SONATES ET FANTAISIES FRANÇAISES

Composer(s): Various

Artist(s): Eric Speller, Olivier Peyrebrune
Reference: KTC1817
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Format: 1 CD
Release date: 2024-06-01
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Sonatas and Fantasies Françaises
Bozza, Pierne, Murgier, Godard, Fontayne, Hugon, Poulenc, Sancan, Dutilleux
The oboe has always played a very special role in French music, not only thanks to the large amount of excellent works composed for it but also because of a tradition of excellence and innovation in a instrument making that stretches back to the Baroque period and continues to this day.

Berlioz describes the oboe in his Grand traité d’instrumentation et d’orchestration modernes (1844) as “a melodic instrument above all else, one that is rustic in character and full of gentleness. Feelings of naive elegance, quiet innocence, peaceful joy and the sorrow of a gentle nature can all be expressed by the oboe in the happiest of ways”.

The first part of this programme introduces us to the oboe’s pastoral character by means of a few fantasias and miniatures: their music is light, virtuoso, entertaining and sublimely delicate, but is also filled with melancholy and can be deeply moving.

Berlioz then expressed reservations about the oboe’s ability to shine when called upon to express “suffering, violent anger, threat or heroic exaltation. Its voice is small and tenderly fresh, and loses all strength and naturalness in such cases”.

Thanks to innovations in the instrument’s manufacture since Berlioz wrote these words, I find that the oboe’s range of expression now allows it to access these extreme feelings as well; this is what has guided the choice of works in the second part of this programme.

It took me some time to decide to record these demanding works, and it’s a real pleasure to be reunited with my long-time friend and musical partner Olivier Peyrebrune for the occasion.

We have been performing some of these pieces for many years now, but it’s always an immense pleasure to rediscover them and to explore them in greater depth. Others are much less well known — one of them is still unpublished — but they seduced us with their virtuosity that is never gratuitous, their refinement and their subtle elegance.

1. Fantaisie pastorale op37 pour hautbois et piano
Composer: Eugène Bozza
Artist(s): Eric Speller, Olivier Peyrebrune

2. Fantaisie pastorale pour hautbois et piano
Composer: Paul Pierné
Artist(s): Eric Speller, Olivier Peyrebrune

3. Capriccio pour hautbois et piano
Composer: Jacques Murgier
Artist(s): Eric Speller, Olivier Peyrebrune

4. Légende pastorale op. 138 pour hautbois et piano
Composer: Benjamin Godard
Artist(s): Eric Speller, Olivier Peyrebrune

5. Pièce op. 5 pour hautbois et piano
Composer: Gabriel Pierné
Artist(s): Eric Speller, Olivier Peyrebrune

6. Fantaisie pastorale op. 43 pour hautbois et piano
Composer: Lucien Fontayne
Artist(s): Eric Speller, Olivier Peyrebrune

7. Chant de la solitude pour hautbois seul
Composer: Georges Hugon
Artist(s): Eric Speller, Olivier Peyrebrune

8. Sonate pour hautbois et piano: I. Aria Grave
Composer: Henri Dutilleux
Artist(s): Eric Speller, Olivier Peyrebrune

9. Sonate pour hautbois et piano: II. Scherzo Vif
Composer: Henri Dutilleux
Artist(s): Eric Speller, Olivier Peyrebrune

10. Sonate pour hautbois et piano: III. Final Assez allant
Composer: Henri Dutilleux
Artist(s): Eric Speller, Olivier Peyrebrune

11. Sonatine pour hautbois et piano: I. Modéré
Composer: Pierre Sancan
Artist(s): Eric Speller, Olivier Peyrebrune

12. Sonatine pour hautbois et piano: II. Andante
Composer: Pierre Sancan
Artist(s): Eric Speller, Olivier Peyrebrune

13. Sonatine pour hautbois et piano: III. Presto
Composer: Pierre Sancan
Artist(s): Eric Speller, Olivier Peyrebrune

14. Sonate pour hautbois et piano: I. Élégie Paisiblement
Composer: Francis Poulenc
Artist(s): Eric Speller, Olivier Peyrebrune

15. Sonate pour hautbois et piano: II. Scherzo Très animé
Composer: Francis Poulenc
Artist(s): Eric Speller, Olivier Peyrebrune

16. Sonate pour hautbois et piano: III. Déploration Très calme
Composer: Francis Poulenc
Artist(s): Eric Speller, Olivier Peyrebrune

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 21,50

Sonatas and Fantasies Françaises
Bozza, Pierne, Murgier, Godard, Fontayne, Hugon, Poulenc, Sancan, Dutilleux
The oboe has always played a very special role in French music, not only thanks to the large amount of excellent works composed for it but also because of a tradition of excellence and innovation in a instrument making that stretches back to the Baroque period and continues to this day.

Berlioz describes the oboe in his Grand traité d’instrumentation et d’orchestration modernes (1844) as “a melodic instrument above all else, one that is rustic in character and full of gentleness. Feelings of naive elegance, quiet innocence, peaceful joy and the sorrow of a gentle nature can all be expressed by the oboe in the happiest of ways”.

The first part of this programme introduces us to the oboe’s pastoral character by means of a few fantasias and miniatures: their music is light, virtuoso, entertaining and sublimely delicate, but is also filled with melancholy and can be deeply moving.

Berlioz then expressed reservations about the oboe’s ability to shine when called upon to express “suffering, violent anger, threat or heroic exaltation. Its voice is small and tenderly fresh, and loses all strength and naturalness in such cases”.

Thanks to innovations in the instrument’s manufacture since Berlioz wrote these words, I find that the oboe’s range of expression now allows it to access these extreme feelings as well; this is what has guided the choice of works in the second part of this programme.

It took me some time to decide to record these demanding works, and it’s a real pleasure to be reunited with my long-time friend and musical partner Olivier Peyrebrune for the occasion.

We have been performing some of these pieces for many years now, but it’s always an immense pleasure to rediscover them and to explore them in greater depth. Others are much less well known — one of them is still unpublished — but they seduced us with their virtuosity that is never gratuitous, their refinement and their subtle elegance.