Devreese Orchestral Works
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Composer or Director: Frédéric Devreese
Label: Marco Polo
Magazine Review Date: 11/1994
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 57
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 8 223681
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Benvenuta |
Frédéric Devreese, Composer
Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Frédéric Devreese, Composer Frédéric Devreese, Conductor |
(Un) Soir, un Train, Movement: Thème |
Frédéric Devreese, Composer
Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Frédéric Devreese, Conductor Frédéric Devreese, Composer |
(Un) Soir, un Train, Movement: Danse de l'Auberge |
Frédéric Devreese, Composer
Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Frédéric Devreese, Composer Frédéric Devreese, Conductor |
(L')Oeuvre au Noir |
Frédéric Devreese, Composer
Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Frédéric Devreese, Composer Frédéric Devreese, Conductor |
Belle, Movement: Prélude |
Frédéric Devreese, Composer
Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Frédéric Devreese, Composer Frédéric Devreese, Conductor |
Belle, Movement: Fagnes du Nord |
Frédéric Devreese, Composer
Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Frédéric Devreese, Conductor Frédéric Devreese, Composer |
Composer or Director: Godfried Devreese
Label: Marco Polo
Magazine Review Date: 11/1994
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 68
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: 8 223680
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Tombelène |
Godfried Devreese, Composer
Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Frédéric Devreese, Conductor Godfried Devreese, Composer |
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No. 1 |
Godfried Devreese, Composer
Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Frédéric Devreese, Conductor Godfried Devreese, Composer Guido de Neve, Violin |
Concertino for Cello and Orchestra |
Godfried Devreese, Composer
Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra Frédéric Devreese, Conductor Godfried Devreese, Composer Viviane Spanoghe, Cello |
Author:
We are told that Devreese was a good string player, and his First Violin Concerto certainly has its moments, including a tender Andante moderato and a rumbustious finale. However, the best music on the disc is the concise Cello Concerto, originally scored for ''fifteen wind instruments, celesta, harp, six five-string double-basses and variously tuned side-drums'', but skilfully reorchestrated by Frederic (b. 1929) for flutes, piccolo, oboe, two clarinets, two French horns, harp and strings. It's here that one notices the younger composer's more engaging tonal palette, a virtue that lends itself to film music, which is Frederic's main claim to fame (although he has also produced ''operas, orchestral works, ballets, music for plays and television dramas [and] chamber music'').
The present selection features four scores that were composed for various films by Belgium's foremost director, Andre Delvaux, and range in style from the gently nostalgic ''Reve'' that opens Benvenuta, through the boisterous ''Danse de l'auberge'' (
As to placing this music in the scheme of things, I would say that Godfried was a gifted 'second-rater' and Frederic rather more than that, at least in the context of film music. It's fairly palatable stuff that will appeal largely to collectors interested in unusual musical byways, with the film music having the wider potential appeal.'
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