Les Ambassadeurs ~ La Grande Écurie, Alexis Kossenko
AP285 - 4CD - 266' - Jan 27, 2023
Unjustly forgotten, Eugène Walckiers left some extraordinary chamber music: works that are amazingly theatrical and lyrical, and constantly full of humour. Behind hints of Beethoven, Rossini, Berlioz or Mendelssohn, with a touch of folk music here and there, we perceive the mischievous personality of an unclassifiable, iconoclastic and irresistible composer.
Alexis Kossenko and a group of exceptional soloists revive these treasures, for the most part recorded here for the first time, with relish and enthusiasm.
CD 1 THEATRAL
Quintet in A major op. 49*
1. Allegretto ma non troppo
2. Andante con moto
3. Scherzo (Allegro molto)
4. Finale (Andante religioso - Allegro vivo)
Quartet no. 4 in D major op. 50*
5. Allegro vivace
6. Andante (sans lenteur)
7. Scherzo (Vivace)
8. Finale (Allegretto)
CD 2 PITTORESQUE
Flute Sonata no. 1 op. 89*
1. Allegro
2. Scherzo (Allegro vivace)
3. Adagio cantabile
4. Finale (Allegretto poco ritenuto)
Trio in D minor op. 97*
5. Moderato
6. Scherzo (poco Presto)
7. Adagio
8. Finale (Allegro)
CD 3 POETE
Wind Quartet no. 4 in B flat major op. 48*
1. Allegretto
2. Andante
3. Scherzo (Poco presto)
4. Finale (Allegretto non troppo)
5. Rondo Auvergnat (from Les Délassements du flûtiste op. 47)
6. Rondo* (from Les Délassements du flûtiste op. 47)
7. Marche* (from Les Délassements du flûtiste op. 47)
8. Au clair de la lune (from Les Délassements du flûtiste op. 47)
CD 4 VIRTUOSE
Flute Duo no. 1 in B minor op. 57*
1. Moderato
2. Andantino con moto
3. Bolero (Allegretto non troppo)
Flute Trio no. 1 in E flat major op. 93
4. Moderato
5. Scherzo (Allegretto poco ritenuto)
6. Adagio
7. Finale (Allegro)
Grand Flute Quartet no. 2 in F major op. 70
8. Allegro ma non troppo
9. Scherzo (Presto)
10. Adagio non troppo
11. Finale (Allegro leggiero)
* WORLD PREMIERE RECORDINGS
