FLORENT SCHMITT (1870-1958): Sonate libre en deux parties enchaînées (ad modum clementis aquae), Op 68, Habeyessé, Op. 110, 4 Pièces, Op. 25, Scherzo vif, Op. 59/2, Chant du soir, Op. 7.

Description: Not otherwise available are the 12-minute suite Habeyesse of 1947, a densely packed assemblage of syncopated rhythms, counterpoint, sudden explosions of dynamics, chromaticism and, in its final movement, a light and playful character, and the lyrical early (1901) set of Pièces. Beata Halska (violin), Claudio Chaiquin (piano).