Composer: Désiré Pâque
Performer: Trio Spilliaert, Jean-Samuel Bez, Gauvain de Morant, Guillaume Lagravière
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Cypres
Catalogue: CYP8609
Release: 2021
Size: 1.22 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Trio pour Violon, Violoncelle et Piano, Op. 46 No. 1
01. I. Molto Moderato
02. II. Allegro Vivace
03 .III. Adagio
04. IV. Molto Moderato – Vivace Giocoso
05. Adagio Sostenuto pour Violon et Piano, Op. 39
Trio pour Violon, Violoncelle et Piano, Op. 98 No. 2
06. I. Lentissimo
07. II. Allegro
08. III. Lento
09. Lento Cantabile pour Violoncelle et Piano, Op. 89
Trio pour Violon, Violoncelle et Piano, Op. 115 No. 3
10. I. Lento
11. II. Adagio
12. III. Allegro con fuoco
This second recording of our anniversary season lifts the veil on a Belgian composer who is far too little known: Désiré Pâque. A precursor of Arnold Schönberg, his musical style is characterised by the use of an almost atonal polytonality, without being locked into one or another musical system. In terms of form, he is the inventor of a constructional procedure which he himself called ‘constant addition’ and which consists of a permanent thematic increase, in other words the constant addition of new musical ideas, which are not subject to development, transformation or return. But the most important thing to remember about Désiré Pâque’s music is his passionate temperament, which is constantly expressed. He was first and foremost a romantic composer