Composer: Napoléon Coste
Performer: An Tran
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8574321
Release: 2023
Size: 218 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Fantaisie symphonique, Op. 28b
01. I. Allegro – Andantino grazioso
02. II. Rondo. Allegro
03. III. Andante – Vivo
04. IV. Scherzo. Allegretto
05. La Chasse des Sylphes, Op. 29
Grande Sérénade, Op. 30
06. I. Largo – II. Allegro – III. Vivace – IV. Andantino. Marche et choir de pélerins
07. V. Bolero – VI. Andante – VII. Final. Allegro – VIII. Allegretto
Le Départ – Le Retour, fantaisie dramatique, Op. 31
08. I. Introduction. Andante largo
09. II. Le retour. Marche triomphale
10. Mazurka, Op. 33
Andante et Menuet, Op. 39
11. I. Andante
12. II. Menuet
Naxos acknowledges the 140th anniversary of the death of Napoleon Coste in the year of 2023.The publication of a facsimile edition of Napoleon Coste’s complete works in the 1980s brought the composer-guitarist’s name before the public after decades of neglect. A student of Sor, he was the most eminent French guitarist of the 19th century and a creative innovator. Fantaisie symphonique shows the range of his ambition with its quasi-orchestral textures, swift mood changes and virtuoso flourishes. Le Depart is one his most popular extended pieces, full of liquid transitions. The other works demonstrate the variety of his art – the multitude of techniques employed, his mastery of texture and attractive intricacy.