Guillaume Lekeu - Chamber Music

Guillaume LEKEU (1870-1904)

Chamber Music 

Piano Quartet

Ensemble Musique Oblique

Track Listings

1. Molto Adagio 'Mon Ame Est Triste Jusqu A La Mort' - Elisabeth Glab/Benedicte Trotereau/Francoise Gneri/Isabelle Veyrier

2. Quatuor Avec Pno (Inacheve): Dans Un Emportement Douloureux Tres Anime - Elisabeth Glab/Francoise Gneri/Alice Ader/Isabelle Veyrier

3. Quatuor Avec Pno (Inacheve): Lent Et Passionne - Elisabeth Glab/Francoise Gneri/Alice Ader/Isabelle Veyrier

4. Larghetto - Isabelle Veyrier/Elisabeth Glab/Benedicte Trotereau/Francoise Gneri/Robin Clavreul...

5. Adagio - Elisabeth Glab/Francoise Gneri/Alice Ader/Isabelle Veyrier

6. Trois poemes: Sur Une Tombe - Rachel Yakar/Alice Ader

7. Trois poemes: Ronde - Rachel Yakar/Alice Ader

8. Trois poemes: Nocturne - Rachel Yakar/Alice Ader

Belgian-born Lekeu, a student of both Franck and D'Indy, composed these pieces between 1887 and 1892. The first, written the year of his 17th birthday, is a somber but most affecting work. The other instrumental pieces, while occasionally more spirited, also have an undercurrent of yearning if not pathos. The Larghetto, my personal favorite, is exceptionally beautiful and all are played with feeling and care. The three Poemes, giving musical voice to a work each of Lamartine, Verlaine, and Hugo, are lovingly performed by Rachel Yakar. Sadly, Lekeu died the day following his 24th birthday.