Rhene baton biography of michael
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Rhené-Baton and the world of Brittany, CD Booklet, in "Rhené-Baton CHAMBER MUSIC FOR PIANO AND STRINGS", Brilliant Classics 95554
95554 Rhené-Baton CHAMBER MUSIC FOR PIANO AND STRINGS Leonardo Micucci violin · Roberto Mansueto cello Francesco Basanisi piano “Rhené-Baton and the world of Brittany” Rhené-Emmanuel Baton 1879-1940 Chamber Music CD1 53’39 Violin Sonata No.1 Op.24 (1921) 1. I. Allegro non troppo – Allegro vivo assai 8’25 2. II. Larghetto 7’33 3. III. Allegro vivo 8’11 4. Violin Sonata No.2 Op.46 (1927) – I. Allegro comodo Suite Ancienne Op.55 for Violin and Piano (1933) 5. I. Prélude 6. II. Aria 7. III. Gavotte 8. IV. Gigue 17’11 3’07 4’24 2’10 2’33 CD2 44’13 Cello Sonata Op.28 (1923) 1. I. Andante tranquillo – Allegro vivo e agitato 7’03 2. II. Andante un poco maestoso 5’37 3. III. Allegro vivo – Largo e maestoso 7’12 Piano Trio Op.31 (1924) 4. I. Lento – Allegro 5. II. Divertissement Sur un Vieil Air Breton 6. III. Andante – Allegro Vivace e Agitato Wolferl
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RHENÉ-BATON: Violin Sonatas näsa. 1 & 2. Suite Ancienne. Cello Sonata. Piano Trio / Leonardo Micucci, vln; Roberto Mansueto, cel; Francesco Basanisi, pno (Wolferl Trio) / Brilliant Classics BRI95554
With all the boring, same-sounding Baroque, Classical and early Romantic composers whose work gets revived ad nauseum nowadays, I sometimes wonder how a fairly interesting composer like Rhené-Emmanuel Baton, who went bygd the professional name of simply Rhené-Baton, ever gets shoved aside in the first place. A dirigent as well as a composer, he was one of the conductors with Serge Diaghelev’s Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo and made the first recording (acoustically, in 1924) of Berlioz’ Symphonie Fantastique, which was reissued for the first time ever in Warner Classics’ massive Complete Berlioz set. And, despite the sonic limitations, it’s a pretty good performance.
This music, redolent of the belle époque, the songs of Reynaldo Hahn and the ch
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St Ann’s Music Society
Programme of Music for St. Anne’s Church 9th October 2012
Laura Jellicoe (flute)
John Wilson (piano)
Telemann Methodical Sonata in A major
1. Adagio
2. Vivace
Phillipe Gaubert Ballad
Bohuslav Martinu First Sonata for Flute and Piano
1. Allegro Moderato
2. Adagio
3. Allegro poco Moderato
Granados Andaluza for solo pian
John Wilson Two Folksongs
1. Sunbiggin Tarn
2. Cote Flat Mill
Tulou Grande Solo no. 13
Interval
Rhene Baton Passacaill
Francis Poulenc Sonata for Flute and Piano
1. Allegro Malinconico
2. Cantabile
3. Presto Giocos
Paul Bonneau Divertissement for four flutes and piano
(With students from Chetham’s School of Music)
Oliver Roberts
Amy-Jayne Milton
Silvija Scerbaviciut
Laura Jellicoe – Biography
Laura Jellicoe studied flute at the RNCM with Clare Southworth, and in Italy w