Magnard: Complete Chamber Music Laurent Wagschal

• 1I. Large11:54
• 2II. Calme11:38
• 3III. Tres vif03:54
• 4IV. Large12:29
• 5I. Sans lenteur08:46
• 6II. Sans faiblir02:50
• 7III. Funebre08:37
• 8IV. Rondement07:31
• 9I. Sombre07:49
• 10II. Chantant10:19
• 11III. Vif: Tempo de valse05:08
• 12IV. Largement - Vif13:36
• 13I. Sombre (Dark)10:49
• 14II. Tendre (Tender)07:12
• 15III. Leger (Light)05:49
• 16IV. Joyeux (Joyful)10:40
• 17I. Sonate12:38
• 18II. Serenade06:18
• 19III. Chant funebre12:03
• 20IV. Danses11:39
• 21En guise d'introduction (By way of an introduction)04:35
• 22Magnard cent ans apres (Magnard hundred years after)04:23
• 23Sa musique de chambre (His Chamber Music)03:01
• 24Le Quintette (The Quintet)10:05
• 25La Sonate pour violon (The Violin Sonata)08:46
• 26Le Quatuor (The String Quartet)15:06
• 27Le Trio (The Trio)09:34
• 28La Sonate pour violoncelle (The Cello Sonata)10:00
• Total Runtime04:07:09

Info for Magnard: Complete Chamber Music

It was just a century ago that Albéric Magnard died. Moreover, the facts that earned him ‘Died for France’ status are known: Greeting German cavalry who had entered his estate in Baron with shots from his revolver, he was gunned down in turn and his house set afire, the blaze destroying many scores.

Long ignored, Magnard has in the past few years joined the pantheon of post-Franckist composers. With Ropartz, d’Indy and others, he embodies what French music produced at the time: a combination of force and clarity, melodic and harmonic invention, and perfect mastery of orchestration. In addition, with Magnard there is the expression of total commitment and a desire to surpass himself.

In chamber music, he left a limited legacy but one of a very high level, which Timpani has entrusted to a ‘young’ team: Laurent Wagschal and the winds of the Ensemble Initium, regular artists in the Timpani catalogue, as well as two talented string players - Solenne Païdassi (a CD of French sonatas with Wagschal for the Indésens label) and Camille Thomas (nominated for the most recent ‘Victoires de la Musique’ awards) - and the Quatuor Élysée, too infrequent on disc.

Laurent Wagschal, piano
Solenne Païdassi, violin
Camille Thomas, cello
Quatuor Élysée string quartet
Ensemble Initium

Laurent Wagschal
began his career as a solo and chamber pianist after having graduated with a first prize from the National Conservatory of Paris. He has won numerous international prizes and has appeared as a soloist with many orchestras such as the Orchestre d’Auvergne and the Orchestre Classica of Moscow. His discography counts more than 20 records, some of them critically acclaimed such as his recording of the Saint-Saëns’s complete chamber music for winds which was nominated in three categories for the Victoires de la Musique 2011. His latest work 'Paul Dukas - L'œuvre pour piano' was released in 2013.

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