Dubois / Santon / Borghi / Kalinine / Vidal Portraits 2: Musique De Chambre CD

Each volume in the 'Portraits' series is devoted to a composer who has now largely been forgotten; it presents a varied selection of his works.Theodore Dubois is the perfect example of the 'official' composer during the time of French Romanticism: he successively was a Prix de Rome recipient (1861), organist at the Madeleine (1877), an academician (1894), and director of the Conservatoire (1896) where he had been teaching since 1871. However, so much injustice as well as honor was heaped upon his music - accused of academic rigidity - that it is important to rehear it to be in a better position to judge it's real interest value. A representative selection of works, typically previously unrecorded, is provided on this multi-faceted book-CD: A biography, extracts from Dubois' recollections, as wellas articles discussing the composer's style and personality.

1. Allegro Con Moto 2. Andante Grave, Quasi Adagio 3. Allegretto 4. Allegro Con Moto 5. Allegro Moderato Con Fuoco 6. Andante Quasi Adagio 7. Largo - Allegro Focoso 8. Kyrie 9. Gloria 10. Credo 11. Sanctus 12. O Salutaris 13. Agnus Dei 14. Panis Angelicus 15. O Salutaris 16. Ave Verum 17. Ave Maria 18. O Salutaris 19. Ave Maria 20. Largo - Allegro 21. Andantino 22. Allegro Vivo, Scherzando 23. Allegro Con Fuoco 24. Allegro Agitato 25. Andante Molto Espressivo 26. Allegro Leggiero 27. Allegro Con Fuoco