GEORGES DELERUE
String Quartets n° 1 & n° 2

Works for clarinet and piano,

Prelude & dance for oboe and piano

Claudel-Canimex Quartet: Élaine Marcil , violin / Marie-Josée Arpin, violin / Annie Parent, viola / Jeanne de Chantal Marcil, cello
Simon Aldrich, clarinet / Lise Beauchamp, oboe / Sara Laimon, piano

 

20-page booklet

Liner notes by producer Clément Fontaine
Release date: 09-2006

Nearly all the content of this disc is a world premiere recording. Before going to the studio, the Claudel-Canimex Quartet played Delerue's two String Quartets in concert. With all the intensity and the precision that made their reputation, the four musicians women render wonderfully the tension and the surges of passion of these demanding works. The pieces for clarinet and oboe with piano accompaniment, played by renowned soloists, make a good introduction to Delerue's classical style. This release will please to every film music fan already familiar with the composer's production, as well as to every fan of contemporary music.   

 

Four pieces for clarinet and piano
01 Valse mélancolique 1:25
02 Romance 1:40
03 Aria 1:39

04  Elegia  4:09

05  Prélude et danse pour hautbois et piano 7:12

  

String Quartet n° 1 (25:48)

06  Allegro  7:20

07  Vif et léger 5:08

08 Adagio 7:50

09 Allegro vivace 5:31

 

String Quartet n° 2  (19:24)

10  Lento-allegro 7:05 

11 Lento  5:09

12  Allegro con moto 7:09

 
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