Ensemble Contraste

Bach: Transcriptions / Ensemble Contraste

1 CD / La Dolce Volta / 2013-04-09

Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Contraste

Transcribing his compositions for different forces was probably easy enough for Johann Sebastian Bach. The source of the sound didn't matter, because for the master...continue...

Charles Koechlin: Paysages et marines; Two Sonatinas; Septet for Winds; Sonata a sept / Ensemble Initium

1 CD / Timpani / 2012-08-28

Works: Charles Koechlin: Paysages et Marines, for piano, flute, clarinet, 2 violins, viola & cello, Op. 63b; Sonatines (2) for oboe d'amore (or soprano saxophone) & chamber orchestra, Op. 194; Septet for fl...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Contraste; Ensemble Initium

This new release featuring Charles Koechlin's works for ensembles negates the absence of his repertoire in the Timpani catalogue. Two of these pieces, Sonate à...continue...
Recording information: Vincennes, Cour de Ville (10/2011/12/2011)....continue...

George Onslow: Complete Chamber Music for Wind Instruments

2 CD / Timpani / 2011-08-30

Works: George Onslow: Sextet for piano, flute, clarinet, horn, bassoon & double bass in E flat major, Op. 30; Grand septet for piano, wind quintet & double bass in B flat major, Op. 79; Nonet for flute, cla...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Contraste; Ensemble Initium

Onslow is a composer who is being rediscovered thanks to an increasing number of recordings devoted to him and as he gradually makes his way...continue...
Recording information: Vincennes, Cour de Ville (10/2010/12/2010)....continue...

Fauré: La Bonne Chansons, Op. 61; Quatuor avec Piano, Op. 15

1 CD / Zig Zag Territoires / 2011-06-14

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Quartet for Piano and Strings no 1 in C minor, Op. 15; La bonne chanson, Op. 61
Performers: Deshayes, Karine
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Contraste

La bonne chanson, in its version for voice and piano quintet, is the musical meeting point between Karine Deshayes and the artists of the Ensemble...continue...
Recording information: l'église de Bon Secours Paris 11 (11/24/2010-11/26/2010); l'église de Bon Secours Paris 11 (12/01/2010)....continue...

Light Classics / Songs from Arlen, Bernstein, Gershwin, et al.

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-04-26

Works: Harold Arlen: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (for the film The Wizard of Oz); Irving Berlin: Top Hat; Michel Legrand: La chanson des adieux, song (from "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg"); Chanson de Maxence,...
Performers: Beffa, Karol; Buet, Alain; Deshayes, Karine; Droy, Sebastien; Ensemble Contraste; Farjot, Johan; Georges, Isabelle; Gueze, Sebastien; Imbert, Raphael; Leger, Magali; Loizeau, Emily; Piau, Sandrine; S...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Contraste

With the same enthusiasm put into the disc Café 1930, the Ensemble Contraste now makes its way into the exciting universe of the musical. Unforgettable...continue...
Recording information: Studios Davout, Paris (2010-04-22&2010-04-24&2010-)....continue...