Maurice Emmanuel (1862-1938) was a significant historian and teacher, counting Messiaen, Dutilleux, Honegger, and Jehan Alain among his students.
Frédéric Angleraux, the violinist on this album, was the first violin of the Quatuor Johannes, which won the Karl Klinger competition in 1997.
This recording was made possible by the Association Les Amis de Maurice Emmanuel and by François Killian, a pianist featured on the album.
Emmanuel destroyed over half of his musical output in the early 1920s, resulting in a worklist of barely thirty scores.
Emmanuel's doctoral thesis, Essai sur l'orchestique grecque, focused on ancient Greek dance, reflecting his wide-ranging interests.
François Killian, the pianist on this album, won the ARD International Piano Competition in Munich at age nineteen.
Maurice Emmanuel had a particular fondness for chamber music, which constitutes the largest portion of his surviving works.
