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Louise Farrenc: Sonata · Trios · Variations

Linos Ensemble

Louise Farrenc: Sonata · Trios · Variations

Awards:

The Linos excel again in Farrenc. Her chamber music best showcases the composer’s gift for melody, often offset by poignant harmonies. Piano and strings are beautifully balanced in the Second...

Louise Farrenc: Sonata · Trios · Variations

Linos Ensemble

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The Linos excel again in Farrenc. Her chamber music best showcases the composer’s gift for melody, often offset by poignant harmonies. Piano and strings are beautifully balanced in the Second...

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And in our ambitious Louise Farrenc Edition we can now present more chamber music (two trios, variations and a piano sonata), for which the Linos Ensemble has rendered outstanding services. Two more CDs with Farrenc's sextet and piano trios have already been released with the ensemble. As in all her chamber music works, the piano part is very demanding and also reflects the composer's pianistic skills. The trios are again full of energy, dynamics and surprising, original and witty details. In the Trio op. 45, the violin is joined by the flute. The changed instrumentation reflects Farrenc's compositional maturity: compared to the first two trios, the piano part seems more transparent in favour of the flute, and the flute part itself shows a completely idiomatic treatment of the wind instrument, whose virtuosity and agility are shown to advantage just as much as its melodic and vocal qualities.

Contents and tracklist

Andante - Allegro
Track length12:37
Tema con variazioni
Track length7:42
Rondo. Allegro
Track length5:30
Allegro deciso
Track length9:36
Andante
Track length4:42
Scherzo. Vivace
Track length4:48
Finale. Presto
Track length5:26
Largo. Allegro
Track length7:10
Poco Adagio
Track length6:07
Finale. Allegro vivace
Track length5:48

Awards and reviews

  • International Classical Music Awards
    2024
    Nominated - Chamber Music

December 2023

The Linos excel again in Farrenc. Her chamber music best showcases the composer’s gift for melody, often offset by poignant harmonies. Piano and strings are beautifully balanced in the Second Trio; the flute gets a vigorous workout in the Fourth.

December 2023

Led with sparkling élan by pianist Konstanze Eickhorst, the Linos Ensemble yet again prove eloquent Farrenc advocates.
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