Octuor de France

CD 1 :

String Quartet(1937) – “Sonatine” for violin tand piano (1934) – Thème and Variations for clarinet and piano (1974) -” Divertissement”  for piano and String Trio(1933)

CD 2 :

Dixtuor for String Quintet and Woodwind Quintet (1987) – Eight  bagatelles for piano and String Quartet(1932) – Nonetto after Mozart for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and String Quintet (1995)

CD 3 :

Octet for Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and String Quintet (1972) – “Divertissement” for Bassoon and String Quintet  (1942) – Quintet for clarinet and String Quartet (1977) – “L’heure du berger” for piano and String Quintet (1947)

with Jean Françaix, piano and conductor

INDESENS RECORDS

… Today, as in 1996, the musicians of the Octet France are their business. It is the same for them Françaix concocted in 1995 from his Nonetto Quintet K. 452 by Mozart, it transposed the piano part for string quintet. delicious! ”

François Laurent, Diapason

“… For over thirty years, the Octet France raised high the reputation of the French chamber music. This kit can be listened to as a manisfeste.”

Jacques Bonnaure, Classica

Max Bruch : Septet for 2 violins, cello, double bass, clarinet, french horn, bassoon – Op. posth.
Felix Weingartner : Octet for piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, clarinet, french horn, bassoon – Op. 73
2010 Calliope

“…Both are beautifully interpreted, two differnt atmospheres, but both providing the same pleasure…”

( L’Education Musicale, Nov. 2011)

OCTET in e flat major opus 96 for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn and String quartet
QUINTET in b flat major opus 89 for Clarinet and String quartet
2009 Calliope – CAL9411

Ludwig van Beethoven : SEPTET opus 20 in E flat major
Adolphe Blanc : SEPTET opus 40
2007 Calliope – CAL9384

“…A refeshing CD providing unending richness, tu be listened to regularity…”

Concertonet

QUATUOR POUR LA FIN DU TEMPS
2006 Calliope – CAL9898

Yuriko Naganuma (Violin)
Jean-Louis Sajot (Clarinet)
Anne-Lise Gastaldi (Piano)
Paul Broutin (Cello)

Goldberg Variations BWV 988
2003 Calliope – CAL9334
Instrumentation : Marcel Bitsch

OCTET in F major opus 166 – D.803
for 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, clarinet, french horn, bassoon
2002 Calliope – CAL9314

“The approach (of the Octuor de France) is convincing by its spicy tone and its refined phrasing which preserve the work’s intimacy while at the same time underlining its momentum and its consuming lyricism.” DIAPASON (5 diapasons)

The last recording of Marcel LANDOWSKI (1915 / 1999)
String Quartet aka. “L’Interrogation” (1995)
Pas de deux for Violin and Piano (1993)
Variation I Moderato, Variation II Allegro agitato
Etude de Sonorité for Violin and Piano (1973)
Calme
Sonate en Duo for Clarinet and Piano (1992)
Larghetto, Adagio, Allegro vivace

1999 Erol

Wolfgang-Amadeus MOZART : Quintet K.581 for Clarinet and String quartet
Johannes BRAHMS : Quintet opus 115 for Clarinet and String quartet
1997 Erol – ER 96003

“…if you wish to put the quality of this recording to the test, simply listen to the slow movement of each quintet to know you have a recording in which the musicians have given everything they have in the interests of good music. Sajot, an exceptional clarinettist, makes his instrument sing. We recommend this recording for its exceptional musical quality. You will certainly want to own a copy for yourself and that says everything!” – AUDIOCLASICA (Spain)

Concerto n°1 for violin and orchestra
Les Malheurs de Sophie – extracts from the ballet
Symphony in G major
Yuriko NAGANUMA (1st violin of the Octuor de France)
Orchestre Philarmonique de Monte-Carlo – Dir : Jean Françaix
1997 – Erol