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A celebrated child prodigy in ’30s and ’40s Paris and New York, Canadian pianist-composer André Mathieu fell into obscurity soon after his death at just 39. The music he left behind is breathtaking—concertos and symphonic works that mine a rich seam of Rachmaninoff, Ravel, and Poulenc. Alain Lefèvre made a celebrated recording of the Concerto No. 3 in 2017, but its arrangement here for two pianos reveals Mathieu’s genius for harmony and melody in fabulous detail. And genius is no exaggeration: Mathieu completed the concerto at 14. However, the dreamy, post-Impressionist orchestral Rhapsodie romantique, which opens this album, shows Mathieu at even greater creative heights. Mercier and Lefèvre’s performance of this two-piano version is mesmerizing.

The Sonata for Two Violins is one of Henryk Gorecki’s earliest acknowledged works- its contrasts, instrumental rivalries and sophisticated technique a worthy rounding-off of his formative period. The Third String Quartet with its evocative subtitle ‘… songs are sung’ represents a culmination of Gorecki’s preoccupations with elaborate and emotive melodic shapes and closely intertwined harmonies, its final minutes recalling the beauty and poignancy of the composer’s Third Symphony. The First and Second String Quartets can be heard on Naxos as well: “a recording deserving of the very highest recommendation.” (Gramophone).

The Sonata for Two Violins is one of Henryk Gorecki’s earliest acknowledged works- its contrasts, instrumental rivalries and sophisticated technique a worthy rounding-off of his formative period. The Third String Quartet with its evocative subtitle ‘… songs are sung’ represents a culmination of Gorecki’s preoccupations with elaborate and emotive melodic shapes and closely intertwined harmonies, its final minutes recalling the beauty and poignancy of the composer’s Third Symphony. The First and Second String Quartets can be heard on Naxos as well: “a recording deserving of the very highest recommendation.”