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Alexis Fernand Félix Jean Rivier was a French composer of classical music in the neoclassical style.

Compositions
• 3 Points Seches for piano • 4 Fantasmes for piano • 4 Sequences Dialogues (need instrumentation) • Alternances for piano • Andante espressivo ed allegro burlesco (three movements) for clarinet and piano • Aria for trumpet (or oboe) and organ • Brillances for 2 trumpets, 2 French horns, 2 trombones and 1 tuba • Capriccio (need instrumentation) • Comme une tendre berceuse for flute and piano • Concerto (arranged by Rene Decouais) (need instrumentation) • Concerto for alto saxophone, trumpet and string orchestra (1955) • Concerto for alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, 2 bassoons, trumpet, double bass • Concerto for bassoon and strings (1963) • Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra (1958) • Concerto for flute and piano • Concerto for oboe and orchestra (or piano) (1966) • Concerto for trumpet and strings • Concerto #1 in C for piano and orchestra (1940) • Concerto Brève for piano and strings (1953) • Concertino for saxophone and orchestra (or piano) • Concertino for viola and orchestra (1947) • Déjeuner sur l'herbe (need instrumentation)Doloroso et giocoso for viola and piano (1969) • Duo for flute and clarinet in B • Espagnole for violin and piano • Grave et presto for saxophone quartet • Nocturne, his contribution to Variations sur le nom de Marguerite LongLe petit gondolier for piano • Les trois "S" for clarinetOiseau tendre for solo flute • Ouverture pour une opérette imaginaire • 3 Pastorales for Orchestra (1929) • Petite suite (for oboe, clarinet & bassoon, 1934) • Piece in D (Pièce en Ré pour contrebasse et piano, 1920) • Pour des mains amies for piano • Prière (need instrumentation) • Quatuor à cordes No. 1 (String Quartet No. 1) (1924) • Quatuor à cordes No. 2 (1940) • Rapsodie for trombone and piano • Requiem (need instrumentation) • Sonate for piano • Sonatine for flute and piano (1946) • Stridences for piano • String Trio • Symphony No. 1 (1931) • Symphony No. 2 in C major for string orchestra (1937) • Symphony No. 3 in G major for string orchestra (1937) • Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major for string orchestra (1947) • Symphony No. 5 in A minor (1950) • Symphony No. 6 in E minor "Les Présages" (1958) • Symphony No. 7 in F major "Les Contrastes" (1971) • Symphony No. 8 for string orchestra (1978) • Torrents for piano • Trois mouvements for clarinet and piano • Virevoltes for flute His complete piano works have been published in one volume by Salabert. ==Discography==
Discography
• Concerto for Alto Saxophone, Trumpet and Orchestra appears on French Saxophone Concertos, Naxos 8.225127; and on , Koch SchwannOiseaux tendres appears on Manuela Wiesler: Flute Music Naxos BIS-CD-689 • String Quartets Nos 1 and 2, . Audite 97.710 (2021) • Symphonies No. 3 in G, No. 4 in B, and No. 8 (all for strings) Calmel Chamber Orchestra conducted by Bernard Calmel, on Pavane CD ADW 7328 (1994) (currently out of print) ==References==
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