Pierre-Dominique Ponnelle

CD album cover 'Pierre-Dominique Ponnelle' (GEN 10163) with Gémeaux Quartett, Pierre-Dominique  Ponnelle

GEN 10163 EAN: 4260036251630

26.2.2010 Special offer
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String quartets: an unassuming and introspective form of music-making with four usually elder gentlemen exulting over the works of long forgotten composers? Definitely not the case with the Gémeaux Quartet, who have released a masterful, unbridled and tender recording of three works by Pierre-Dominique Ponnelle on the Genuin classics label. The disc features the very highest standard in quartet playing culture and sounds that can be placed somewhere in the avant-garde as well as on the steppes of Central Asia, performed with improvisational freedom and the most demanding stringency. These are world premiere recordings and a rare listening experience. Not a trace of dust can to be seen on these dazzling string quartets!

"These are compositions which gestated in intensive ambivalence about one’s own life experiences."
ENSEMBLE, 3/2010

Gémeaux Quartett string quartet
Pierre-Dominique Ponnelle Composer

String quartets: an unassuming and introspective form of music-making with four usually elder gentlemen exulting over the works of long forgotten composers? Definitely not the case with the Gémeaux Quartet, who have released a masterful, unbridled and tender recording of three works by Pierre-Dominique Ponnelle on the Genuin classics label. The disc features the very highest standard in quartet playing culture and sounds that can be placed somewhere in the avant-garde as well as on the steppes of Central Asia, performed with improvisational freedom and the most demanding stringency. These are world premiere recordings and a rare listening experience. Not a trace of dust can to be seen on these dazzling string quartets!

"These are compositions which gestated in intensive ambivalence about one’s own life experiences."
ENSEMBLE, 3/2010

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Tracklist

  1. Pierre-Dominique Ponnelle (*1957)
    String Quartet No. 1
    Calmo
  2. Allegretto-Adagio-Allegretto
  3. Largo lamentoso-Presto-Tempo primo
  4. Adagio
  5. Andante calmo
  6. Pierre-Dominique Ponnelle (*1957)
    String Quartet No. 2
    Andante (attacca)
  7. Allegretto (attacca)
  8. Allegro (attacca)
  9. Presto (attaca)
  10. Allegretto calmo
  11. Pierre-Dominique Ponnelle (*1957)
    String Trio
    Andante calmo
  12. Allegretto, un poco calmo - Trio I (Lento) - Allegro moderato - Trio II - Allegro - Trio III
  13. Intermezzo: Andante calmo
  14. Adagio

String quartets: an unassuming and introspective form of music-making with four usually elder gentlemen exulting over the works of long forgotten composers? Definitely not the case with the Gémeaux Quartet, who have released a masterful, unbridled and tender recording of three works by Pierre-Dominique Ponnelle on the Genuin classics label. The disc features the very highest standard in quartet playing culture and sounds that can be placed somewhere in the avant-garde as well as on the steppes of Central Asia, performed with improvisational freedom and the most demanding stringency. These are world premiere recordings and a rare listening experience. Not a trace of dust can to be seen on these dazzling string quartets!

"These are compositions which gestated in intensive ambivalence about one’s own life experiences."
ENSEMBLE, 3/2010