I wrote my early works in the style of the immortal Johannes in an almost flagrant way”. The Quintet was premiered in 1897, in Enescu’s first recital of his own works in Paris at the age of sixteen; Massenet and Cortot were in the audience. The two charming works for Piano and String Trio, Aubade and Serenade Lointaine, illustrate the point that Enescu’s beloved teacher Gabriel Fauré expressed very beautifully: “the greatest technical ability is not worth anything without poetry”. Even in the cleverly constructed short piece Hommage for Piano, which is based on a motive representing the letters of Fauré’s name, the poetic, dreamy quality prevails. Enescu’s late masterpiece Impressions d’enfance for Violin and Piano takes us back to the very first occasion when three year old George heard a street fiddler for the very first time. Impressions is an evocation of a childhood through a sequence of dreams, memories, imperceptible sensations and sounds. It results in one of Enescu’s most glorious climaxes where the old fiddler’s tune merges with cosmic piano harmony and the the noble, healing force of music triumphs over all. In Enescu’s own words: a man always “carries the music in himself. In the loneliness of the mountains and plains, it is his comrade; it calms his fears, it helps him sing his dor, that inexpressible nostalgia that breaks his soul”.

Tracklist 17 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro moderato 07:51
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    07:51
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Performer
    Anna-Liisa Bezrodny
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Raro
  2. 2 II. Scherzo vivace 05:09
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Scherzo vivace
    Duration
    05:09
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Performer
    Anna-Liisa Bezrodny
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Raro
  3. 3 III. Andante 06:59
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    06:59
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Performer
    Anna-Liisa Bezrodny
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Raro
  4. 4 IV. Allegro con spirito 05:05
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro con spirito
    Duration
    05:05
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Performer
    Anna-Liisa Bezrodny
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Raro
  5. 5 Aubade in C Major 04:48
    Track
    5
    Title
    Aubade in C Major
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Raro
  6. 6 Serenade lointaine 04:57
    Track
    6
    Title
    Serenade lointaine
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Raro
  7. 7 Pièce sur le nom de Fauré 01:55
    Track
    7
    Title
    Pièce sur le nom de Fauré
    Duration
    01:55
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Performer
    Diana Ketler
  8. 8 No. 1. Ménétrier 03:30
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 1. Ménétrier
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Raro
  9. 9 No. 2. Vieux mendiant 02:54
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 2. Vieux mendiant
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Raro
  10. 10 No. 3. Ruisselet au fond du jardin 02:43
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 3. Ruisselet au fond du jardin
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Raro
  11. 11 No. 4. L'oiseau au cage et le coucou au mur 02:12
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 4. L'oiseau au cage et le coucou au mur
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Raro
  12. 12 No. 5. Chanson pour bercer 01:50
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 5. Chanson pour bercer
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Raro
  13. 13 No. 6. Grillon 00:22
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 6. Grillon
    Duration
    00:22
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Raro
  14. 14 No. 7. Lune a travers les vitres 02:19
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 7. Lune a travers les vitres
    Duration
    02:19
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Raro
  15. 15 No. 8. Vent dans la cheminee 00:27
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 8. Vent dans la cheminee
    Duration
    00:27
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Raro
  16. 16 No. 9. Tempête au dehors, dans la nuit 02:10
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 9. Tempête au dehors, dans la nuit
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Raro
  17. 17 No. 10. Lever de soleil 03:46
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 10. Lever de soleil
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Ensemble
    Ensemble Raro