Bessette, Louise

Alfred Schnittke - Chamber Music vol. 2: Quartet & Quintet with Piano; String Trio / Louise Bessette, piano

1 CD / ATMA / 2013-01-29

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Quartet for Piano and Strings in A minor (after Mahler); Trio for violin, viola & cello; Quintet for Piano and Strings
Performers: Bednarz, Frederick; Bessette, Louise; Bouvrette, Pierre-Alain; Lambert, Frederic; Ranzenhofer, Olga; Swoboda, Marcin
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quatuor Molinari

Internationally acclaimed by the public and the critics since its foundation in 1997, the Molinari Quartet has established a mandate to perform works from the...continue...
Recording information: Salle de concert du Conservatoire de musique de Montréa (06/2010/04/2012); Salle Pierre-Mercure Du Centre Pierre-Péladeau, Montréa (06/2010/04/2012)....continue...

Moods: Relaxation, Dream, Lullabies / Surrounding Yourself with Classical Music

3 CD / Analekta / 2012-01-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in D major; Suite in C minor; Sonata no 2 in A minor; Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet in A major, for bassett clarinet and strings...
Performers: Baril, Louise-Andree; Bessette, Louise; Booth, Jane; Boucher, Remi; Brock, Aaron; Dubeau, Angele; Ehnes, James [Violin]; Fiset, Marianne; Kay, Francine; Lapointe, Jean Francois; McMahon, Michael; Mil...
Conductors: Lamon, Jeanne; Talmi, Yoav; ; Patenaude, Gilbert; Hanson, George
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Caprice; La Pietà (Orchestra)

In 'N' Out: Coffee Break, Dining, Jazzy Car Ride / Every moment has its Music

3 CD / Analekta / 2012-01-31

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Centone di Sonate no 1; Cantabile e Valtz in E major; Felix Mendelssohn: Song without words for Cello and Piano in D major, Op. 109; Trio for Piano and Strings in D minor; Erne...
Performers: Baril, Louise-Andree; Bessette, Louise; Blaha, Bernadene; Booth, Jane; Dolin, Elizabeth; Dubeau, Angele; Ehnes, James [Violin]; Fortin, Lyne; Groulx, Jean-Francois; Kodama, Mari [Piano]; Kuerti, Anto...
Conductors: ; Nagano, Kent; Desmarais, Lorraine; Rescigno, Joseph
Ensemble: ; Duo Campion-Vachon; Duo Gaulin-Riverin; Gryphon Trio; Montreal Jazz Club; Quatuor Alcan; Trio Lorraine Desmarais

Spices: France, Italy, Spain - Your journey through classical music

3 CD / Analekta / 2012-01-31

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Paul Bazelaire: Suite Francaise; Maurice Ravel: A la manière; Henri Duparc: L'invitation au voyage; Jean Françaix: L'heure du berger; Quintette...
Performers: Bareil, Antoine; Baril, Louise-Andree; Bessette, Louise; Boucher, Remi; Dube, Raphael; Dubeau, Angele; Kay, Francine; Laplante, Andre; Lapointe, Jean Francois; Lefevre; Milot, Valerie [Harp]; Pierri,...
Conductors: Talmi, Yoav; ; Dessaints, Raymond; Turovsky, Yuli; Rescigno, Joseph; Maute, Matthias
Ensemble: ; Duo Campion-Vachon; Duo Similia; Ensemble Amati (Montreal); Ensemble Caprice; I Musici de Montréal; La Pietà (Orchestra)

John Adams: A Portrait / Dubeau

1 CD / Analekta / 2011-02-15

Works: John Adams: Road Movies; John's Book of Alleged Dances (excerpts), for string quartet; Shaker Loops
Performers: Bessette, Louise; Dubeau, Angele
Conductors: Dubeau, Angèle
Ensemble: La Pietà (Orchestra)

"Sweetness and strength characterize Dubeau's playing, as well as absolute technical security and thoughtful musicality, and the same attributes are true of the ensemble. It's...continue...
Recording information: Multi-Media Room, Schulich School of Music, McGill Univ (11/2010/12/2010)....continue...

Reflections on Spain / Louise Bessette, piano

1 CD / Analekta / 2010-11-09

Works: Ernesto Lecuona: Andalucía, suite for piano (Suite Española); Federico Mompou: Paisajes; Isaac Albéniz: Op. 164; Joaquín Turina: Danzas gitanas, for piano, Set 1, Op. 55; Tomá...
Performers: Bessette, Louise

After devoting her previous recording to Olivier Messian, pianist Louise Bessette takes on a totally different musical journey, with a program of Spanish works. An...continue...
Recording information: Multi-Media Room (MMR), Schulich School of Music, McGil (06/14/2010-06/16/2010)....continue...

Messiaen: La fête des belles eaux, Feuillet inédits; Ravel / Ensemble d'Ondes de Montréal, et al

1 CD / ATMA / 2008-11-25

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Fête des belles eaux, for 6 ondes martenot, II/14; Feuillets inédits (4), for ondes Martenot; Maurice Ravel: Quartet for Strings in F major
Performers: Bessette, Louise; Lemire, Estelle
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble d'Ondes de Montreal

The ondes Martenot is an early electronic instrument invented by and named after French musician Maurice Martenot. Though difficult to describe, its haunting, quivering sound...continue...

Les oiseaux - Messiaen: La fauvette des jardins, Prelude, etc / Louise Bessette

1 CD / Analekta / 2008-11-11

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Cantéyodjayâ; Prelude for Piano; Petites esquisses d'oiseaux (6), for piano, I/54; La fauvette des jardins
Performers: Bessette, Louise

Nature, as a symbol of divine perfection, was a great source of inspiration for Messiaen, one that drove him to integrate birdsong into his music...continue...

Vienne 1900

2 CD / Naïve / 2006-01-17

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Sonata for Cello and Piano in F major, Op. 6; Anton Webern: Langsamer Satz for String Quartet, M 78; Movements (...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Arditti, Irvine; Austbo, Hakon; Berteletti, Isabel; Bessette, Louise; Bonatta, Andrea; Chaignaud, Jean-Luc; Collot, Serge; Erben, Valentin; Gastinel, Anne; Holroyd, Anna; Kaku...
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; ; Haitink, Bernard; Jordan, Armin; Closel, Amaury du
Ensemble: Arditti Quartet (String Quartet); Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; French National Orchestra; National Orchestra d'Ile de France; ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra; Quatuor Danois; Versailles Camerata

Les Lauréats / Louise Bessette, Ensemble de Flûtes Alizé

1 CD / ATMA / 2003-11-01

Works: André Ristic: Vers, for 8 flutes; Wim Henderickx: Mysterium, for 10 wind instruments; Andre Villeneuve: XXIX Tracés solitaires d'humanité, for piano; Peter Swinnen: Quar'l, "a quarrel"...
Performers: Bessette, Louise
Conductors: Boudreau, Walter
Ensemble: L'Ensemble Alizé ; Société de musique contemporaine du Québec (SMCQ)

Giacinto Scelsi - The Piano Works 1

1 CD / Mode Records / 2000-11-28

Works: Giacinto Scelsi: Sonata for Piano no 2; Sonata for Piano no 4; Suite no 9 "Ttai", for piano
Performers: Bessette, Louise

Messiaen: Vignt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus / Louise Bessette

2 CD / ATMA / 2000-09-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Regards (20) sur l'Enfant-Jésus, for piano, I/27
Performers: Bessette, Louise

Mozart and the Birds / Lise Daoust, Louise Bessette

1 CD / ATMA / 1996-04-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in F major; Fantasia for Piano in D minor, K 397 (385g); Sonata for violin & piano no 7 in A major, K. 12; Sonata for violin & piano no 9 in C major, K. 14; Olivier Me...
Performers: Bessette, Louise; Daoust, Lise

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Sensitive and elegant performances by Montrealers Lise Daoust and Louise Bessette
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