Albert Huybrechts: Musique de Chambre III

This new release from Cypres presents the three pieces Huybrechts composed for wind ensemble – the Suite for quintet and piano, the Pastorale for six wind instruments and the Quintet. They are joined by the impressive Sonatina for flute and viola, the Concertino for cello and piano, which showcases the talent and passion of Sébastien Walnier, the young principal cellist of Brussels’ Théâtre de la Monnaie, who was unanimously voted Artist of the Year 2012 by the jury of the Union of the Belgian Musical Press, and finally the enigmatic Pastourelle for viola da gamba (!) and piano, which brings together Belgium’s finest gamba player, Philippe Pierlot, and Lionel Bams. Huybrechts’ music and recordings from Cypres have attracted enormous praise from fans and critics alike.

This new 2CD set provides a survey of Albert Huybrechts’ art, tragic in its colourings, but with an austere genius that perhaps makes him the Belgian composer who most strongly defies definition. But listen to the Sarabande from the Suite for wind instruments or the shapely frenzy of the Concertino to gain the true measure of his extraordinary combination of madness and mastery.