Jean-Marc Fessard & Rachel Talitman
Release Date: 30 June 2023
Label: Harp & Co
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 198004398770
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
The second volume of French works for clarinet and harp featuring works by Jean-Baptiste Bedart, Paul Veronge de la Nux, Gabriel Pierne, Serge Lancen and Laurent Coulomb.
Jean-Baptiste Bedart's (1758-1815) Duo Concertante for clarinet and harp is in three movements and is his 56th composition, composed near the end of his life. The delight and agility of the harp, demonstrates the style galant of this lovely piece of music, and reminds us of clarinet compositions by contemporary composers such as Francois Devienne Jean-Xavier Lefevre or Charles Duvernoy.
Paul Veronge de la Nux's (1853-1928) Morceau de Concours is part of 72 'Solos de Concours' for clarinet commissioned by the Conservatoire de Paris between 1897-1997. De la Nux had the particularity of including the harp to enrich the score with clear attacks, the halo of its resonance and evanescence of its arpeggios, that enlighten this exercise -technical difficulty, which became the stone founder of the French Clarinet School.
Canzonetta op.19 is a unique piece by Gabriel Pierne (1863-1937) for clarinet and piano, composed in 1888, is one of his most engaging and frequently played in the clarinet repertoire. The climbing arabesque of the clarinet and the rhythm of the sicilienne that form the base of this short piece, confer to the Canzonetta all the charm and elegance of the French music related to the period of France's 3rd Republique. The tender fluidity of the harp reinforces the sense of enchantment of this jewel of a piece by Pierne, who composed among other pieces his Konzertstuck for harp and orchestra dedicated to the famous Belgian harpist Alphonse Hasselmans.
In the Duo Concertante, edited in 1988, Serge Lancen (1922-2005) conveys the synthesis of his diverse influences and delivers in this piece a painted fresco that covers mystery, orientalism with the form of theme and variations where the clarinet is softened by the mellowness of the harp.
Inspired by poems and spiritual literature, Laurent Coulomb's (b. 1977) compositions amount to more than 60 works. His composing unites musical discourse and emotion, developing a contemporary musical speech soliciting lyricism . Laurent Coulomb inspired several musicians and institutes with this new style of modern music. The ''Sonate en Duo'' dedicated to Rachel Talitman and Jean-Marc Fessard is a large sonata, structured in the traditional three movements (vif, lent, vif) proposing a kind of nostalgic poetic trip - spleen or Sehnsucht.
"this album is a new success of this extraordinary label which now has more than 50 titles contributing to broaden our musical panorama and document the repertoire for the harp." - Crescendo
Tracklisting
Rachel Talitman & Mavroudes Troullos
Rachel Talitman & Mavroudes Troullos
Rachel Talitman & Hatikva Quartet
Jean-Marc Fessard & Rachel Talitman
Rachel Talitman, Eckhart Lorenzen, Ensemble Harpeggio
Talitman, Bargara, Turner, Tondus
Talitman,Xuereb, Stilz
Talitman, Guttman, Stilz, Xuereb, F
Ensemble La Francais
Christoph Croise; Andrey Baranov; Alexander Panfilov
Trio Parnassus
Kilian Herold, Barbara Buntrock, Florian Donderer, Tanja Tetzlaff
Narratio Quartet
Beau Soir Trio
Martin Rummel, Stefan Stroissnig
Hanspeter Oggier; Marina Vasilyeva
