Georges Antoine

[giles.enders]

Georges Antoine 1892-1918.  Yesterday I went to a concert at Hatchlands.  Among the pieces played was a violin sonata  Op.3 by Antoine.  This was a very moving and powerful piece.  There were faint echoes of Franck but in Liege where he was taught he was regarded as successor to Lekeu.  The programme notes refer to a piano concerto and on inquiry to the pianist, I gather it cannot be found.  Anyone have any clues?  I understand there is a recent recording of this sonata and a piano quartet on a Belgian label.

[jerfilm]

Old recording, Giles.  Find it on Spotify here:

https://play.spotify.com/artist/6Y0YtwsE3EUAb4qVXNzdTJ

Jerry

[mjkFendrich]

The label is "Musique en Wallonie", and it is not really as old as jerfilm claims (released in 2014)

see e.g.

http://www.qobuz.com/fr-fr/album/antoine-quatuor-et-sonate-oxalys/5425008314730

                   

[Simon]

Is this the same recording? Track list doesn't fit with the excerpts though...

http://pointculture.be/album/da8818/?ref=da8818

[jerfilm]

Gosh, I just said it was old.   I didn't say HOW old......

[Alan Howe]

Is this the same recording? Track list doesn't fit with the excerpts though...
http://pointculture.be/album/da8818/?ref=da8818

In a word: no. This is the recording concerned, as indicated in reply 2, above:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Georges-Antoine-Quartet-Ensemble-Oxalys/dp/B00O29YB4Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1442512280&sr=1-1&keywords=georges+antoine
It came out last year, so it's not old at all.

[jdperdrix]

Different records with the same coupling. The piano quartet is worth hearing and is clearly reminiscent of Lekeu.

There is also a CD with his melodies, http://www.amazon.com/Georges-Antoine-M%C3%A9lodies-Patrick-Delcour/dp/B0002JNLPA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1442518808&sr=8-1&keywords=georges+antoine+melodies, which can also be downloaded http://pointculture.be/album/da8828/?ref=da8828.

The piano concerto seems to be lost, but it could very well still exist in manuscript somewhere. He died aged 26 only!

Scores of the quatet and of the sonata are available http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Antoine,_Georges

[mikehopf]

I've got an LP  of Antoine's Violin Sonata Op.3 and Piano Quartet Op.6 on the Musique en Wallonie label  recorded in 1975.

The artists are listed as Le Trio a Cordes Francais ( Jarry, Collot & Tournus) with Pludermacher on the  piano.

A  6 page insert features  very detailed analyses of both works with many musical examples.