Trio Boccherini: Conversations a trois - String Trios by Cras, Ysaye & Francaix - SUPER-AUDIO CD

Trio Boccherini: Conversations a trois - String Trios by Cras, Ysaye & Francaix - SUPER-AUDIO CD

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Conversations a trois - String Trios by Cras, Ysaye & Francaix

Artist:

Trio Boccherini

Label:

Bis

Product Type:

SUPER-AUDIO CD

UPC:

7318599927084

Genre:

Classical Artists

Release Date:

2026-06-19

Number of Discs:

1

Following a first release devoted to string trios by Hungarian composers (BIS-2107), the Trio Boccherini now presents a programme dedicated to works composed in France and Belgium during the first half of the 20th century. In a culture that so brilliantly cultivated the art of conversation, it is hardly surprising that early French string trios were often referred to as "Conversations à trois."The programme opens with a trio by Jean Cras, a Breton composer who produced a body of high-quality work while serving as an officer in the French navy. His string trio is a major work that incorporates a wide range of styles, including North African influences alongside echoes of Bach and Bartók. The next work, Eugène Ysaÿe's Le Chimay, is an intense work that is demanding for performers, both technically and emotionally. The work was so named because of the venue of it's first performance, long after the composer's death. Rejecting the modernism then in vogue, Jean Françaix's Trio appears light, airborne, playful, even impertinent. Both funny and profound, the work stands out for it's unique poetic quality. The programme ends with an arrangement for string trio of Claude Debussy's famous Clair de lune, a work of timeless beauty.

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