L'enfance: Fauré, Bizet, Debussy, Ravel

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The discovery here is Bizet's irresistable and witty Jeux d'enfants. Among suave performances, only Fauré's Dolly lacks some colour and depth to the sound. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 11th Mar 2013
Catalogue No: MIR190
Label: Mirare
Length: 65 minutes

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Fauré: Dolly Suite, Op. 56

Work length15:03

Berceuse

Track length2:27

Mi-a-ou

Track length2:01

Le jardin de Dolly

Track length2:33

Kitty-valse

Track length2:38

Tendresse

Track length3:11

Le pas espagnol

Track length2:13

Bizet: Jeux d’enfants Opus 22

Work length22:00

L'escarpolette

Track length2:35

La toupie

Track length0:58

La poupée

Track length2:06

Les chevaux de bois

Track length1:07

Le volant

Track length1:23

Trompette et tambour

Track length2:26

Les bulles de savon

Track length1:25

Les quatre coins

Track length2:17

Colin-maillard

Track length1:54

Saute-mouton

Track length1:26

Petit mari, petite femme

Track length2:39

Le bal

Track length1:44

Debussy: Petite Suite

Work length13:04

En bateau

Track length3:23

Cortège

Track length3:13

Menuet

Track length2:59

Ballet

Track length3:29

Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye

Work length15:40

Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant

Track length1:38

Petit Poucet

Track length2:53

Laideronnette, Impératrice des Pagodes

Track length3:28

Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bête

Track length4:06

Le Jardin féerique

Track length3:35

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Favourites, Georges Bizet

23rd January 2015

Katherine looks at the recorded legacy of the French composer.

At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, the artlessness, tenderness and magic of the child's world fascinated several French composers. In these sets of pieces for piano duet, each transports the listener to the land of dreams and takes a nostalgic look back to his own early life. With restful languor and penetrating timbre, Gabriel Fauré guides us into the intimate universe of the young 'Dolly' (1893-96). In 'Jeux d’enfants' (1871), Georges Bizet evokes juvenile joys with typically French finesse, poetry and clarity. In his 'Petite Suite' (1889), Claude Debussy offers four tableaux that so charmed listeners to his elegant, supple playing; and finally it is the turn of Maurice Ravel, with his passionate devotion to the theme of childhood, to tell us the tales of 'Ma mère l'Oye' (1908-10), thereby creating one of the most poetic and discreetly lyrical works of his time.

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July 2013

The discovery here is Bizet's irresistable and witty Jeux d'enfants. Among suave performances, only Fauré's Dolly lacks some colour and depth to the sound.

Early Music Review August 2014

Onslow’s melodies rise and fall in huge spans often driven from below by subtle shifts in harmony …Finely nuanced dynamics only adding to the already emotionally charged atmosphere…forget comparisons! This voice is worth hearing in its own right.

July 2013

The two pianists sharing a piano stoool embody the best of the French tradition - crystalline tone, pristine fingerwork and clarity of thought - and they make a compelling partnership. Their reading of Faure's famous Dolly suite is utterly unsentimental and all the better for it.

May 2013

There is a great deal to enjoy in the playing here: Desert and Strosser are a finely honed, highly disciplined team and I felt they came to life especially well in the more jaunty moments that punctuate the recording...Their articulation is enchantingly crisp...and in all these movements the duo employs a healthy amount of whimsy sustained by a nicely unified leggiero touch

L'enfance: Fauré, Bizet, Debussy, Ravel

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