Rhené-Baton

René-Emmanuel Baton, known as Rhené-Baton (5 September 1879 – 23 September 1940), was a French conductor and composer. Though born in Courseulles-sur-Mer, Normandy, his family originated in Vitré in neighbouring Brittany. He returned to the region at the age of 19, and many of his compositions express his love of the area. He also had close relationships with composers of the Breton cultural renaissance, notably Guy Ropartz, Paul Le Flem, Paul Ladmirault and Louis Aubert. A founding member of the Association des Compositeurs Bretons in 1912, he composed many works using a Breton folk idiom.

In July 2019 Brilliant Classics released a double CD album dedicated to Rhené-Baton's chamber music for strings and piano, performed by the Wolferl Trio, which includes three premier recordings of the Violin Sonatas No. 1 and 2, the Suite ancienne, the Cello Sonata and the Piano Trio.

Works Symphonic and Operatic Variations, for piano and orchestra on a theme in the aeolian mode (1904) Menuet pour Monsieur, frère du roi (1909) Poème élégiaque, for violon et orchestre (1924) Danses paysannes (1924) En vacances (1924) Pour les funérailles d'un marin (1925) Fantaisie orientale, for violin and orchestra (1926) Petite suite, for brass band (1932) several film scores, 1928–29

Chamber music Violin Sonata No. 1 (1921) Cello Sonata (1923) Piano Trio (1924) Poème élégiaque, for cello and piano (1924) Passacaille, Op. 35, for flute and piano (1924) Bourrée, Op. 42, for flute and piano (1926) Fantaisie orientale, for violin and piano (1926) Violin Sonata No. 2 (1927) Suite ancienne, for violin and piano (1933)

Piano Étude en La mineur (1901) Prélude en Ré mineur (1901) Sérénade fantastique (1901) Six Préludes (1901) Pour Yvonne Billot (1902) Album Rose (1902) En Bretagne, Op. 13 (suite de six pièces) (1909) Ballade en la bémol, Op. 22 (1921) Dans le style rococo, Op. 23 (1921) Au pardon de Rumengol, Op. 25 (1922) Danses à sept temps, Op. 30 (1923) Dans la Clairière, Op. 36 (1925) Cortège funèbre d'un Samouraï, Op. 37 (1925) Marche des Rois Mages, Op. 39 (1925) Danse de la Saint-Jean, Op. 40 (1926) Vieille chapelle en Cornouaille, Op. 41 (1926) 2me Ballade, Op. 43 (1926) Danse pour Anne de Bretagne, Op. 44 (1926) Valse romantique, Op. 45 (1927) River-side, Op. 49 (1928) Pour la jeunesse, Op. 51 (1929) Potiron, Op. 58 (1938)

Vocal and religious pieces for voice and piano Chansons pour Marycinthe, for orchestra (1931)