Composer: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Francis Poulenc, Ludwig Thuille
Performer: Galliard Ensemble, Sam Haywood
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deux-Elles
Catalogue: DXL1198
Release: 2024
Size: 1.11 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat, K452
01. I. Largo – Allegro moderato
02. II. Larghetto
03. III. Allegretto
Thuille: Sextet in B flat major, Op. 6
04. I. Allegro moderato
05. II. Larghetto
06. III. Gavotte. Andante, quasi Allegretto
07. IV. Finale. Vivace
Poulenc: Trio for piano, oboe and bassoon
08. I. Presto
09. II. Andante
10. III. Rondeau
This is the Galliard Ensemble’s 5th recording for Deux- Elles. To celebrate their 30th anniversary, they are joined by pianist Sam Haywood in an epic programme bookended by two pillars of the repertoire, Mozart’s Quintet for Piano and Winds and Poulenc’s Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano. Featured prominently in the middle is the marvellously expansive and much less recorded Sextet for Piano and Winds by Ludwig Thuille, a close colleague of Richard Strauss. This album is a melting pot of colours, textures and timbres, beautifully captured and balanced by sound engineer Matthew Wadsworth.