Pierluigi Bernard, Mauro Tortorelli & Angela Meluso - Milhaud: Chamber Music (2017)

Darius Milhaud is one of the most colourful and versatile composers of 20th century France. He was active in all fields and genres of composition: opera, choral, orchestral, chamber and solo works, a prolific writer and bold spirit, a member of the French composer’s group “Les Six”, a modernist influenced by jazz, polytonality and Brazilian culture. This new recording presents chamber music for clarinet, violin, viola and piano, in different combinations. Most works are small scale, exquisite and delicious miniatures smelling of the rich perfumes of the French Provence, the region from which Milhaud came and which was his source of inspiration during his long creative life. Excellent performances by violinist Mauro Tortorelli, pianist Angela Meluso and clarinetist Pierluigi Bernard. Tortorelli already recorded a successful Milhaud album for Brilliant Classics, the complete violin and viola sonatas (BC95232). Their recording of the Saint‐Saëns violin sonatas received 5 stars in the French Diapason.

TRACKLIST

01. Suite, Op. 157b: I. Ouverture
02. Suite, Op. 157b: II. Divertissement
03. Suite, Op. 157b: III. Jeu
04. Suite, Op. 157b: IV. Introduction et final
05. Danses de jacarémirim, Op. 256: I Sambinha
06. Danses de jacarémirim, Op. 256: II. Tanguinho
07. Danses de jacarémirim, Op. 256: III. Chorinho
08. Sonatina pastorale, Op. 383: I. Entrée
09. Sonatina pastorale, Op. 383: II. Romance
10. Sonatina pastorale, Op. 383: III. Gigue
11. Elégie, Op. 251
12. Farandoles, Op. 262
13. Caprice, Op. 335a
14. Sonatine, Op. 100: I. Très rude
15. Sonatine, Op. 100: II. Lent
16. Sonatine, Op. 100: III. Très rude
17. Duo concertante, Op. 351
18. Scaramouche suite, Op. 165d: I. Vif
19. Scaramouche suite, Op. 165d: II. Modéré
20. Scaramouche suite, Op. 165d: III. Brazileira