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Tuesday, December 7, 2021

Théodore Dubois - Piano Quartet; Piano Quintet (Trio Hochelaga)


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Composer: Théodore Dubois
  • (01) Piano Quartet in A minor
  • (05) Piano Quintet in F major

Trio Hochelaga
Anne Robert, violin
Paul Marleyn, cello
Stéphane Lemelin, piano
&
Jean-Luc Plourde, viola
Philippe Magnan, oboe

Date: 2006
Label: ATMA Classique

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Review

Théodore Dubois was a prominent French composer, organist, theorist, and teacher in the mid- to late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, but he is perhaps better remembered for a monumental deficit in judgment than for his music itself. He was a staunch conservative, and as director of the Paris Conservatoire, he refused to award the Prix to Rome to Maurice Ravel in 1905; the outpouring of consternation among the public and among musicians led him to resign his position. Dubois had won the Prix de Rome as a young man and had the beginnings of a successful career in composition, but his music never caught fire in the popular imagination, and his dismissal of impressionism doomed his later work to be considered stodgy and old-fashioned. Dubois wrote with facility and had a gift for melody and traditionally Germanic thematic development. There is little in his chamber music that would make it immediately recognizable as the work of a French composer; in fact, his music sounds almost Brahmsian, but without Brahms' gift for harmonic variety and inventiveness. The two works presented here --a piano quartet and his Quintet for piano, violin, oboe, viola, and cello -- are attractive pieces that are welcome additions for ensembles that don't have a huge repertoire. They are full of Romantic expressivity and drama, and have an appealing and sometimes soaring lyricism. Canadian Trio Hochelaga, joined by violist Jean-Luc Plourde and oboist Philippe Magnan in technically assured and emotionally charged performances, makes a strong case for taking a second look at Dubois. Atma's sound is clean, warm, and vibrant.

-- Stephen Eddins, AllMusic

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Théodore Dubois (24 August 1837 – 11 June 1924) was a French composer, organist and music teacher. Dubois was born in Rosnay in Marne; he studied first under Louis Fanart and later at the Paris Conservatoire under Ambroise Thomas. From 1871 he taught at the Paris Conservatoire, where his pupils included Paul Dukas, Albéric Magnard, Guy Ropartz, and Florent Schmitt, among others. Dubois was director of the Conservatoire from 1896 (succeeding Ambroise Thomas on the latter's death) to 1905. As a composer, Dubois wrote many religious works, operas, ballets, oratorios and three symphonies.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9odore_Dubois

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The Hochelaga Trio was formed in 2000 in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. The name "Hochelaga" means "beaver dam" in the Iroquois language. The Trio's repertoire ranged from the classical era to the music of today, especially the lesser known works of romantic and post-romantic periods. The Hochelaga Trio performs regularly in Canada and on international stages, with numerous recordings covers a repertoire ranging from Arensky to unsung French composers of the early 20th century. Current members include  Anne Robert (violin), Dominique Beauséjour-Ostiguy (cell) and Dantonio Pisano (piano).
https://www.triohochelaga.com/

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