Brigitte BUXTORF : Flute

Brigitte BUXTORF

After obtaining the First Prize of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris, Brigitte Buxtorf was a flute soloist with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, for six years. She then perfected her mastership of the instrument with Jean-Pierre Rampal, and obtained the third prize in the Geneva International Contest.
She is now devoted to a brilliant career as a soloist and in chamber music, in particular with her flute and harp duo. She also teaches the professional classes at the Conservatory of Lausanne.
Brigitte Buxtorf has interpreted the majority of the works of André Jolivet, who wrote of her that she is "one of the most gifted flautists, with exceptional musical talent, and genuinely convinced of the role of music."
She has made many recordings, within a flute and a harp duo, with pianoforte and with chamber orchestras.

The instruments :
C Flute - gold 14 ct - Jonathon Landell, U.S.A.
G Flute - silver - Eva Kingma, Netherlands

JOHANN SEBASTIEN BACH
The Goldberg Variations

Michel KIENER : Harpsichord

Michel Kiener received piano and harpsichord prizes of virtuosity in the classes of Louis Hiltbrand (1972) and Isabelle Nef (1975). He continued his studies in Amsterdam with Anneke Uittenbosch and Gustav Leonhardt. He has been a prize-winner at the international competitions in Geneva and Bruges. Since 1977, he is professor at the Conservatory of Geneva, while pursuing his activities as both a concert performer and an educator. He has given many concerts in Europe, Latin America and Asia. He plays a magnificent harpsichord made by William Dowd in Paris in 1978, modelled on an instrument made by N. Blanchet in 1730.
Michel Kiener interprets the Goldberg Variations (BWV 988) on a Dowd harpsichord tuned according to the unequal system of Bach. Observe the authentic title of this work, printed circa 1741 by Balthasar Schmid in Nuremberg, according to the undated title page of the original edition : Clavier Übung...
This "Clavierübung" has been associated with the name of Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727-1756), probably a student of Bach, in the artistic and bibliographic laudatory appraisal of the composer...
The work begins with the Aria, a saraband in the form AABB like most of the pieces. After the thirtieth variation, a Quolibet, which links two popular songs, the Aria da Capo e Fine ends this greatest single opus of Bach for the harpsichord.

QUATUOR ARPEGGIONE (1998)
Robert SCHUMANN
Quatuors opus 41, n°1 et 3

Isabelle FLORY : Violin
Nicolas RISLER : Violin
Jean-Paul MINALI-BELLA : Viola
Agnès VESTERMAN : Cello

The Arpeggione Quartet has been acclaimed as one of the leading new ensembles to have emerged from France in recent years. After receiving encouragements from Sir Yehudi Menuhin and after having been selected as laureates at the 1989 Evian International Quartet Competition, the quartet has embarked on a career that encompasses international tours, radio and television appearances and recordings.

Pro Quartet, France's organisation for the development and promotion of string quartets, has supported the quartet since the beginning of their career. In 1992, the Arpeggione Quartet was invited to become the official Quartet in residence at the Sorbonne, marking the first experience of an artistic partnership with a French university.

Firmly established as a guest at the major music festivals, the Arpeggione Quartet leads an international career since it performed to critical acclaim at the Salzburg Festival in 1990.

QUATUOR ARPEGGIONE, CONCERT LIVE (1995)
Robert SCHUMANN
Quatuors opus 41, n°1 et 3

Isabelle FLORY : Violin
Nicolas RISLER : Violin
Jean-Paul MINALI-BELLA : Viola
Agnès VESTERMAN : Cello

The Arpeggione Quartet has been acclaimed as one of the leading new ensembles to have emerged from France in recent years. After receiving encouragements from Sir Yehudi Menuhin and after having been selected as laureates at the 1989 Evian International Quartet Competition, the quartet has embarked on a career that encompasses international tours, radio and television appearances and recordings.

Pro Quartet, France's organisation for the development and promotion of string quartets, has supported the quartet since the beginning of their career. In 1992, the Arpeggione Quartet was invited to become the official Quartet in residence at the Sorbonne, marking the first experience of an artistic partnership with a French university.

Firmly established as a guest at the major music festivals, the Arpeggione Quartet leads an international career since it performed to critical acclaim at the Salzburg Festival in 1990.

VOIX D'ENFANTS vol. 1 (1993)
(children's voices)
Choir Singing Classes

Jean-Joël DUCHESNE : Musical director
Zina MOUHOU and Marie-Laure GUNET : Assistants

The Choir Singing classes at Collège Albert Camus in Yvetot, Normandy, were created in September 1990, with the support of the Cultural Service Mission of the Rouen Educational District Authorities. >From their first year at the Collège, the children receive weekly tuition consisting of two hours of polyphonic practice and one hour of vocal training.
As a mixed group made up of a well-balanced number of 30 boys and girls, the Choir sings in two parts and performs polyphonic works coming from both the sacred and the profane repertoires, with a view to achieving a harmonious blend of popular music and more elaborate scores.
The piano accompaniment has a double function which changes according to the various works : echoing accompaniment or harmonic enrichment.

Jean-Joël DUCHESNE
A music teacher and Choir master at Collège Albert Camus in Yvetot, at Lycée Thomas Corneille in Barentin and at Lycée Raymond Queneau in Yvetot.

Zina MOUHOU - Marie-Laure GUNEY
Prize-winners of the Regional School of Music, they are in charge of the vocal training for the Choir Singing classes and at the same time follow their careers as professional singers.

VOIX D'ENFANTS vol. 2 (1995)
(Children's Voices)
Choir Singing Classes

Jean-Joël DUCHESNE : Musical director
Zina MOUHOU : Assistant

The Choir Singing classes at Collège Albert Camus in Yvetot, Normandy, were created in September 1990, with the support of the Cultural Service Mission of the Rouen Educational District Authorities. >From the first year at the Collège, the children receive weekly tuition consisting of two hours of polyphonic practice and one hour of vocal training.
As a mixed group made up of a well-balanced number of 45 boys and girls, the Choir sings in two parts and performs polyphonic works coming from both the sacred and the profane repertoires, with a view to achieving a harmonious blend of popular music and more elaborate scores.
The piano accompaniment has a double function which changes according to the various works : echoing accompaniment or harmonic enrichment.

Jean-Joël DUCHESNE :
A Music teacher and Choir Master at Collège Albert Camus in Yvetot, at Lycée Raymond Queneau in Yvetot.

Zina MOUHOU :
Prize-winner of the Regional School of Music, she is in charge of the vocal training for the Choir Singing Classes.

VOIX D'ENFANTS vol. 3 (1998)
MAÎTRISE DE SEINE-MARITIME

Jean-Joël DUCHESNE : Musical director
Ilona BALDO et Frédéric GRAVEY : Assistants

Double Album

The Choir Singing classes at Collège Albert Camus in Yvetot were created in September 1990, with the support of the Cultural Service Mission of the Rouen Educational District Authorities. From their first year at the Collège, the children receive weekly tuition consisting of two hours of polyphonic practice and one hour of vocal training.
As a mixed group made up of a well-balanced number of 45 boys and girls, the Choir sings in two parts and performs polyphonic works coming from both the sacred and the profane repertoires, with a view to achieving a harmonious blend of popular music and more elaborate scores.
The piano accompaniment has a double function which changes according to the various works : echoing accompaniment or harmonic enrichment.

Jean-Joël DUCHESNE :
A Music teacher and Choir master at Collège Albert Camus in Yvetot, at Lycée Raymond Queneau in Yvetot.

Ilona BALDO - Frédéric GRAVEY :
Prize-winners of the Regional School of Music, they are in charge of the vocal training for the Choir Singing Classes.