Pierre Génisson, David Bismuth – Made in France (2014) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Pierre Génisson, David Bismuth – Made in France (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 58:59 minutes | 851 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Aparté

The talented young French clarinetist Pierre Génisson, a graduate of the Paris Conservatoire, has chosen to devote his first solo recording – on the Aparté label – to music that, as he puts it, “is part of [his] DNA”. To a programme of French music, therefore, with works by Claude Debussy, Ernest Chausson, Camille Saint-Saëns, Jean Françaix, Francis Poulenc and Jules Massenet: pieces of rare sensitivity and emotion, written for clarinet and piano, all of them composed, in close collaboration with professors of the Paris Conservatoire, for the exit examinations of that institution. The compositions span some hundred and fifty years.

Pierre Génisson is fascinated by the elegance and the great refinement of this music.

“French composers, especially those close to the impressionist movement, knew how to magnify the timbres of these two instruments and bring out an amazing palette of sound and an outstandingly rich harmony. For me these works are three-dimensional, with light, colour and texture. That is what I wish to share through this recording.” (Pierre Génisson, June 2014)

Tracklist:

1-01. Pierre Génisson, David Bismuth – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano: I. Allegretto (04:01)
1-02. Pierre Génisson, David Bismuth – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano: II. Allegro Animato (02:07)
1-03. Pierre Génisson, David Bismuth – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano: III. Lento (03:40)
1-04. Pierre Génisson, David Bismuth – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano: IV. Molto Allegro (04:50)
1-05. Pierre Génisson, David Bismuth – Andante and Allegro for Clarinet and Piano: I. Andante (03:53)
1-06. Pierre Génisson, David Bismuth – Andante and Allegro for Clarinet and Piano: II. Allegro (04:47)
1-07. Pierre Génisson, David Bismuth – Première Rhapsodie: Première Rhapsodie (08:01)
1-08. Pierre Génisson, David Bismuth – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano: I. Allegro tristamente (05:37)
1-09. Pierre Génisson, David Bismuth – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano: II. Romanza (04:40)
1-10. Pierre Génisson, David Bismuth – III. Allegro on fuoco (03:19)
1-11. Pierre Génisson, David Bismuth – Tema con variazioni: I. Laghetto Misterioso (01:41)
1-12. Pierre Génisson, David Bismuth – Tema con variazioni: II. Presto (00:51)
1-13. Pierre Génisson, David Bismuth – Tema con variazioni: III. Moderato (00:53)
1-14. Pierre Génisson, David Bismuth – Tema con variazioni: IV. Adagio (01:24)
1-15. Pierre Génisson, David Bismuth – Tema con variazioni: V. Tempo di valza (01:26)
1-16. Pierre Génisson, David Bismuth – Tema con variazioni: VI. Cadenza (01:16)
1-17. Pierre Génisson, David Bismuth – Tema con variazioni: VII. Prestissimo (00:57)
1-18. Pierre Génisson, David Bismuth – Méditation de Thaïs: Méditation de Thaïs (05:26)

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