René de Boisdeffre (1838-1906) Violin Sonata etc.

[Alan Howe]

...forthcoming from Acte Préalable:
http://www.acteprealable.com/albums/soon_ap0362.html
Composer details here:
https://digitalscores.wordpress.com/2010/10/07/rene%cc%81-de-boisdeffre/

[eschiss1]

Also: French Wikipedia;
IMSLP  (with 3 violin sonatas, and perhaps he wrote more still- so which ones are on the new recording:D) (ah ok, Op.50, no.2, in E minor, published first no later than 1893 or so and premiered around 1894, in Britain about 1896...)

[Aramiarz]

Very interesting. I saw some years ago his scores in IMSLP. I think that AP, is doing the first cd by Boisdeffre. I have much interest in this cd

[eschiss1]

Me too. (There was, incidentally, as Saint-Saëns explains in a collection of memoirs, some truth to a view of France as inhospitable to chamber music (or even to its own contemporary Romantic symphonists) - but enough composers over the years, some of whom (eg Gouvy) he namechecks in various contexts, bucked the trends. Probably wrote this already- sorry.) Besides Boisdeffre , we've recently had recordings of Adolphe Blanc (1828-85), another prolific chamber composer, too... (Both composers have fairly long lists of instrumental music to their credit.)

[eschiss1]

Now in their New Releases section (though confusingly still in their coming soon section too). Curious to hear what people think of his music now some of it's available

[Alan Howe]

The Violin Sonata is a fine, if not terribly individual piece - very well played here, by the way. Dejan Bogdanovich is clearly an exceptionally fine violinist.