Vincent D'Indy: Musique de Chambre (2008)

A completely cool disc coupling nearly unknown but never less than wholly delightful works by a lesser known French master, this disc of chamber music by Vincent d'Indy performed by soloists from the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra is just the thing for listeners who already know the chamber music of Debussy, Ravel, and Fauré and are looking for something similar but different. Each work here is unique and yet each can be identified as d'Indy's by its flawless craft and exquisite sensibility. Two works come from the fin ... Read More

A completely cool disc coupling nearly unknown but never less than wholly delightful works by a lesser known French master, this disc of chamber music by Vincent d'Indy performed by soloists from the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra is just the thing for listeners who already know the chamber music of Debussy, Ravel, and Fauré and are looking for something similar but different. Each work here is unique and yet each can be identified as d'Indy's by its flawless craft and exquisite sensibility. Two works come from the fin de siècle (the Suite in the in Old Style in D for two flutes, trumpet, and strings from 1886 and the Chanson and Danses for flute, oboe, two clarinets, two bassoons, and horn from 1898) and two come from the postwar period (the Quintet for piano and strings and the Suite en parties for flute, harp, violin, viola, and cello). And each work is more charming than the next.For the Suite in the Old Style, imagine the harmonies of Wagner's Meistersinger set to the counterpoints of... Read Less