Milhaud - Chamber Music
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 95449
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 8th September 2017
Contents
Works
Caprice, op.335aDanses de Jacaremirim, op.256
Duo Concertante, op.351
Elegie
Farandoleurs, op.262
Scaramouche, suite for clarinet and piano, op.165d
Sonatina, op.100
Sonatine Pastorale, op.383
Suite for violin, clarinet and piano, op.157b
Artists
Pierluigi Bernard (clarinet)Mauro Tortorelli (violin, viola)
Angela Meluso (piano)
Works
Caprice, op.335aDanses de Jacaremirim, op.256
Duo Concertante, op.351
Elegie
Farandoleurs, op.262
Scaramouche, suite for clarinet and piano, op.165d
Sonatina, op.100
Sonatine Pastorale, op.383
Suite for violin, clarinet and piano, op.157b
Artists
Pierluigi Bernard (clarinet)Mauro Tortorelli (violin, viola)
Angela Meluso (piano)
About
They are now joined by Pierluigi Bernard, first of all for the lively Suite from 1936 which Milhaud wrote for all three instruments: an unusual combination in itself, but then Milhaud’s facility allowed him to write for almost any imaginable ensemble, while always coming up with music that is grateful for the musicians, pleasant for the listeners and inimitably personal to himself.
With the Danses de Jacarémirim, op.256, (1945) for violin and piano, Milhaud made playful reference to a small Brazilian alligator with big eyes and a long snout, reflecting his long‐standing passion for the culture of that country. Its salon‐like easy humour is shared by the Sonatina pastorale for solo violin and the Caprice for clarinet and piano. By contrast, the Élégie for viola and piano, also from 1945, more reflects the temper of its troubled times, whereas the Farandoleurs from the following year is a playful, heartfelt homage to the Renaissance‐era Provençal dance form.
Perhaps the best‐known work on the album is the Scaramouche Suite which exists in several versions, and is here performed on clarinet and piano. The suite shares with the best of Milhaud a quality of rational distance from intense expression, a palpable sense of joy taken in making music, and an irrepressible sense of fun. If it’s hard to know what lies behind the masks, it’s impossible not to smile with the masks themselves.
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