GUILLAUME LEKEU (1870-1894): Complete Works - Andromède for Soprano, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, Chorus and Orchestra (Dinah Bryant [soprano], Zeger Vandersteene [tenor], Philippe Huttenlocher [baritone], Jules Bastin [bass]), Études symphoniques Nos. 1 and 2 (w/second version of Ophélie), Fantaisie sur deux Airs Populaires Angevins, Adagio, Larghetto for Cello and Orchestra, Prelude to Act II of Barberine, Fantaisie contrapuntique sur un Cramignon liégeois, Introduction symphonique au Burgraves, Épithalame for Strings, Trumpet and Organ (Bernard Foccroulle [organ]), Chant lyrique for Chorus and Orchestra (Chœur Symphonique de Namur, Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège; Pierre Bartholomée), Introduction et Adagio for Tuba and Wind Orchestra (Carl Delbart [tuba], Grand Orchestre d’Harmonie des Guides; Norbert Nozy), Violin Sonata (Philippe Hirshhorn [violin], Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden [piano]), Piano Quartet (unfinished) (Domus), Méditation for String Quartet, String Quartet in G, Molto adagio sempre cantante e doloroso for String Quartet, Menuet for String Quartet, Thema con variazioni for String Trio (Camerata String Quartet), Piano Trio in C Minor (Trio Arthur Grumiaux), Cello Sonata in F Minor (Luc Dewez [cello]), 3 Pièces for Piano, Piano Sonata in G Minor (Luc Devos [piano]), Choral and Andante più tosto adagio for Violin and Piano, Adagio molto espressivo for 2 Violins and Piano, Minuetto for 2 Violins (Philippe Koch, Anne Leonardo [violins], Devos [piano]), Andante sostenuto for Piano Four Hands (Devos & Catherine Mertens), Fantaisie sur deux Airs Populaires Angevins for Piano Four Hands (Dirk Herten & Daniel Blumenthal), for Solo Piano: Andantino semplice, Tempo di Mazurka, Allegro marcato, Berceuse et valse, 3 pièces, Moderato quasi largo et Adagio religioso, 3 Andantes, Lento dolorso, Andantino malinconico, Berceuse (Devos [piano]), Plainte d’Andromède for Soprano, Piano and Strings (Greta de Reyghere [soprano], Devos [piano], Eric Mathot [double bass], Camerata String Quartet), Songs: La fenêtre de la maison paternelle, Les Pavots, L’ombre plus dense, Quelque antique et lente danse, Chanson de Mai, Andromède, Sur une tombe, Ronde, Nocturne (Guy de Mey [tenor], de Reyghere [soprano], Lucienne Van Deyck [mezzo], Devos [piano]).
Catalogue Number: 09R047
Label: Ricercar
Reference: RIC 351
Format: CD
Price: $49.98
Description: Originally recorded from 1987-94, these recordings were originally released as single discs but were also boxed in 1994. This new reissue comes complete with updated and augmented notes (37 pages in English in the 164-page booklet) which go in chronological order (although the discs do not), making this a ridiculously cheap and quite invaluable primary source for the often dark and tormented music of this young, mortally ill genius. 8 CDs. French-English texts.
