Elena Urioste * Theme Varie [New CD] 5/10/24 Diary of One Who Disappeared

Diary of One Who Disappeared JW V/12~I've got a loose oxen

Label: Squatch Records

Listeners will be captivated by the lyrical depth and poetic nuance of each movement

Emerging like an adrenaline shot into the heart of darkness

Ob-La-Da (First version - Take 5) ^1

Elena Urioste * Theme Varie [New CD] 5/10/24 Diary of One Who DisappearedConceived as a treasure trove of lesser known French and Belgian repertoire, the works on this album span a forty year period, from 1892 to 1932. A number of unifying threads run through the programme, perhaps the most significant of which is the influence of a composer whose music is not heard here at all: Cesar Franck. Franck taught and championed Guillaume Lekeu and Mel Bonis; and Bonis in turn taught Charlotte Sohy, whose principal composition