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Jolivet: Chamber Music

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Composer
Andre Jolivet
Artist
Ensemble Midtvest
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Feb 07, 2025
Catalog #
BRI97400
UPC
5028421974002

About

A fine Danish chamber ensemble brings together a unique compilation of chamber pieces by an overshadowed contemporary of Messiaen. The music of Andre Jolivet (1905-1974) is slowly being revived after decades of neglect, enabling us to discover a distinctive voice in the kaleidoscopic variety of 20th-century French music. Jolivet never followed some of his better-known contemporaries - Messiaen among them - down the path of serialism, yet his harmonic technique exercised a hidden influence on them (including the young Pierre Boulez). The Serenade (1945) for wind quintet, opening this collection of chamber music, casts a mystic air in it's opening Cantilene before breaking off into wild peals of instrumental laughter in the Caprice. The world of Poulenc and Stravinsky is not so far away, but there is a grounded density to Jolivet's writing which is entirely individual. From 1968, the Controversia for oboe and harp finds Jolivet at his most gesturally experimental, drawing on the combined talents and innovative techniques of Heinz and Ursula Holliger. The flurries and confrontations of the Controversia could hardly be predicted from the composer of the reflective miniatures which make up the Petite Suite (1941) for flute, viola and harp, in the mould of Debussy's late sonata. Indeed the collection as a whole serves as an illuminating demonstration of Jolivet's range and his evolution through a career spanning the turbulent aesthetic struggles of the last century. The Pastorales de Noel (1943) for flute, bassoon and harp fulfil a brief for picturesque and festive illustration, whereas the sonatinas for flute and clarinet (1961) and oboe and bassoon (1963) swoop and flutter with unpredictably Stravinskian fluidity between their instruments. Modal and exotic scales, Spanish rhythms, Debussyan sensuality: all these diverse elements and more keep the listener (and musicians) on their toes in this music. The album is enhanced by a new essay from Paul Griffiths, a pre-eminent authority on new and modern music. - Andre Jolivet (1905-1974) is considered one of the most interesting French composers of the 20th century. His vast oeuvre includes nearly all musical genres. Actively open to all musical genres (he never had a proper conservatory education) he developed a personal style that was distinctly avant-garde. - This new recording presents a variety of chamber music in which the flute plays a prominent role: Serenade for Wind Quintet, Sonatine for flute & clarinet, Petite Suite for flute, viola and harp, Pastorale de Noel for flute, bassoon and harp, and other shorter pieces: music of dazzling colours, vivid and vibrant, but also at turns serene and melancholic. - Played with astonishing virtuosity and "joie de vivre" by the Danish Ensemble MidtVest.

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 I. Cantilène 03:53
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Cantilène
    Duration
    03:53
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest
  2. 2 II. Caprice 03:38
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Caprice
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest
  3. 3 III. Intermède 04:09
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Intermède
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest
  4. 4 IV. Marche Burlesque 05:11
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Marche Burlesque
    Duration
    05:11
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Ensemble
    Ensemble MidtVest
  5. 5 I. Andantino 03:45
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Andantino
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Performer
    Charlotte Norholt, Tommaso Lonquich
  6. 6 II. Quasi cadenza 02:42
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Quasi cadenza
    Duration
    02:42
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Performer
    Charlotte Norholt, Tommaso Lonquich
  7. 7 III. Intermezzo 03:31
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Intermezzo
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Performer
    Charlotte Norholt, Tommaso Lonquich
  8. 8 Controversia 10:14
    Track
    8
    Title
    Controversia
    Duration
    10:14
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Performer
    Peter Kirstein, Gesine Dreyer
  9. 9 I. Prelude: Modéré 01:50
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Prelude: Modéré
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Performer
    Charlotte Norholt, Sanna Ripatti, Gesine Dreyer
  10. 10 II. Modéré san traîner 02:00
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Modéré san traîner
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Performer
    Charlotte Norholt, Sanna Ripatti, Gesine Dreyer
  11. 11 III. Vivement 02:15
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Vivement
    Duration
    02:15
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Performer
    Charlotte Norholt, Sanna Ripatti, Gesine Dreyer
  12. 12 IV. Allant 03:07
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Allant
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Performer
    Charlotte Norholt, Sanna Ripatti, Gesine Dreyer
  13. 13 V. Untitled 02:38
    Track
    13
    Title
    V. Untitled
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Performer
    Charlotte Norholt, Sanna Ripatti, Gesine Dreyer
  14. 14 I. Ouverture 02:13
    Track
    14
    Title
    I. Ouverture
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Performer
    Peter Kirstein, Yavor Petkov
  15. 15 II. Recitatif 03:02
    Track
    15
    Title
    II. Recitatif
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Performer
    Peter Kirstein, Yavor Petkov
  16. 16 III. Ostinato 02:52
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Ostinato
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Performer
    Peter Kirstein, Yavor Petkov
  17. 17 I. L'Étoile: Simple et sans lenteur 03:11
    Track
    17
    Title
    I. L'Étoile: Simple et sans lenteur
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Performer
    Charlotte Norholt, Yavor Petkov, Gesine Dreyer
  18. 18 II. Les Mages: Très modéré 03:07
    Track
    18
    Title
    II. Les Mages: Très modéré
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Performer
    Charlotte Norholt, Yavor Petkov, Gesine Dreyer
  19. 19 III. La Vierge et l'Enfant: Simple 03:04
    Track
    19
    Title
    III. La Vierge et l'Enfant: Simple
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Performer
    Charlotte Norholt, Yavor Petkov, Gesine Dreyer
  20. 20 IV. Entrée et Danse des Bergers: Simple - Vif 02:22
    Track
    20
    Title
    IV. Entrée et Danse des Bergers: Simple - Vif
    Duration
    02:22
    Composer
    André Jolivet
    Performer
    Charlotte Norholt, Yavor Petkov, Gesine Dreyer