Feininger Trio - Debussy & Ravel - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Max Reger (1873-1916) set about composing a requiem many times. One year before his death he succeeded in creating a work in which he appeals against being forgotten, without making explicit reference to Christ, with the score for the poem Requiem by Friedrich Hebbel. The music on this CD puts the composer, who died in 1916, alongside his contemporaries Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) and Alexander von Zemlinsky (1871-1942). The Basel Chamber Orchestra is recognized as one of the leading chamber orchestras in the classical music scene. Invitations to the most important worldwide concert houses and festivals shape their agenda, as well as their own subscription concerts in Basel. Various recordings on classical labels like Sony, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi and Warner classics, many awarded with prestigious prizes, are witnesses to the excellent quality of the musical ensembles joy of playing together. Precise vocal control, clear diction, intelligent musicality and an ability to get to the heart of everything he sings all ensure Christoph Prégardien's place among the world's foremost lyric tenors. Especially revered as a Lieder singer, he kicks off the 2019/2020 season with concerts at the Schubertiade Hohenems and the Oxford Lieder Festival. He then performs in the US on tour with pianist Julius Drake, before the pair give joint recitals at London's Wigmore Hall and in Madrid. Album Tracks 1. Requiem Op. 144B 2. Rückert-Lieder 3. Psalm 23 4. Der Einsiedler Op. 144A

Album Tracks 1. No. 1. Allegro 2. No. 2. Moderato 3. No. 3. Allegro Vivace 4. No. 1. Serenade 5. No. 2. Choral Grave 6. No. 3. Scherzetto 7. No. 4. Etude Agitato 8. No. 1. Aarau 9. No. 2. Schinznach 10. No. 3. Laufenburg 11. Nocturne, Op. 26 12. Promenade, Op. 27 13. No. 1. Modere, Sans Lenteur 14. No. 2. Assez Vite 15. No. 3. Assez Modere 16. Menuet Sur Le Nom D'haydn, Op. 65 17. I. Cortege Chevaleresque D'un Prince Charmant 18. II. La Fee Aurore 19. III. Les Petis Marchands de Sable 20. IV. Apparition 21. V. Ronde Des Villageois 22. No. 1. Le Galant Chasseur Et la Belle Laitiere 23. No. 2. La Bergere Et Son Chaton 24. No. 3. Il Pleut, Berger ? 25. No. 4. L'efant Do ? 26. No. 5. Compere Guillery 27. No. 6. Petit Papa ?

The fashionable literary salons of Paris were centres of experimentation in the refined art of conversation that expressed an idealised vision of love as well as a most poetic depiction of aristocratic society. The women who founded these salons, such as the Marquise de Rambouillet and Madeleine de Scudery, exerted a considerable influence on social culture and it's fashion for preciosite, creating a poetic style whose inevitably plaintive accents would swiftly lead lovers who frequented such salons down the winding paths of the pays de Tendre. InchThe true character of those who love is composed of tenderness and plaintivenessInch, according to Abbe Charles Cotin - and music was employed as a means of expressing every nuance of amorous feeling that many poets of the style galant took great pains to depict. The musicians who were most in vogue would then take their galant verses and set them to song in the form of airs serieux, a genre which dominated all secular French music for most of the reign of Louis XIV. This album, a world premiere recording, is devoted to the airs serieux of Joseph Chabanceau de La Barre, a scion of one of the most prestigious families of French musicians of the 17th century. Album Tracks 1. Allez, Bergers, Dessus L'herbette 2. Forêts Solitaires Et Sombres 3. Ah ! Je Sens Que Mon Cœur 4. Si C'est Un Bien Que L'espérance 5. Il Faut Aimer Une Bergère 6. Depuis Quinze Jusqu'à Trente 7. Un Feu Naissant Vient D'enflammer Mon Cœur 8. Allons Revoir L'objet de Mon Tourment 9. Tu Crois, Ô Beau Soleil 10. Sospiri, Ohimé 11. Récit Sur la Convalescence Du Roy 12. Pièces Pour Clavecin de Monsieur de la Barre 13. Vous Demandez Pour Qui Mon Cœur Soupire 14. Pavane D'angleterre 15. Quand Une Âme Est Bien Atteinte 16. Cessez Climène de Faire Voir 17. Plus Je Pense À Ma Maîtresse