ZZT 120101

Ravel, Fauré, Bonis
Trios with piano
 Trio George Sand


ZZT 120101 - 1 CD
Published on 01-2012




Virginie Buscail: violin, Nadine Pierre: cello, Anne-Lise Gastaldi: piano

For its first recording on Zig-Zag Territories, the George Sand Trio, composed of Virginie Buscail, Nadine Pierre and Anne-Lise Gastaldi, offers a refined interpretation of trios by Ravel, Mel Bonis, and Fauré.

It is astonishing to realize the gulf that divides the two greatest trios in French music: while Ravel’s sparkles with a quasi-orchestral profusion and presents unexpected formal devices, that of his master Fauré (composed later) unassertively imposes a timeless, poignant austerity. These masterpieces, which gain much from being placed side by side, are here complemented by a diptych for trio by their contemporary Mel Bonis, a woman composer whose output, despite its high quality, is still too seldom heard.



Tracklisting:

 
1.Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle: I. Modéré 9:11
2.Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle: II. Pantoum 4:25
3.Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle: III. Passacaille 7:23
4.Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle: IV. Final 5:47
5.SOIR, op. 76 4:12
6.MATIN, op. 76 3:11
7.Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle, Op. 120: I. Allegro, ma non troppo 6:39
8.Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle, Op. 120: II. Andantino 9:21
9.Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle, Op. 120: III. Allegro vivo 4:43

~ 54:52


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