Alexis de Castillon (1838-1873) - Quintette avec piano (1864)
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Composer: Alexis de Castillon (1838-1873)
Work: Quintette avec piano, Op.1 (1864)
Performers: Laurent Mаrtin (piano); Sаtie Quartet
Quintette avec piano (1864)
1. Allegro 0:00
2. Scherzo 15:48
3. Adagio 22:48
4. Final 31:39
Painting: Gustave Léonard de Jonghe (1829-1893) - Practicing
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Further info: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Alexis-Castillon-Piano-Quintet-Quartet/dp/B003OB5WYQ
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Marie-Alexis de Castillon [de Saint-Victor]
(Chartres, 13 December 1838 - Paris, 5 March 1873)
French composer. He was born into an old aristocratic family from Languedoc. He received piano lessons with Charles Delioux in a years he also met and befriended a young Camile Saint-Saëns. In 1856 his family sent him to the military academy of Saint Cyr where he remained until 1861, the year he decided to dedicate himself to music. Shortly after, he continued his training with Victor Massé. His first public appearance as a composer was in Pau where he befriended the Marquis d'Angosse. At the end of 1869 he met César Franck in an event that would become pivotal in his career. Later, he served during the Franco-Prussian War. After the war ended, he founded the Société Nationale de Musique with Saint-Saëns at a time he composed his Piano Concerto, Op.12 (1872) although its first performance went unnoticed. In 1872 he began the composition of Paraphrase du psaume lxxxiv, Op.17 considered his most outstanding work. However, his health was fastly decaying and on his return to Paris he died in March 1873.