The Canzonetta for clarinet and piano, dedicated to the clarinettist Charles Turban, is a short piece, just over three minutes long, with a very simple structure and a concluding coda. A new edition w...
A composer and conductor of genius, Eugène Bozza (1905-1991) left us several operas, ballets, large-scale symphonic and choral works, but his worldwide reputation is derived mainly from his many chamb...
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) left us a considerable output marked in particular by his researches into rhythm, his modes of limited transposition, his chord colours, his Roman catholic faith, and the...
Anti-dogmatic and open to modernity in all its forms, in the course of his career, Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) embraced every genre, from chamber music to symphonic and choreographic works, also composi...
A sense of colour and a formal conciseness are the hallmarks of Dutilleux’s elegant musical language, which drew its inspiration from various twentieth-century trends. He was a demanding composer, sur...
