Le Petit Trianon Riehl - Sonates & Concerto - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This is the final of four installments in the Ehnes Quartet's survey of the late Beethoven Quartets. It was recorded in the US with their producer overseeing the sessions from London as the pandemic halted travel plans and sessions were canceled. InchThe albums we recorded during this intense two-week period will always be treasured reminders for us of a brief, bucolic window of artistic fulfillment during a terribly challenging period for the world,Inch said James Ehnes. They bring to these masterworks many years of experience.

David Starobin - Favorite Tracks 2 [COMPACT DISCS] date 04/14/2009

François Devienne (1759-1803), sometimes nicknamed the 'French Mozart', was equaled famed for his talents as a flautist and a bassoonist. He was one of the first professors at the Paris Conservatoire, established in the early years of the Republic. Devienne devoted a large proportion of his compositions, in several different forms, to the two instruments of which he was a virtuoso exponent. The programme presents several of his trios, which combine the violin and the cello with the two wind instruments in turn. These works possess all the charm of the galant aesthetic that developed in the late eighteenth century, along with a certain penchant for virtuosity.