Chamber, Bonis (composer)
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Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers
RecommendedThéo Fouchenneret (piano), Tristan Raës, Cyrille Dubois (soloist), Roberto Prosseda (piano), Alessandra Ammara, Ismaël Margain, François Dumont (piano), Anna Agafia, Anaïs Constans (soloist), Marie Vermeulin, David Zobel, Yann Beuron (soloist), Étienne Manchon, Aude Extrémo (soloist), François Rougier...
Although women composers are at last getting more attention, there have been few discoveries as encyclopedic as this. Across eight discs, the legacy of 21 French Romantic composers is explored,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2023, Box Set of the Year
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Lekeu's Sonata is a real gem and has received a number of fine recordings...Urioste and Poster present a highly persuasive account, slightly more relaxed, allowing the long violin lines to breathe. —
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Beamish's arrangement of La mer provides the culmination and the album's title. Originally commissioned by the Trio Apaches, Beamish's first response was to laugh. However, her arrangement wisely... —
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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These are exceptionally exciting interpretations for the most part. —
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No.1 also dates from the 1900s and is the work that so deeply impressed Saint-Saëns at its premiere (which featured Pierre-Monteux, no less on viola). Cast in the traditional four movements,... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 24th March 2008
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Three contrasting chamber works in energised Farrenc Firsota performances by the Ensemble Louise Farrenc make this album a stimulating listen...Bonis's First Piano Quartet is a swirl of bittersweet... —
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The French Romantic sensibility is clearly audible across this beautifully played selection: texture and atmosphere are everything, tension ebbs and flows. —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Symphonic Recording of the Year
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as their wonderfully vivid performances attest, these are all first-rate pieces deserving a firm place in the repertoire…this is a disc to cherish, —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2024, Editor's Choice
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An intelligently programmed, sensitively played disc. Add Mel Bonis, Clémence de Granval and Augusta Holmès to your listening list of female composers. —
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Truly, chapeau to de Forceville and Margain. Perhaps other Ravel and Bonis pairings will follow, but with this catalogue-expanding piece of simple yet harmonious programming, they set the bar... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2026, Editor's Choice
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