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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Debussy & Poulenc - Cello Sonatas
Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello) & Alexandre Tharaud (piano) Debussy and Poulenc made a lasting impact on the musical identity of their country through both their references to the past and their innovations.This programme illustrates their vision of a certain esprit français: moving constantly between irony and emotion, extremely refined, yet at the same time offering an amplified echo of 'light' music - in short, the 'exquisite bad music' the creator of Les Mamelles de Tirésias prided himself on writing. Jean-Guihen Queyras and Alexandre Tharaud, upcoming interpreters of the young generation in France, have already made several recordings together and frequently programme these works in concert.Their recording of Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata was a Gramophone Editor's Choice. "I got to know the Poulenc sonata, thanks to Alexandre, who I believe (although I haven't yet managed to make him admit it) must have learnt to play this music before he started walking; it just seems to flow from his fingers as if it were second nature." J-G Queyras Long a soloist with the Ensemble Intercontemporain, Jean-Guihen Queyras was profoundly influenced by working with Pierre Boulez. His discography, distinguished by a musical eclecticism, includes works by Haydn (on period instruments) as well as Dvorák and 20th-century composers. He has premiered concertos by Ivan Fedele, Gilbert Amy, Bruno Mantovani and Philippe Schoeller (Wind's Eyes), some of which will be recorded for harmonia mundi in late 2008. Alexandre Tharaud devotes a large part of his activity to chamber music. His recording of Schubert's Arpeggione Sonata with Jean-Guihen received unanimous critical acclaim. An enthusiastic advocate of contemporary music, he premiered Thierry Pécou's cycle Outre-Mémoire, as well as his concerto L'Oiseau innumérable (HMC901974, July 2008). His recital programmes 'Hommages' intersperse harpsichord pieces by Rameau and Couperin played on the piano with tributes by living composers. | 
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Raphael Wallfisch (cello), John York (piano) York2 Piano Duo | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Pieter Wispelwey (cello) and Paolo Giacometti (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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William Conway (cello), Peter Evans (piano) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Poulenc - The Complete Chamber Music
Poulenc: | Sextet for piano and wind quintet, Op. 100 Violin Sonata, Op. 12 Sonata for Two Clarinets, Op. 7 Sonata for Horn, Trumpet & Trombone, Op. 33 Cello Sonata, Op. 143 Clarinet Sonata, Op. 184 Sarabande for solo guitar, Op. 179 Villanelle for piccolo (pipe) and piano Elégie for horn and piano, Op. 168 In memory of Dennis Brain Trio for piano, oboe and bassoon Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon, Op. 32 Flute Sonata, Op. 164 |
'Entrancing. It's hard to select the choicest treasures from this jewel box of Poulenc's most witty and vivacious, hauntingly melodic and touchingly heartfelt music, especially when it is played with such effervescence and devotion as here. The two masterpieces are the Sextet for Piano and Winds (1932) and the delectable "Mozartian" Trio for Piano, Oboe and Bassoon, played with dashing elan and soulful lyricism by the pianist Ian Brown and the Nash's brilliant wind principals. Richard Watkins's long-breathed account of the moving Elégie in memoriam Dennis Brain (1957) and Paul Watkins's noble-toned playing of the Cello Sonata (1940/48) are exceptional. But there is rapture, elation, zany high spirits in all of this music, dazzlingly played by the Nash Ensemble. Buy, buy, buy!' (The Sunday Times) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 2
Graf Mourja (violin), Alexandre Tharaud (piano), Ronald van Spaendonck, Francoise Groben (cello) "The first volume in this series of Poulenac's chamber music was a bit of a mixed bag. ...there are wonderfully spiky moments from Graf Mourja in the Stravinskian Violin Sonata, and Ronald Van Spaendonck's control of the haunting slow movement of the Clarinet Sonata is mesmerising."
- BBC Music Magazine (Christopher Dingle), October 2000 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Daniel Muller-Schot (cello), Robert Kulek (piano) “A delectable programme from an exciting cellist” BBC Music Magazine, August 2002 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Poulenc: Chamber Music
Poulenc: | Violin Sonata FP 119 Cello Sonata, Op. 143 Trio, Op. 43 Sextet for piano and wind quintet, Op. 100 Flute Sonata, Op. 164 Oboe Sonata, Op. 185 Clarinet Sonata, Op. 184 Elégie for horn and piano, Op. 168 Sonata for Two Clarinets, Op. 7 Sonata for Clarinet and Bassoon, Op. 32 Sonata for Horn, Trumpet & Trombone, Op. 33 |
Amaury Wallez, Gerard Faisandier, Pierre Fournier, Maurice Gabai, Michel Portal, Maurice Bourge, Michel Debost, Alan Civil, Maurice Bourgue, Robert Casier, Jacques Fevrier, John Iveson, John Wilbraham, Yehudi Menuhin Paris Wind Quintet | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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