Philippe Quint - Violin Concertos 2 3 & 5 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Pastorale. Modéré - Lucas Blondeel 2. Gigue - Lucas Blondeel 3. Passacaille. Lent Et Grave - Lucas Blondeel 4. Mouvement Perpétuel. Vif - Lucas Blondeel 5. Pastorale Pour Six Instruments À Vent - Lucas Blondeel 6. Quintette À Vent - Lucas Blondeel 1. Concertino Pour Violoncelle Et Piano - Lionel Bams 2. Vif Et Joyeux - Lionel Bams 3. TRÈS Lent - Lionel Bams 4. Animé, Vif Et TRÈS Rythmé - Lionel Bams 5. Pastourelle Pour Viole de Gambe Et Piano - Lionel Bams

Anton Rubinstein's remarkable virtuoso career during the 19th century coincided almost exactly with the final developments of the modern piano. The increasing popularity of the instrument combined with Rubinstein's formidable execution earned him enormous popularity as a performer. The Six Preludes and Fugues in Free Style are major works, each piece dedicated and alluding to famous composers and performers of the day. The charming Three Pieces are small-scale character works, while the Concert Étude in C major is a witty display piece in which 'wrong notes' are instantly corrected, like an errant pupil attempting to disguise mistakes. Album Tracks 1. Six Fugues en Style Libre Introduites de Préludes, Op. 53 ('Six Preludes and Fugues in Free Style') (1857( 2. Three Pieces, Op. 71 (1867) 3. Concert Étude in C Major 'On False Notes' (1868) - Moderato

The two leading operatic composers of their time were Rossini and Auber, one now fêted, the other largely overlooked. In 1831 Auber and his long-standing librettist Eugène Scribe produced Le Philtre, which took the concept of petit opéra to the extreme, even outdoing Rossini's Le Comte Ory in depicting a rural setting peopled not with Arcadian shepherds but with ordinary country folk. Auber's Franco-Italian style can be heard in the work's ensembles, while elsewhere the opera shimmers with rich arias, buffo elements and delightful cavatinas. Le Philtre was an unalloyed success receiving 243 performances and inspired Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore. Album Tracks 1. Philtre~Ouverture 2. Philtre~Act I. No. 1 Introduction et Ballade Térézine. Amis, sous cet épais feuillage 3. Philtre~Act I. No. 1 Introduction et Ballade Térézine. La reine Yseult 4. Philtre~Act I. No. 1 Introduction et Ballade Térézine. Récitatif Ah! qu'un philtre pareil 5. Philtre~Act I. No. 2 Marche et Air Joli-Coeur. Marche 6. Philtre~Act I. No. 2 Marche et Air Joli-Coeur. Je suis sergent 7. Philtre~Act I. No. 2 Marche et Air Joli-Coeur. Récitatif et Choeur Je suis fière d'un tel hommage! 8. Philtre~Act I. No. 3 Air Térézine. La coquetterie fait mon seul bonheur 9. Philtre~Act I. No. 3 Air Térézine. Récitatif Guéris-toi, me dit-elle! 10. Philtre~Act I. No. 4. Choeur. Est-il possible d'être insensible 11. Philtre~Act I. No. 5 Air Fontanarose. Quel brillant équipage! 12. Philtre~Act I. No. 5 Air Fontanarose. Récitatif et Choeur Messieurs, pour vous prouver 13. Philtre~Act I. No. 6 Air Guillaume. Philtre divin! 14. Philtre~Act I. No. 6 Air Guillaume. Récitatif Quel délire nouveau! 15. Philtre~Act I. No. 7 Duo Térézine-Guillaume. Je sais d'avance son langage 16. Philtre~Act I. No. 7 Duo Térézine-Guillaume. Récitatif Que vois-je? 17. Philtre~Act I. No. 8 Trio et Final