Classical Music Discoveries

In his Éventail de musique française, Swiss oboist and composer Heinz Holliger traverses a broad selection of French works for oboe and piano in a multichromatic program of early 20th-century music. Contained in this wide-ranging recital are compositions by Ravel, Debussy, Milhaud, Saint-Saëns, Casadesus as well as Koechlin, Jolivet, and Messiaen – Holliger cultivated a personal relationship with several of the composers. Track Listing:1 Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habanera, M. 51 (Version for Oboe and Piano)2 Saint-Saëns: Oboe Sonata in D major Op. 166 / I. Andantino3 II. Allegretto4 III. Molto allegro5 Jolivet: Controversia6 Messiaen: Vocalise étude7 Messiaen: Morceau de lecture à vue8 Ravel: Deux mélodies hébraïques / No. 1, Kaddisch (Version for Oboe and Piano)9 Milhaud: Vocalise-Étude 'Air', Op. 10510 Debussy: Syrinx11 Koechlin: Le Repos de Tityre12 Jolivet: Chant pour les piroguiers de l'Orénoque13 Debussy: Petite Pièce14 Saint-Saëns: Le Rossignol (de Banville)15 Casadesus, R: Sonata Op. 23 bis / I. Allegro molto moderato16 II. Tempo di sardana17 III. Allegro vivo Help support our show by purchasing this album at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber#AppleClassical Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) [email protected] This album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).

2022 marks the bicentenary of César Franck, undoubtedly one of the most prolific composers in 19th century France. Of German ancestry, born in Liège, Belgium, he made his career in Paris. He left a substantial oeuvre of orchestral, choral and chamber music as well as pieces for piano and organ. He was one of the first musicians to take up the harmonic developments of Richard Wagner, and transformed them into his own unique musical language which in turn shaped the further development of French music. Among his most beautiful and poetic works are two sets of pieces written for the organ: Trois piéces and Trois chorals. The first set was written for the inauguration of the organ in the Palais du Trocadéro, built for the Exposition Universelle (or World’s Fair) of 1878. The second was composed over the course of two months in the summer of 1890; Franck died in November of the same year, and the works were published posthumously in 1891. Track Listing:1 No. 1, Fantaisie in A Major (Andantino) 13:502 No. 2, Cantabile in B Major (Non troppo lento) 06:383 No. 3, Pièce héroïque in B Minor (Allegro maestoso) 09:004 Andantino in A-Flat Major, CFF 86 04:065 No. 1 in E Major 16:096 No. 2 in B Minor 14:067 No. 3 in A Minor 12:58 Help support our show by purchasing this album at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) Classical Music Discoveries is sponsored by Uber. @CMDHedgecock#ClassicalMusicDiscoveries #KeepClassicalMusicAlive#LaMusicaFestival #CMDGrandOperaCompanyofVenice #CMDParisPhilharmonicinOrléans#CMDGermanOperaCompanyofBerlin#CMDGrandOperaCompanyofBarcelonaSpain#ClassicalMusicLivesOn#Uber Please consider supporting our show, thank you!Donate (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) [email protected] This album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).