Cecile Chaminade (1857-1944)
Piano Trio No.1 in G minor, Op.11
I. Allegro
II. Andante
III. Presto leggiero
IV. Allegro molto agitato
from
Ravel, Chaminade, Saint-Saens - Piano Trios
1993, Dorian Recordings
Rembrandt Trio
Valerie Tryon piano
Gerard Kantarjian violin
Coenraad Bloemendal cello
Cecile Chaminade (1857-1944)
Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade was a French composer and pianist.
Biography
Born in Paris, she studied at first with her mother, then with Félix Le Couppey, Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard, Martin Pierre Marsick and Benjamin Godard, but not officially, since her father disapproved of her musical education.
Her first experiments in composition took place in very early days, and in her eighth year she played some of her sacred music to Georges Bizet, who was much impressed with her talents. She gave her first concert when she was eighteen, and from that time on her work as a composer gained steadily in favor. She wrote mostly character pieces for piano, and salon songs, almost all of which were published.
She toured France several times in those earlier days, and in 1892 made her début in England, where her work was extremely popular. Isidor Philipp, head of the piano department of the Paris Conservatory championed her works.
Chaminade married a music publisher from Marseilles, Louis-Mathieu Carbonel, in 1901, and on account of his advanced age the marriage was rumored to be one of convenience. He died in 1907, and Chaminade did not remarry.
In 1908 she visited the United States, and was accorded a very hearty welcome from her innumerable admirers there. Her compositions were tremendous favorites with the American public, and such pieces as the Scarf dance or the Ballet No. 1 were to be found in the music libraries of many lovers of piano music of the time. She composed a Konzertstück for piano and orchestra, the ballet music to Callirhoé and other orchestral works. Her songs, such as The Silver Ring and Ritournelle, were also great favorites. Ambroise Thomas, the celebrated French composer and writer, once said of Chaminade: "This is not a woman who composes, but a composer who is a woman." In 1913, she was awarded the Légion d'Honneur, a first for a female composer. In London, 1903, she made gramophone recordings of six of her compositions for the Gramophone and Typewriter Company; these are among the most sought-after piano recordings by collectors. Before and after World War I, Chaminade recorded many piano rolls, but as she grew older, she composed less and less, dying in Monte Carlo on April 13, 1944.
Chaminade was relegated to obscurity for the second half of the 20th Century, her piano pieces and songs mostly forgotten, with the Flute Concertino, composed for the 1902 Paris Conservatoire Concours, her most popular piece today.
Her sister married Moritz Moszkowski.
Works
Works with opus number
Op.1, Etude in A-flat major
Op.1, 2 Mazurkas for Piano
Op.2, Presto for Piano
Op.3, Scherzo-étude
Op.4, Caprice-étude
Op.5, Menuet
Op.6, Berceuse
Op.7, Barcarolle
Op.8, Chaconne (1879)
Op.9, Two piano pieces: 1 Pièce romantique; 2 Gavotte (1879)
Op.10, Scherzando
Op.11, Piano Trio No. 1 in G minor (1881)
Op.12, Pastorale enfantine (1881)
Op.13, Les Noces d'Argent, Petite Fantaisie for Piano (1881)
Op.18, Capriccio for violin and piano (1881)
Op.19, La Sévillane, comic opera
Op.20, Suite for Orchestra (1881)
Op.20, Intermezzo in A-flat major (Extract from Suite for Orchestra) (1881)
Op.21, Sonata for piano in C minor (1881)
Op.22, Orientale
Op.23, Minuetto (1881)
Op.24, Libellules (Dragon Flies) (1881)
Op.25, 2 Piano Pieces
Op.26, Symphonie Dramatique 'Les Amazones' (first pub. 1888)
Op.27, Deux morceaux: 1 Duetto; 2 Zingara
Op.28, Étude symphonique for piano (1883)
Op.29, Sérénade (1884)
Op.30, Air de ballet (1884)
Op.31, 3 Morceaux for Violin and Piano (ca. 1885)
Op.32, guitare (1885)
Op.33, Valse caprice (1885)
Op.34, piano trio #2 (a): 1 allegro moderato; 2 lento; 3 allegro energico (1887)
Op.35, 6 études de concert: 1 (C) scherzo; 2 (D–)automne; 3 fileuse; 4 Appasionato 5 (F) impromptu; 6 (D) tarantelle (1886)
Op.36, 2 pieces: 2 pas des cymbales (1887)
Op.37, 5 Airs de Ballet : 1 danse oriental; 2 Pas des amphores: 3 Pas des echarpes; 4 Callirhöe; 5 Danse pastorale (1888)
Op.38, Marine (1887)
Op.39, toccata (1887)
Op.40, Concertpiece for piano and orchestra
Op.41, air de ballet. pierrette (E–) (1889)
Op.42, Les Willis,caprice (1889)
Op.43, gigue (D) (1889)
Op.44, Les Feux de la St. Jean for Chorus, Soli and Piano
Op.45, Sous L'Aile Blanche des Voiles for Chorus, Soli and Piano
Op.46, Pardon Breton for Chorus, Soli and Piano
Op.47, Noce Hongroise for Chorus, Soli and Piano
Op.48, Noel des Marins for Chorus, Soli and Piano
Op.49, Les Filles d'Arles for Chorus, Soli and Piano
Op.50, la lisonjera (G–) (1890)
Op.51, La livry,air de ballet (1890?)
Op.52, Capriccio appassionato (1890)
Op.53, arlequine (F) (1890)
Lolita (Caprice espagnole), Op.54
Op.54, caprice espagnole. lolita (D–) (1890)
Op.55, 6 pièces romantiques: 6 rigaudon (1890)
Op.56, Scaramouche (1890)
Op.57, Havanaise (1891)
Op.58, Mazurk-Suedoise (1891)
Op.59, Andante et Scherzettino de Callirhoe for 2 Pianos à 4 hands (ca. 1891)
Op.60, les sylvains (1892)
Op.61, arabesque (1892)
Op.62, Barcarolle for 2 Voices and Piano (1892)
Op.63, Les Fiancés for 2 Voices and Piano (1892)
Op.64, L'Angélus for 2 Voices and Piano (1892)
Op.65, Marthe et Marie for 2 Voices and Piano (1892)
Op.66, Studio (1892)
Op.67, caprice espagnole. la morena (1892)
Op.68, Duo d'Etoiles for 2 Voices and Piano
Op.69, A Travers Bois for 2 Voices and Piano
Op.70, Le Pêcheur et l'Ondine for 2 Voices and Piano
Op.71, Nocturne Pyrénéen for 2 Voices and Piano
Op.73, valse carnavalesque (1894)
Op.74, Pièce dans le style ancien (1893)
Op.75, Danse ancienne (1893)
Op.76, 6 romances sans paroles: 1 souvenance; 2 (E) élévation; 3 idylle; 4 eglogue; 5 chanson brétonne; 6 méditation (1894)
Op.77, deuxieme vals (1895)
Op.78, Prelude (1895)
Op.79, Two Pieces for Orchestra
Op.80, Troisieme valse brillante (1898)
Op.81, Terpsichore, sexieme air de ballet (1896)
Op.82, Chanson napolitaine (1896)
Op.83, Ritournelle (1896)
Op.84, Trois prèludes melodiques (1896)
Op.85, Vert-Galant (1896)
Op.86, romances sans paroles: 1 souvenance; 2 élévation;
Op.87, 6 pièces humoristiques: 2 sous bois; 3 inquiétude; 4 autrefois; 5 consolation; 6 norwegienne (1897)
Op.88, Rimembranza (1898)
Op.89, thème varié (A) (1898)
Op.90, Legende (1898)
Op.91, waltz #4 (D–) (1898)
Op.92, Deuxieme arabesque (1898)
Op.93, Valse humoristique (1906)
Op.94, havanaise #2 danse créole (1898)
Op.95, Trois dances anciennes: 1 passepied; 2 pavane; 3 courante; (1899)
Op.96, Chant du Nord for Violin and Piano (1899)
Op.97, rondeaus for violin and piano (1899)
Op.98, 6 feuillets d’album: 1 promenade; 2 scherzetto; 3 (D–) élégie; 4 valse arabesque 5 chanson russe; 6 rondo allegre (1900)
Op.99, 6 Poèmes evangéliques for Chorus and Piano (1900)
Op.100, Aux Dieux sylvains for Chorus (1900)
Op.101, l’ondine (1900)
Op.102, Joie d'Aimer for Mezzosoprano and Piano (1900)
Op.103, Moment musical (1900)
Op.104, tristesse (c+) (1901)
Op.105, divertissement (1901)
Op.106, Expansion (1901)
Op.107, Concertino for Flute & Orchestra in D major (1902)
Op.108, Agitato (1902)
Op.109, Cinquieme valse (1903)
Op.110, Novelette (1902)
Op.111, Souvenir lointains (1911)
Op.112, sixieme valse, valse-ballet (1904)
Op.113, Caprice humoristique (1904)
Op.114, pastorale (1904)
Op.115, waltz #7 valse romantique (1905)
Op.116, sous le masque (1905)
Op.117, Duo Symphonique for 2 pianos
Op.118, étude mélodique (G–) (1906)
Op.119, valse tendre (F) (1906)
Op.120, Variations sur un theme original (1906)
Op.121, Gavotte for Piano (1906)
Op.122, 3 contes blues: 2 (1906)
Op.123, album d’enfants: 2 (A–) intermezzo. pas de sylphes; 4 (F) rondeau; 5 (a) gavotte; 9 (e) orientale; 10 (a) tarantelle (1906)
Op.124, étude pathetique (b) (1906)
Op.125, sommeil d'enfant; transcription pour violoncelle avec acc. de piano (1907)
Op.126, album d’enfants: 1 (C) idylle; 2 (E) aubade; 3 (a) rigaudon; 4 (G) eglogue; 5 (g) ballade; 6 (D) scherzo-valse; 7 (d) élégie; 8 (F) novelette 9 (g) patrouille; 10 (A) villanelle; 11 (a) conte de fées; 12 (B-) valse mignonne (1907)
Op.127, 4 poèmes provençales: 2 solitude; 3 (D–) le passé; 4 pêcheurs de nuit (1908)
Op.128, Pastel for Piano
Op.129, Menuet galant for Piano
Op.130, passacaille (E) (1909)
Op.131, Marche américaine for Piano (1909)
Op.132, Etude romantique for Piano (1909)
Op.133, Ronde du Crépuscule for Chorus (1909)
Op.134, la retour (1909)
Op.135, La Barque d'Amour for Piano
Op.136, Capricietto for Piano
Op.137, romance (D) (1910)
Op.138, Etude humoristique for Piano (1910)
Op.139, étude scholastique (1910)
Op.140, Aubade for Piano
Op.141, Suédoise for Piano
Op.142, Serénade aux étoiles for Flute and Piano
Op.143, cortège (A) (1911)
Op.144, Gavotte for Piano
Op.145, Scherzo for Piano
Op.146, Feuilles d'Automne for Piano
Op.147, Les Bohémiens for Piano
Op.148, scherzo-valse (1913)
Op.149, Gavotte for Piano
Op.150, sérénade espagnole (G) (1925)
Op.151, Ecossaise for Piano
Op.152, Interlude for Piano
Op.153, Caprice Impromptu for Piano
Op.154, Sérènade vénitienne for Piano
Op.155, au pays dévasté (1919)
Op.156, Berceuse du Petit Soldat Blessé for Piano (1919)
Op.157, Chanson d'Orient for Piano (1919)
Op.158, danse païenne (1919)
Op.159, Les Elfes des Bois for Voice and Piano
Op.160, Les Sirènes for Chorus, Soli and Orchestra
Op.161, Chanson Nègre for Piano (ca. 1921)
Op.162, Gavotte for Piano
Op.163, Romanesca for Piano
Op.164, air à danser (1923)
Op.165, nocturne (1925)
Op.166, Berceuse arabe for Piano
Op.167, Messe pour deux voix égales for Voices and Organ (1927)
Op.168, Danse l'Aeéne for Piano
Op.169, Valse d'Automne for Piano
Op.170, Air Italien for Piano
Op.171, La Nef Sacrée for Organ
Works without opus number
Chaminade at the keyboardLes rêves (1876)
Te souviens-tu? (1878)
Auprès de ma mie (1888)
Voisinage (1888)
Nice-la-belle (1889)
Rosemonde (1890)
L'anneau d’argent (1891)
Plaintes d’amour (1891)
Viens, mon bien-aimé! (1892)
L'Amour captif (1893)
Ma première lettre (1893)
Malgré nous! (1893)
Si j’étais jardinier (1893)
L'Été (1894)
Mignonne (1894)
Sombrero (1894)
Villanelle (1894)
Espoir (1895)
Ronde d’amour (1895)
Chanson triste (1898)
Mots d’amour (1898)
Alleluia (1901)
Écrin! (1902)
Bonne humeur! (1903)
Menuet (1904)
La lune paresseuse (1905)
Je voudrais (1912)
Attente. au pays de provence (1914)
Rembrandt Trio
Valerie Tryon (born 5 September 1934) is a British-born classical pianist. Since 1971 she has resided in Canada, but continues to pursue an international performing and recording career, and spends a part of each year in her native Britain. Among her specialisms is the music of Franz Liszt, of which she has made a number of celebrated recordings. Currently 'Artist-in-Residence' at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Valerie Tryon is active as a concerto soloist, recitalist, chamber musician, accompanist and adjudicator.
Since 1959 Valerie Tryon has appeared as soloist and recitalist in major British concert halls and in Europe, South Africa, Canada, and the USA. She has performed piano concertos with the Hallé Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic, London Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and other major orchestras. The list of conductors with whom she has worked includes Sir Colin Davis, Sir Adrian Boult, Charles Dutoit, Pierre Monteux and Simon Streatfeild.
One of Ms. Tryon’s chief enthusiasms is chamber music. Two of her best-known duo partners in England were Alfredo Campoli (violin) and George Isaac (cello), with both of whom she made a number of significant recordings. Her 1971 performance with Isaac of Rachmaninov’s Cello Sonata is now considered to be a collector's item. In 1986 she was a co-founder (with Gerard Kantarjian) of the Rembrandt Trio, and frequently appears with Camerata and Trio Canada.
Gerard Kantarjian. Violinist, teacher, b Cairo, of Armenian parents, 1 Oct 1931, naturalized US 1964. A pupil of Adolph Menashes in Cairo and Váša Příhoda in Italy, he toured at 17 in Italy and Switzerland. After studies 1953-8 on scholarship at the Curtis Institute with Ivan Galamian, he placed 11th in the Queen Elisabeth of Belgium Competition in 1959. He performed as soloist with some 20 US orchestras, was concertmaster for a season in Leopold Stokowski's American SO, played in chamber groups, and participated 1960-7 in the Casals Festival, Puerto Rico.
At the invitation of Seiji Ozawa he served 1967-70 as the concertmaster of the TS. He held the same positions 1977-9 with the COC orchestra and 1982-9 with the Chamber Players of Toronto, and he has been a member of many Toronto studio orchestras. He has performed as a soloist in recital and with Ontario orchestras. He was the violinist 1973-6 in the Ararat Trio with the pianist Raffi Armenian and the cellist Gisela Depkat, and in 1986 formed the Rembrandt Trio with the pianist Valerie Tryon and the cellist Coenraad Bloemendal, the trio recorded works by Schubert and Mendelssohn in 1989 (Dorian DOR-90130 CD). Kantarjian can also be heard on an album recorded in 1979 with fellow Armenian Raymond Leylekian and his Quintet (RLP 012980) and on the 1983 recital recording Kantarjian Live (Masters of the Bow MBS-2016).
Kantarjian has taught privately, and was on staff in 1977 at the Toronto Summer School of Music (held at Upper Canada College) and the Blue Mountain School of Music, Collingwood, Ont. He began teaching at the University of Toronto in 1984, and has also taught at the Orford Arts Centre in 1988, and at the biennial Canadian Festival of Youth Orchestras in Banff in 1988 and 1990.
Coenraad Bloemendal (born April 30, 1946 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands) is a Canadian cellist, who has performed, taught and recorded primarily in the field of classical music during a career that has spanned more than four decades.
Early career
Still in his teens, Bloemendal started touring with a professional chamber ensemble in Holland and Germany. At 19, he joined a group of cellists from the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam for a tour of Holland and Belgium. In 1971 Bloemendal moved to Canada and joined Camerata (chamber emsemble), which was one of the leading Canadian chamber ensembles of the seventies and consisted of the classically trained musicians: Elyakim Taussig and Kathryn Root (pianists), Suzanne Shulman (flute), James Campbell (clarinet), and Adele Armin (violin). On occasion, they were joined by Mary Lou Fallis (soprano). Their unique programming concepts saw them joined by illustrious artists from various disciplines such as Maureen Forrester, Moe Koffman, Don Thompson and Doug Riley, Glenn Gould, The National Ballet of Canada, actor Tony Van Bridge and many others. Camerata Canada accompanied Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau to inaugurate cultural relations with Mexico, Venezuela and Cuba. In the late seventies Camerata embarked on several European tours. The group disbanded in 1982
Work with Glenn Gould
Bloemendal first worked with the legendary pianist in two CBC Television programs called “Music in Our Time” which Glenn Gould directed in the mid seventies. He then worked with the late pianist on two other occasions: a cello solo which Gould wrote for him to play in his radio program “The Quiet in the Land” and a cello and bass piece which he played with Joel Quarrington as part of a film score Gould wrote for the Canadian movie “The Wars” directed by Robin Phillips shortly before he died.
Later career
Bloemendal’s career continued unabated and he performed with other chamber groups such as: The Toronto Chamber Players, The Toronto Septet, The Canadian Chamber Ensemble, The Amati Quartet. In 1986, he founded another significant group; The Rembrandt Trio, with Valerie Tryon (piano) and Gerard Kantarjian (violin). They toured Canada, the U.S. and the Caribbean and made five recordings for the American label Dorian Recordings. The group disbanded in 1997. As a recitalist, Bloemendal played for 25 years with pianist Valerie Tryon. He also has a long association with legendary jazz musician Don Thompson, who has written many compositions for him for recordings and concerts.
