Various Artists - Airs Et Melodies - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Various Artists - Music / Various [COMPACT DISCS] date 04/23/2002

On this new album the Duo Hervé Joulain (Horn) and Ariane Jacob (Piano) present 17 very interesting Original Horn Themes - with works by Sinigaglia, Glière, Strauss, Büsser, Saint-Saëns, Ravel, Chabrier, Skrjabin, Freiherr von Krufft, Glasunow, Cherubini, d'Indy, Damase, Bernstein and Couson. Hervé Joulain (Horn) has appeared as soloist with 120 orchestras, performing Telemann, Mozart, Haydn, Schumann, Weber, Saint-Saëns, Strauss, and Britten, in France, Canada, the United States, Russia, Romania, Finland, Sweden, Japan, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland, Georgia, Germany, Ukraine, and Spain. Ariane Jacob (Piano) has been performing in large French and internationals concert halls for more than twenty years. She plays with such musicians as Philippe Bernold, Hervé Joulain, Barbara Hendricks, Laurent Korcia or the actor Didier Sandre.

Rarely heard on recording, the songs of Florent Schmitt receive fresh exposure in this significant new survey of these neglected works including a number of world premiere recordings. The qualities that appeal in many of Schmitt's larger works are found in abundance in this selection that spans his entire creative life his music's gorgeous sensuality, biting wit, laconic charm, and unleashed savagery. Pianists Fabienne Romer and Edward Rushton along with an outstanding lineup of soloists, explore this rich seam of complex compositional techniques, revealing a composer of extraordinary individuality along with a fascinating affinity with the darker side of human existence.