Jean Cras' early chamber music

Started by tuatara442442, Saturday 03 May 2025, 05:31

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https://www.discogs.com/release/20735581-Jean-Cras-Chamber-Works
It is only yesterday I came to know Jean Cras' early piano trio Voyage Symbolique mentioned in Wikipedia was recorded (or it is known because it was recorded?)
This is a 2013 recording of a three-movement work from 1899, not the four movement one. Cras was likely still in his Franckian early stage.

tuatara442442

I should also mention his early violin sonata l'Esprit was also recorded on Forgotten Records. It was the first installment of his trilogy, the other two being the viola sonata l'Ame and the cello sonata le Chair(not the one that has been recorded multiple times). Sadly, more than ten years had passed and there is still no sign of a sequal to finish off the latter two. But according to the notes the manuscript of the early violin sonata was gifted to the violinist of the recording since his father, a subordinate of Cras, played chamber music with him. The sonata was apparently published in 2015 (https://www.billaudot.com/gb9407-6.html). Maybe the other two was still deep in Cras' family archive......