Ryelandt: Chamber Music for Piano & Strings, Vol. 1
2/5/2016, 12 Tracks, 1:02:40
Featuring
Hans Cammaert
Daan De Vos
Bart Meuris
De la Haye Ensemble
Joseph Ryelandt
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Composition History
During the German occupation of World War I, Joseph Ryelandt composed only chamber music, aside from one overture, finding the war years a fertile period for this genre.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ryelandt deliberately ignored new stylistic trends, believing that true originality came from within the composer and was not dependent on innovation.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ryelandt believed that music is a language sui generis that expresses emotional currents and moods of the soul, beginning where ordinary language ends.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Ryelandt, like Gabriël Fauré, pursued 'pure music' and did not assign concrete meaning to his instrumental works, preferring absolute music and classical forms.
Composer Biography
Joseph Ryelandt, born in Bruges in 1870, came from a wealthy bourgeois family and was raised in a Francophone and fervently Catholic environment.
Performer Biography
Bart Meuris, the pianist on this recording, is the founder of the De la Haye Ensemble and has a special interest in new music and the works of local Belgian composers.
