Bonis, Melanie

Barcarolles: works by Alfven, Chopin, Delafosse, Elgar, Fauré, Heller, Liszt et al. / Jean Dubé, piano

2 CD / Syrius / 2012-03-13

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major, B 158/Op. 60; Felix Mendelssohn: Songs (6), Op. 57; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37b; Gabriel Fauré: Barcarolle f...
Performers: Dube, Jean

The Barcarolle is a song evoking the sea and water and, more to the point, the Venetian gondoliers: "Barcarolo" in Italian means "gondolier." Its characteristic...continue...
Recording information: Studio Acoustique, Passavant (05/2011)....continue...

This Invisible World: works for flute and piano by Bonis, Hindemith, Jongen, Khoury et al. / Wissam Boustany, flute; Aleksander Szam, piano

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2012-03-13

Works: Melanie Bonis: Sonata for flute & piano; Paul Hindemith: Sonata for flute & piano; Joseph Jongen: Sonate for flute & piano, Op. 77; Carl Witt: This Invisible World, for flute & piano; Yevhen Stankovy...
Performers: Boustany, Wissam; Szram, Aleksander

Recording information: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, UK (2011-04-02_2011-04-03&2011-)....continue...

Ravel, Faure, Bonis: Piano Trios / George Sand Trio

1 CD / Zig Zag Territoires / 2012-02-14

Works: Maurice Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor; Melanie Bonis: Soir, matin, Op. 76; Gabriel Fauré: Trio for Piano and Strings in D minor, Op. 120
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Ensemble: Trio George Sand (Piano Trio)

For their first recording on Zig-Zag Territories, Trio George Sand offers a refined interpretation of trios by Ravel, Bonis, and Fauré. It is astonishing to...continue...
Recording information: CRR de Paris rue de Madrid (07/19/2010-07/23/2010)....continue...

Mel Bonis: Piano Works

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2011-04-12

Works: Melanie Bonis: Barcarolle for piano in E flat major, Op. 71; La cathédrale blessée, for piano; Il pleut! for piano; Romance sans paroles, for piano; Ballade for piano; Ecologue, for piano, ...
Performers: Peeters, Veerle; Vermeulen, Jan

Mélanie Bonis, born into a modest Parisian family, was in no way prepared for a career in music. Her family was opposed to her taking...continue...
Recording information: Willebringen (Belgium) (07/2010)....continue...

To Pan and Syrinx - Martinu, Roussel, Ensecu, et al / Kenneth Smith, Paul Rhodes

1 CD / Divine Art / 2008-09-09

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Sonata for Flute and Piano; Albert Roussel: Joueurs de flûte, Op. 27; George Enescu: Georges Enesco -Cantabile et Presto; Melanie Bonis: Sonata for flute & piano; Claude Debus...
Performers: Rhodes, Paul; Smith, Kenneth [Flute]

Kenneth Smith, principal flutist of the Philharmonia Orchestra performs a program of music for flute and piano with his "impeccable accompanist,” Paul Rhodes. These musical...continue...

La joueuse de flûte - Bonis: Flute Music / Ruhland, Wiek, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2008-04-11

Works: Melanie Bonis: Suite for flute, violin & piano, Op. 59; Andante et Allegro, Op. 133, for flute & piano; Air vaudois, for flute & piano, Op. 108; Septuor-Fantaisie ou Concerto, for piano, 2 flutes, 2 ...
Performers: Friedrich, Lukas; Jenne-Donneweg, Gesa; Philippi, Ingrid; Ruhland, Tatjana; Wiek, Florian; Wipfler, Wolfgang

SCENE Bonis: Complete Piano Quartets / Mozart Quartet

1 CD / MD&G / 2008-04-01

Works: Melanie Bonis: Quartet for Piano and Strings no 1 in B flat major, Op. 69; Soir, matin, Op. 76; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 2 in D major, Op. 124
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Ensemble: Mozart Piano Quartet

"I had never believed that a woman could write something such. She knows all the clever tricks of the composer’s trade." According to tradition, the...continue...