Composer: Fernand de la Tombelle
Performer: Hannes Minnaar, Adrien Bellom, Hermine Horiot, François Salque, I Giardini, François Saint-Yves, Flemish Radio Choir, Jeff Cohen, Yann Beuron, Pascal Amoyel, Emmanuelle Bertrand, Nabila Chajai
Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Herve Niquet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Bru Zane
Catalogue: BZ1038
Release: 2019
Size: 3.49 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Fantaisie pour piano et orchestre en Fa Mineur
01. I. Allegro moderato
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Finale (Allegro molto)
Impressions matinales
04. I. Aurore
05. II. Écho
06. III. Carillon
07. IV. Aubade
08. V. Kermesse
Livre d’images
09. I. Conte bleu
10. II. Il était une fois
11. III. Perdu dans la forêt
12. IV. Cavalcade
CD 02
Suite pour trois violoncelles
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andantino
03. III. Scherzando presto
04. IV. Lento
05. V. Finale (Allegro)
Quatuor avec piano
06. I. Allegro agitato
07. II. Adagio
08. III. Molto allegro
09. IV. Allegro molto
10. Le furet
11. Au fil d’eau
12. Madrigal spirituel
13. La voix de l’orgue
14. Pie Jesu
CD 03
01. Le livre de la vie
02. À la mère de l’enfant mort
03. Dans l’alcôve sombre
04. Le secret des vagues
Pages d’amour
05. I. L’ultime idole
06. II. Nuit d’amour
07. III. Sérénade
08. IV. Retour
09. V. L’apaisement
10. VI. La flambée
11. Andante espressivo
Sonate pour violoncelle et piano
12. I. Allegro
13. II. Lentement
14. III. Allegro vivace
15. Fantasie-ballade pour harpe
Gifted with a strong temperament and a curious nature, Fernand de La Tombelle is a highly appealing and interesting figure among French Romantic composers. He left a substantial œuvre, protean, stylistically eclectic, even atypical, that deserves reassessment not only for its own merits,but also because it illustrates a certain form of social and artistic activity in France at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This new CD-book in the Palazzetto Bru Zane’s ‘Portraits’ series reveals the multiple facets of a captivating personality, ranging from orchestral music with operatic overtones through introspective chamber works to choral music recalling the Renaissance madrigal. The sublime Fantaisie for piano and orchestra would suffice on its own to demonstrate the quality of
La Tombelle’s inspiration. To champion his cause as it deserves, this set calls on no fewer than fourteen soloists, along with orchestra, chorus and conductor.