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Chausson - Concert Mathieu Trio & Quintette

The Ritz Carlton Hotel, December 7, 1950. More than 15 years after his first recital, which would change Andre Mathieu's life forever, the 'Canadian Mozart' was performing again. The packed program included his sonata for violin, Quatre Melodies sur des textes de Verlaine, a piano reduction of his Quatriame Concerto, and the premier of his piano trio. For the critics in attendance, the performance left no doubt; at the age of 21, Mathieu had become a composer in full control of his craft. "What is surprising and inwardly delightful in Mathieu's compositional style is that he never substitutes music with mathematics, doesn't employ the current decadent system, and never wallows in insolent melodies or impenetrable rhythms," wrote Eugene Lapierre in Le Devoir on December 11, 1950. "He can be bold, but we are always listening to music. Furthermore, his music is essentially symphonic it is all about clarity-clarity of rhythm, clarity of harmony, simple and supple melodies with a surprising breadth. This probably stems from his own virtuosity as a performer, since he always seems to be swept up by a need for motion and timbre, the sure sign of a natural composer."

10 New 'ON' this week: 85 Total
Direct: SiriusXM, Music Choice, Spafax
Markets include: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Dallas, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Detroit, New Orleans, Austin, San Antonio, Louisville, Canada
Online: RadioIO, WGOE
Alain Lefevre:

Francois Dompierre - 24 Preludes

After having premiered the work at the Festival de Lanaudiere in front of a record crowd of close to 7000, Alain Lefevre recorded Francois Dompierre's 24 Preludes in a boogie­woogie form, and many other things. "The cycle draws inspiration from jazz, pop music, and the broad repertoire of French piano music; it is both all of that and none of it," sums up the composer. The pianist and dedicatee says, "Without a doubt, this is Dompierre's greatest work. He put into it all his science of piano writing. In the style and genre, we stand in front of a major work of the piano repertoire."

31 New 'ON' this week:  68 Total
SYND:
PRI/Classical 24
Direct: SiriusXM, Music Choice
Markets include: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia, Dallas, Seattle, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Houston, Detroit, Austin, Louisville KY, San Antonio
Online: RadioIO

Alain Lefevre:

Chopin - 24 Preludes

Like many young keyboard players today, Chopin was exposed to Bach's set of preludes and fugues in each major and minor key, the Well-Tempered Clavier. We can only assume that this is what sparked Chopin's imagination and led to the 24 Preludes. But unlike Bach's sprawling work, each Chopin prelude is a study in economy and brevity. Though miniatures, performing the 24 Preludes is no small task. In his latest recording, Montreal-based pianist and composer Alain Lefèvre tackles the works with a wide range of expression, from the melodic simplicity of the fourth prelude to the tenderness of the "Raindrop" prelude. Rounding out the recording is Padre Antonio Soler's Sonata in D minor No. 24. Lefèvre makes a compelling case for the nearly forgotten 18th-century Spanish composer, who wrote a huge number of keyboard sonatas.

43 New 'ON'  108 TOTAL
SYND: PRI/Classical 24
Direct: SiriusXM, Music Choice, MOOD, Spafax
Markets include: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Wash DC, Dallas, Atlanta, Seattle, Cleveland, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Denver, Portland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Cincinnati, New Orleans, Detroit, Austin, Memphis, Buffalo NY, Albuquerque, Madison WI, Honolulu, Canada
Online: Taintradio, ClassicallyHip

Alain Lefevre:

Concertino & Concertos

With repertoire, Mathieu: Concertino for piano No. 2, Op. 13, Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 35, Mendelssohn: Concerto for piano and violin in D minor, this CD is a reunion of great performers: pianist Alain Lefevre, violinist David Lefevre, trumpeter Paul Archibald are joined by the London Mozart Players led by Matthias Bamert. Recorded in London in Winter 2009, this album will delight the connoisseurs with never and rarely recorded works. While Schumann freely referred to Felix Mendelssohn as the "Mozart of the 19th century," Goethe, who saw both young musicians perform, felt that young Felix shone even more brilliantly than his predecessor.

23 New ON this week 119 Total
Synd: PRI/Classical 24, WFMT/The Romantic Hours
Direct: SiriusXM/Classics, Music Choice/Classical Masterpieces
Markets include: New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Dallas, Atlanta, Minneapolis, Seattle, Houston, Denver, Portland, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Detroit, Kansas City, New Orleans, Indianapolis, Berkeley CA, Memphis
Online: RadioIO, Taintradio