Eric Tanguy's focus on "imagination, poetry and an interior world" has helped to make him one of the most widely performed French composers of today. Belonging in a line that leads back from his mentor Henri Dutilleux to Messiaen and Debussy, he does not identify with any specific 'school' of composition. His aesthetic has also been shaped by the music of Sibelius and his technique is characterised by intricate use of modes. "There is rigour and purpose behind my music," he says, but I don't expect the listener to have to decode it... It's the feeling that matters." The album In a Dream takes it's title from a piece for violin and piano, one of the eight chamber works on it's programme. Composed between 1999 and 2019, they are performed here by violinists Alexandra Conunova and Rosanne Philippens, viola-player Lise Berthaud, cellist Edgar Moreau, clarinettist Pierre GÃ©nisson, pianists Suzana Bartal and David Kadouch, and string ensemble Quatuor Diotima.

Tracklist:

Quintette Pour Piano Et Quatuor A Cordes
In a Dream, Pour Violon Et Piano
Spirales, Pour Violoncelle Et Piano
Nachtmusik, Pour Piano Seul
Rhapsodie Pour Alto Et Piano
Sonata Breve, Pour Violon Seul: I. Lyrique
Sonata Breve, Pour Violon Seul: II. Ã‰trange
Sonata Breve, Pour Violon Seul: III. Vertigineux
Lacrymosa, Pour Clarinette Et Piano
Trio Pour Piano, Violon Et Violoncelle

UPC: 190296355660
Label: Erato
Release Date: 6.17.22
Format: CD

Suzana Bartal Berthaud - Eric Tanguy: In A Dream-Chamber Music (CD)