Félicien David: Le souvenir Ensemble Baroque de Limoges & Christophe Coin

• Piano Trio No. 1 in E flat major:
• 1 I. Allegro moderato 07:23
• Piano Trio No. 1 in E flat major:
• 2 II. Molto adagio 08:24
• Piano Trio No. 1 in E flat major:
• 3 III. Finale (Allegretto) 09:46
• (arr. Henri Vieuxtemps Carl Schuberth)
• 4 La nuit 05:35
• 5 Pensée 02:08
• 6 Le Caprice 04:40
• (arr. Philippe Musard Emile Desgranges)
• 7 Valse 04:16
• (arr. Sebastian Lee)
• 8 Andante - Allegro grazioso - Allegro moderato 05:13
• 9 L'Absence 06:04
• String Quartet No. 3 in D minor:
• 10 I. Allegro moderato 05:29
• String Quartet No. 3 in D minor:
• 11 II. Adagio 05:58
• String Quartet No. 3 in D minor:
• 12 III. Scherzo (Allegretto) 04:13
• String Quartet No. 3 in D minor:
• 13 IV. Finale (Largo - Allegro leggiero) 05:01
• 14 Le souvenir 04:10
• 15 Bonus numérique: La nuit (version voix Christophe Coin) 05:35
• Total Runtime 01:23:55

Info for Félicien David: Le souvenir

After the successful 'Saisons' of Félicien David, Christophe Coin and the Mosaic Quartet continues to explore the work of the french composer. This is the case with chamber music from Félicien David deeply rooted in its century waltz between lounge, oriental exoticism and German Romanticism, all embedded in a melodic freshness, some shades and a deep melancholy feelings unsuspected.

Music historians have described David as a ‘satellite’ of Berlioz, and though the two composer’s did not know each other, they were aware of each others compositional output. David produced a significant amount of music for more modest performing forces, examples of which are featured on this release.

Christophe Coin, Cello
Jean-Jacques Dünki, Piano
Ensemble Baroque de Limoges
Quatuor Mosaïques:
Erich Höbarth, Violine
Andrea Bischof, Violine
Anita Mitterer, Viola
Christophe Coin, Violoncello

Ensemble Baroque de Limoges (Instrumental Baroque Ensemble)
Ensemble Baroque de Limoges (Limoges Baroque Ensemble) (EBL), which Christophe Coin took over in 1991, provided him with the means to go still further in his personal research. Since then, Christophe Coin has shaped the ensemble to his requirements, with regular musicians who are eager to go along with him in his exacting re-reading of instrumental practice and Baroque scores.

Important moments follow on one from another: for example the recordings of the complete cantatas with violoncello piccolo by J.S. Bach, or projects in collaboration with the Centre for Baroque Music in Versailles. Likewise, the first symposium in Limoges, entitled ‘Amour et Sympathie’ and devoted to European and other instruments with sympathetic strings, will be followed by a series of international meetings in celebration of the viola da gamba, entitled ‘La 7e corde’ (The 7th string): they thus enable Christophe Coin to prove that, over and above his work as a gifted instrumentalist, he means to play his part in stimulating through on instrument making and playing techniques, which form the basis of musical life.

Quatuor Mosaïques (String Quartet)
Quatuor Mosaïques is the most prominent period-instrument quartet performing today. The ensemble has garnered praise for its atypical decision to use gut-stringed instruments which, in combination with its celebrated musicianship, has cultivated the group's unique sound. The Quartet has toured extensively, won numerous prizes and established a substantial discography. Formed in 1985, the group is comprised of Austrians Erich Höbarth (violin), Andrea Bischof, (violin), Anita Mitterer (viola), and the French cellist Christophe Coin. The Quartet has appeared in Europe, the United States, Australia and Japan and regularly performs in Vienna, London's Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw and Berlin's Philharmonic Hall. Quatuor often appears at prestigious European festivals such as Edinburgh, Salzburg, Luzern, Bremen, Bath, Styriarte Graz, Schubertiade Schwarzenberg and Oslo, among others. Quatuor Mosaïques has collaborated with many international artists including pianists András Schiff and Patrick Cohen, clarinetists Wolfgang Meyer and Sabine Meyer and cellists Miklós Perényi and Raphael Pidoux. In 2006 Quatuor Mosaïques was invited to Spain to perform for King Juan Carlos I, using the Monarch's personal collection of Stradivari instruments.

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