Short bio Guillaume Lekeu
Full biography Guillaume Lekeu
Guillaume Lekeu was a Belgian composer who lived during the late 19th century. He was born on January 20, 1870, in Heusy, near Verviers, Belgium, and showed great talent in music at an early age. At the age of six, he was already composing pieces on his piano.
Lekeu moved to Paris to study music when he was 19 years old. He took music classes with famous composers such as Cesar Franck and Vincent d'Indy. He also got to meet other notable composers such as Camille Saint-Saëns and Ernest Chausson.
Lekeu's music style was heavily influenced by the Germanic tradition, particularly the works of Richard Wagner. His music was characterized by its lush harmonies, emotional resonance, and intense contrapuntal textures.
His most famous works include his "Violin Sonata in G Major," "Adagio for String Quartet," and the unfinished "Symphony in D minor." His "Violin Sonata in G Major" was one of his earliest works and demonstrates his command of harmony and counterpoint. The "Adagio for String Quartet" is an emotionally charged piece, written in memory of his friend and fellow composer Eugene Ysaÿe.
Tragically, Lekeu died young at the age of 24 from typhoid fever. Nevertheless, his music has continued to be admired by many, and he is considered one of the most gifted Belgian composers of his time. His compositions are both expressive and poignant, and his untimely death was a great loss to the world of classical music.
Compositions featuring Guillaume Lekeu
# | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
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1 | Pièces (3) for piano | 9:39 min | Keyboard | 1892 |
2 | Poems (3) for soprano & piano | 9:23 min | Vocal Music | 1892 |
3 | Larghetto for solo cello & ensemble | 9:00 min | Chamber Music | 1892 |
4 | Poems (3) for voice & piano: No. 3, Nocturne | 4:48 min | Vocal Music | 1892 |
5 | Sonata for violin & piano in G major | 32:28 min | Chamber Music | 1892 |
6 | Fantasy on Two Popular Angevin Airs for orchestra (or piano 4-hands) | 13:44 min | Orchestral | 1892 |
7 | Berceuse for piano | 2:38 min | Keyboard | 1892 |
8 | Épithalame, for strings, 3 trombones & organ | 10:57 min | Chamber Music | 1891 |
9 | Piano Sonata in G minor | 24:35 min | Keyboard | 1891 |
10 | Adagio for violin, 2 violas, cello & string orchestra, Op. 3 | 11:09 min | Concerto | 1891 |
11 | Andromède for soloists, chorus & orchestra | 45:09 min | Choral | 1891 |
12 | Chant Lyrique, for chorus & orchestra | 6:07 min | Choral | 1891 |
13 | Ophélie (Symphonic Etude No. 2) | 8:34 min | Orchestral | 1890 |
14 | Hamlet (Symphonic Etude No. 2) | 14:28 min | Orchestral | 1890 |
15 | Fantaisie Contrapuntistique sur un Cramignon Liègois, for chamber orchestra | 7:11 min | Orchestral | 1890 |
16 | Symphonic Etude No. 2 | 20:19 min | Orchestral | 1890 |
17 | Chant de triomphale délivrance (Symphonic Etude No. 1) | 9:18 min | Orchestral | 1889 |
18 | Sonata for cello & piano in F major (completed by d'Indy) | 44:16 min | Chamber Music | 1888 |
19 | Quartet for piano & strings (unfinished) | 25:25 min | Chamber Music | 1888 |
20 | String Quartet in G major | 35:28 min | Chamber Music | 1888 |
21 | Molto adagio for string quartet "Mon âme est triste jusq'à la mort" | 12:18 min | Chamber Music | 1887 |
22 | Choral for violin & piano | 1:46 min | Chamber Music | 1885 |
23 | Berceuse et Valse for piano | 8:07 min | Keyboard | 1885 |
24 | Les pavots | 4:25 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
25 | Vouloir for violin & piano | 6:40 min | Chamber Music | - |
26 | Piano Trio in C minor | 43:49 min | Chamber Music | - |
27 | Thema con Variazioni for string trio | 14:00 min | Chamber Music | - |
28 | Tempo di Mazurka for piano | 10:17 min | Keyboard | - |
29 | Poems (3) for voice & piano: No. 1, Sur une tombe | 3:59 min | Vocal Music | - |
30 | Sur une tombe | 3:28 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
31 | Prelude to Act II of "Barberine" (unfinished opera), for orchestra | Orchestral | - | |
32 | Quelque antique et lente danse | 4:26 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
33 | Sonata for cello & piano in G major | 31:19 min | Chamber Music | - |
34 | Chanson de Mai | 5:44 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
35 | Adagio molto espressivo for 2 violins & piano | 11:45 min | Chamber Music | - |
36 | Adagio on the Words of Christ, molto adagio sempre cantante e doloroso | 11:18 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
37 | Adagio religioso for piano | 4:25 min | Keyboard | - |
38 | Allegro marcato for piano | 1:01 min | Keyboard | - |
39 | Andante for piano | 3:40 min | Keyboard | - |
40 | Andante più tosto adagio for violin & piano | 6:17 min | Chamber Music | - |
41 | Andante sostenuto for piano 4 hands | 7:36 min | Keyboard | - |
42 | Andantino malinconico for piano | 3:36 min | Keyboard | - |
43 | Andantino semplice for piano | 0:45 min | Keyboard | - |
44 | Méditation for string quartet in G | 11:10 min | Chamber Music | - |
45 | Introduction & Adagio, for Tuba & Wind Orchestra | 9:29 min | Concerto | - |
46 | Introduction symphonique aux Burgraves | 21:25 min | Orchestral | - |
47 | L'ombre plus dense | 5:21 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
48 | La fenêtre de la maison paternelle | 3:32 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
49 | Lento doloroso for piano | 10:41 min | Keyboard | - |
50 | Menuet for string quartet | 3:14 min | Chamber Music | - |
51 | Minuetto for 2 violins | 4:17 min | Chamber Music | - |
52 | Moderato quasi largo for piano | 8:50 min | Keyboard | - |
Albums featuring Guillaume Lekeu
# | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
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1 | Ysaÿe, Lekeu, Sylvia Huang, Éliane Reyes – Lointain Passé(CD, Album) | 2021 | Fuga Libera | |
2 | Lekeu, Bruno Monteiro (2), Miguel Rocha (6), João Paulo Santos (2) – Music For Violin, Cello And Piano(CD, Album) | 2019 | Brilliant Classics | |
3 | Koechlin, Lekeu, Honegger, Casterède, Saint-Saëns, Ciconia Consort, Dick Van Gasteren – French Music For String Orchestra(CD, Album) | 2018 | Brilliant Classics | |
4 | Strauss & Lekeu, Rachel Kolly D'Alba, Christian Chamorel – Lyrical Journey(CD, Album) | 2017 | Indesens | |
5 | Armin Jordan, César Franck, Ernest Chausson, Guillaume Lekeu, Paul Dukas, Emmanuel Chabrier, Gabriel Fauré, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Maurice Delage, Maurice Jaubert – The French Symphonics Recordings(13×CD, Compilation, Remastered, Box Set, ) | 2016 | Erato | |
6 | Marie-Claude Roy, Marie-Claude Solanet, Tana Quartet, Guillaume Lekeu, Henri Duparc, Richard Wagner – Visage(CD, Album) | 2016 | Fuga Libera | |
7 | Les Fleurs Pâles Du Souvenir... Complete Works(8×CD, , Box Set, Compilation) | 2015 | Ricercar | |
8 | Lekeu, Pierné, Marianne Piketty, Laurent Cabasso – Sonates Pour Violon Et Piano ~ Fantaisie Basque(CD, Album) | 2013 | Maguelone | |
9 | Guillaume Lekeu, Henri Koch, Charles Van Lancker, Jean Rogister, Lido Rogister – Violin Sonata / Piano Quartet (Unfinished)(CD, Compilation, Mono) | 2012 | Grand Slam Records | |
10 | Franck, Lekeu / Chausson – Christian Ferras – Sonates Pour Violon Et Piano / Poème(CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered, Stereo, Mono) | 2011 | Deutsche Grammophon | |
11 | Ravel / Lekeu, Alina Ibragimova, Cédric Tiberghien – Complete Music For Violin & Piano / Sonata(CD, Album) | 2011 | Hyperion | |
12 | Alain Lefèvre, David Lefèvre, Franck, Lekeu, Mathieu – Sonates / Ballade-Fantaisie(CD, ) | 2009 | Analekta | |
13 | Guillaume Lekeu - Alain Meunier, Philippe Guilhon-Herbert – Sonate Pour Violoncelle Et Piano(CD, Album, Stereo) | 2008 | Saphir Productions | |
14 | Ensemble Instrumental Appassionata, Mozart, Grieg, Lekeu, Janacek – Idyla(CD, Album) | 2008 | Fidelio (4) | |
15 | Beethoven, Franck, Lekeu, Yehudi Menuhin, Hephzibah Menuhin – Sonata No.3 In E Flat Major / Sonata In A Major / Sonata In G Major(CD, Compilation, Remastered) | 2005 | Naxos Historical | |
16 | Guillaume Lekeu, Spiegel String Quartet – Chamber Music - String Quartets / Piano Quartets(CD, ) | 2004 | MDG | |
17 | César Franck / Guillaume Lekeu - Søren Elbæk, Morten Mogensen – Sonatas For Violin And Piano(CD, Album) | 2002 | Kontrapunkt | |
18 | Petersen Quartett, Juliane Banse, Wolfram Rieger - Ravel / Milhaud / Lekeu / Chausson – String Quartet / String Quartet No. 1 / Nocturne, Fragment / Chanson Perpétuelle | 2001 | Capriccio (2) | |
19 | Piano Trio - Piano Quartet(CD, Compilation, Stereo) | 1999 | Arts (3) | |
20 | Orchestre National De France, Charles Dutoit - Dvořák / Lekeu – Symphonie N°9 « Du Nouveau Monde » / Adagio Pour Quatuor D'Orchestre(CD, Album) | 1999 | Radio France | |
21 | Guillaume Lekeu, Jean-Paul Dessy, Boyan Vodenitcharov – Musique De Chambre(CD, Compilation, Stereo) | 1999 | Cypres | |
22 | Chausson, Lekeu, Elmar Oliveira, Robert Koenig – Concerto In D For Violin, Piano And String Quartet - Sonata In G For Violin And Piano(CD, Album) | 1998 | Biddulph Recordings | |
23 | Hubert Léonard, Guillaume Lekeu – Leonard - Lekeu(CD, Stereo) | 1996 | Pavane Records | |
24 | Chausson, Lekeu, Quatuor Gabriel – Quatuors Avec Piano(CD, Album) | 1996 | Lyrinx | |
25 | Complete Chamber Music For Strings And Piano(3×CD, Stereo) | 1995 | Arcobaleno (2) | |
26 | Franck / Lekeu / Christian Ferras, Pierre Barbizet – La Musique de Chambre, Un Cocktail de Plaisirs(CD, Promo, Sampler) | 1995 | Deutsche Grammophon | |
27 | Guillaume Lekeu – Trio A Clavier "Arthur Grumiaux", Dirk Herten & Daniel Blumenthal, Catherine Mertens & Luc Devos – Trio à Clavier En Ut Mineur(CD, ) | 1994 | Ricercar Secondo | |
28 | Debussy, Lekeu, Paganini, Arthur Grumiaux, Riccardo Castagnone – Violin Sonatas / I Palpiti, Le Streghe(CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered) | 1994 | Philips Classics | |
29 | Guillaume Lekeu, Orchestre Philharmonique De Liège, Pierre Bartholomée – Oeuvres Orchestrales (Ii)(CD, Stereo) | 1994 | Ricercar Secondo | |
30 | Guillaume Lekeu, Philippe Koch, Anne Leonardo, Luc Devos, Quatuor Camerata – Premières Compositions (1885-1888)(CD, Album) | 1994 | Ricercar Secondo | |
31 | Guillaume Lekeu, Ensemble Musique Oblique, Rachel Yakar, Isabelle Veyrier – Quatuor Molto Adagio, Larghetto, Adagio, Trois Poèmes | 1994 | Harmonia Mundi France | |
32 | Guillaume Lekeu, Luc Dewez, Luc Devos – Sonate Pour Violoncelle Et Piano / Sonate Pour Piano / Trois Pièces Pour Piano (La Musique De Chambre IV)(CD, Album) | 1994 | Ricercar | |
33 | Richard Wagner, Mahler, Barber, Lekeu, Puccini - Rudolf Werthen – I Fiamminghi(CD, Compilation) | 1993 | The Sound Of Flanders | |
34 | Guillaume Lekeu, Greta de Reyghere, Guy De Mey, Lucienne Van Deyck, Luc Devos, Quatuor Camerata – Mélodies : Morceaux Égoistes(CD, Album) | 1993 | Ricercar Secondo | |
35 | Chausson, Lekeu, Quatuor Kandinsky – Ernest Chausson - Quatuor Avec Piano OP 30, Guillaume Lekeu - Quatuor Inachevé(CD, ) | 1993 | Fnac Music | |
36 | Gabriel Fauré, Lola Bobesco, Jacques Genty, César Franck, Guillaume Lekeu – Faure, Franck, Lekeu: Sonatas For Violin And Piano(2×CD, Stereo) | 1993 | Pavane Records | |
37 | Guillaume Lekeu – Philippe Hirschhorn, Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden, Domus – La Musique De Chambre - Vol.1(CD, Album) | 1992 | Ricercar Secondo | |
38 | Gabriel Pierné, Guillaume Lekeu, Brindisi Quartet, William Grant Naboré – Quintette Op.41 - Quatuor Inachevé(CD, ) | 1992 | Accord | |
39 | Yehudi Menuhin : Franck, Lekeu, Hephzibah Menuhin, Chausson, George Enesco – The Young Yehudi Menuhin (Violin Sonatas/Poème)(CD, Compilation, Remastered) | 1992 | Biddulph Recordings | |
40 | Lekeu, Debussy, Szymanowski, Suk - Jonathan Morton, Carole Presland – Sonatas For Violin And Piano(CD, Album, Stereo) | 1992 | Pavane Records | |
41 | César Franck, Guillaume Lekeu, Gérard Poulet, Noël Lee – Sonates Pour Piano Et Violon(CD, Album) | 1992 | Arion | |
42 | Guillaume Lekeu, Quatuor Camerata – Méditation / Molto Adagio / Quatuor À Cordes (La Musique De Chambre II)(CD, Album) | 1992 | Ricercar | |
43 | Guillaume Lekeu, Dinah Bryant, Philippe Huttenlocher, Zeger Vandersteene, Jules Bastin, Pierre Bartholomée, Orchestre Philharmonique De Liège, Choeur Symphonique de Namur – Andromède(CD, ) | 1991 | Ricercar Secondo | |
44 | Guillaume Lekeu, Daniel Blumenthal, Thanos Adamopoulos, Christophe Desjardins, Gilbert Zanlonghi – Quatuor Inachevé / Sonate Pour Violoncelle Et Piano(CD, ) | 1991 | Koch Schwann | |
45 | Guillaume Lekeu, E. Ysaÿe Ensemble – Chamber Music | 1991 | Vox Temporis | |
46 | Orchestre Philharmonique De Liège, César Franck, Pierre Bartholomée, Guillaume Lekeu – Symphonie en Re / Adagio(CD, Album) | 1990 | Ricercar | |
47 | César Franck, Guillaume Lekeu, Dong-Suk Kang, Pascal Devoyon – Sonatas for violin and piano(CD, Stereo) | 1989 | René Gailly International Productions | |
48 | Guillaume Lekeu, Daniel Blumenthal, Thanos Adamopoulos, Gilbert Zanlonghi – Quatuor Inachevé / Sonate Pour Violoncelle Et Piano(CD, ) | 1989 | Koch Schwann Musica Mundi | |
49 | Jean-Jacques Kantorow - Jacques Rouvier, Debussy, Ravel, Lekeu – French Violin Sonatas(CD, Album) | 1988 | Denon | |
50 | Guillaume Lekeu, Francine Laurent-Gerimont, Robert Dume, Luis Masson, Societe Royale De Chant L'emulation, Jacques Dome, Ensemble Vocal Et Alliance Chorale De La R.T.B.F., Andre Vandebosch – Andromede(LP, Album) | 1985 | Musique En Wallonie | |
51 | Ernest Chausson, Guillaume Lekeu, Henri Rabaud - Jean Mouillère, Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Armin Jordan – La Procession Nocturne, Op. 6 / Fantaisie Symphonique / Adagio Pour Quatuor D'Orchestre, Op. 3 / Poème Op. 25(LP) | 1983 | Erato | |
52 | Vieuxtemps, Vieuxtemps – Lekeu - Jeannine Vieuxtemps – Untitled(LP) | 1982 | Pavane Records | |
53 | Antonio Vivaldi, Gustav Holst, Guillaume Lekeu, Philippe Hirschhorn, Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Wallonie – Philippe Hirschhorn(LP) | 1982 | Chantel Records | |
54 | Augustin Dumay - Jean-Philippe Collard - Lekeu - Debussy - Ravel – Sonate / Sonate / Tzigane | 1981 | La Voix De Son Maître | |
55 | Guillaume Lekeu, H. Salomé, F. P. Demillac, P. Boufil – Trio En Ut Mineur | 1980 | Musique En Wallonie | |
56 | John Ferrell, James Avery (2), Guillaume Lekeu, Charles Wuorinen – Sonata In G For Violin & Piano / Six Pieces For Violin & Piano(LP, Stereo) | 1980 | Orion Master Recordings | |
57 | Véronique Bogaerts, Eugene De Canck – Guillaume Lekeu / Johannes Brahms – Sonate Voor Viool En Piano / Sonate Voor Viool En Piano Nr 1(LP, Stereo) | 1980 | ASLK / CGER | |
58 | Cesar Franck / Guillaume Lekeu - Catherine Courtois, Catherine Collard – Deux Sonates Pour Violon & Piano(LP, Compilation, Stereo) | 1980 | Erato | |
59 | Ernest Chausson, Guillaume Lekeu, Bruno Laplante, Janine Lachance – Mélodies- Poème de L'Amour et de la Mer, Serres Chaudes | 1978 | Calliope | |
60 | César Franck, Guillaume Lekeu, Bruno Laplante, Janine Lachance – Melodies | 1978 | Calliope | |
61 | Nell & Ivar Gotkovsky, Debussy - Poulenc - Lekeu – Trois Sonates Pour Violon Et Piano(LP, Album, Stereo) | 1977 | RCA Red Seal | |
62 | Richard Metzler, Guillaume Lekeu – Sonate, Berceuse, fuga a 4 voci, Trois pieces(LP, Stereo) | 1977 | Monumenta Belgicae Musicae | |
63 | Lekeu / Vieuxtemps / Ysaÿe, Arthur Grumiaux, Dinorah Varsi – Violin Sonata / "Ballade Et Polonaise" / "Rêve D'Enfant" | 1974 | Philips | |
64 | Guillaume Lekeu - Paul Strauss - Orchestre Symphonique De Liège – Deuxieme Etude Symphonique - Fantaisie Contrapuntique Sur Un Cramignon Liegeois - Symphonic Poems - Sinfonische Dichtungen | 1973 | Musique En Wallonie | |
65 | 2me Etude Symphonique Et Fantaisie - Centre Culturel De Valprivas(LP) | 1973 | Centre Culturel De Valprivas | |
66 | Guillaume Lekeu, Kenneth Leighton, José-Luis Garcia, Peter Wallfisch – Sonata In G Major For Violin And Piano; Metamorphoses, Opus 48 For Violin And Piano And Nocturne For Violin And Piano(LP) | 1972 | Gemini (4) | |
67 | Guillaume Lekeu, César Franck, Juliette Poumay, Charles Jongen – Sonates Pour Piano Et Violon(2×LP, Album) | 1971 | Monumenta Belgicae Musicae | |
68 | Christian Ferras & Pierre Barbizet, César Franck / Guillaume Lekeu – Violin-Sonaten | 1967 | Deutsche Grammophon | |
69 | Lekeu, Mozart – Sonatas(LP, Mono) | 1967 | Regal | |
70 | Quartet For Piano And Strings / Cello Sonata / Poemes | 1960 | The Society For Forgotten Music | |
71 | Natalie Ryshna, Israel Baker, Armand Kaproff - Guillaume Lekeu – Trio In C Minor(LP, Mono) | 1958 | The Society For Forgotten Music | |
72 | Yehudi Menuhin, Marcel Gazelle, Lekeu – Sonata In G(LP, Mono) | 1956 | RCA Victor Red Seal | |
73 | Arthur Grumiaux, Riccardo Castagnone, Claude Debussy, Guillaume Lekeu – Sonata For Violon And Piano / Sonata For Violin And Piano In G Major(LP) | 1956 | Philips | |
74 | Franck / Lekeu – Lola Bobesco, Jacques Genty – Sonatas For Violin And Piano(LP, Reissue, Stereo) | - | Decca | |
75 | Gretry, Ysaÿe, Vieuxtemps, Servais, Gossec, Léonard, Lekeu, I Fiamminghi, Rudolf Werthen – I Fiamminghi(CD, Compilation) | - | Koch Schwann Musica Mundi | |
76 | Hephzibah Et Yehudi Menuhin / Lekeu – Sonate En Sol Majeur(4×Shellac, 12", 78 RPM, Album) | - | Disque "Gramophone" | |
77 | Lekeu, Enesco, Yehudi Menuhin, Hephzibah Menuhin – Sonate En Sol Majeur, Sonate N°3 En La Mineur(LP, Album, Mono) | - | EMI | |
78 | Chausson, Lekeu, Elmar Oliveira, Robert Koenig – Concerto In D For Violin, Piano And String Quartet / Sonata In C For Violin And Piano(CD, Stereo) | - | Artek | |
79 | Guillaume Lekeu, Fernand Quinet, Joseph Jongen, L'Orchestre De Liège – Musique Belge Contemporaine - Hedendaagse Belgische Muziek(LP) | - | Decca | |
80 | Christophe Boulier, Marcelle Dedieu-Vidal, Franck, Lekeu – Sonates(CD, Album) | - | REM | |
81 | César Franck, Guillaume Lekeu, Stéphane De May, Marc Grauwels – Sonatas For Flute And Piano(CD, Album) | - | Syrinx Record | |
82 | Castillon, Saint-Saëns, Chausson, Lekeu - Quatuor Kandinsky – Piano Quartets(2×CD, Stereo) | - | Virgin Classics | |
83 | Adagio / Larghetto / Ophélie / Fantasie Sur Deux Airs Populaires Angevins(LP) | - | Decca | |
84 | Guillaume Lekeu, Dinah Bryant, Philippe Huttenlocher, Zeger Vandersteene, Jules Bastin – Andromede(CD, ) | - | Ricercar | |
85 | Alessandro Rolla, Vincenzo Bellini, Guillaume Lekeu, Leopoldo Armellini, Giuseppe Falco, Orchestra "Simfonietta" Of The Bulgarian Radio, Lyudmil Deshev – Armellini, Falco, Deshev(LP, Album) | - | Балкантон | |
86 | Guillaume Lekeu, Orchestre Philharmonique De Liège, Pierre Bartholomée – Æuvres Orchestrales(CD, ) | - | Ricercar | |
87 | Rudolf Werthen, Akiko Sagara, Franck, Lekeu – Sonatas By Franck - Lekeu(LP, Album) | - | His Master's Voice |
Videos featuring Guillaume Lekeu
'Ysaÿe & Lekeu: Lointain passé' by Sylvia Huang & Eliane Reyes
Release date → September 2021
Stream//Download//Buy → https://lnk.to/LointainPasse_YsayeLekeuID
Violinist Sylvia Huang, a prizewinner at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2019, and Éliane Reyes, the renowned virtuoso pianist, present a new disc bubbling
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