Franck - Piano Rarities: Original Works and Transcriptions
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Label: Grand Piano
Cat No: GP906
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 2nd December 2022
Contents
Works
Les Eolides: Symphonic Tone Poem (arr. Gustave Samazeuilh)Prelude, Chorale and Fugue
Prelude, Fugue and Variation, op.18 (arr. Harold Bauer)
Priere, op.20 (arr. Blanche Selva)
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Artists
Jean-Pierre Armengaud (piano)Works
Les Eolides: Symphonic Tone Poem (arr. Gustave Samazeuilh)Prelude, Chorale and Fugue
Prelude, Fugue and Variation, op.18 (arr. Harold Bauer)
Priere, op.20 (arr. Blanche Selva)
Ruth
Artists
Jean-Pierre Armengaud (piano)About
César Franck is renowned for a handful of works from his later years, particularly the Symphony in D minor, and the Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major. Recorded here is the renowned Prélude, Choral et Fugue, but this programme also includes rarely heard and première recordings of several arrangements for piano, including the famous organ work Prélude, Fugue et Variation, op.18, arranged by Harold Bauer. This casts a wide net, allowing us to discover new aspects of Franck’s output while enjoying superb performances of some of his greatest music.
Jean-Pierre Armengaud is considered a leading interpreter of French music and a specialist in impressionist and expressionist repertoire, and is renowned for his ‘fluidly supple playing, his round and mellow tone’ (Classica). As a concert artist his programmes are notable for the extent and variety of their repertoire. He has appeared in major concert halls around the world, performing in over 40 countries, and given masterclasses at leading conservatoires. His albums for Naxos and Grand Piano feature music by Debussy, Roussel, Poulenc, Aubert, d’Indy, Dutilleux and others. As a musicologist and writer he has published a biography of Erik Satie (Fayard, 2009, which won the 2009 Prix des Muses) and a book of essays on Debussy, Claude Debussy: La trace et l’écart (L’Harmattan, 2018). He has been director for musical programming at Radio France and is associate professor at the Paris-Sorbonne University and professor emeritus at the University of Évry Val d’Essonne at Paris-Saclay University.
Jean-Pierre Armengaud is acknowledged as one of the great interpreters of French music ranging from Rameau to Henri Dutilleux, whose Préludes he has premiered in a number of countries. He has recorded for several international labels, and previous Grand Piano releases include works by Dutilleux (GP790) considered by MusicWeb International to be ‘sparkling and convincing… this is a valuable issue’. This source also acclaimed Armengaud’s recording of Vincent d’Indy (GP756) as ‘exemplary… this is an important recording’, and his first volume of piano music by Albert Roussel on Naxos (8573093) was admired for its ‘excellent piano sound, highly-accomplished playing and idiomatic sense of style.’
This release coincides with the 200th anniversary of César Franck’s birth, on the 10 December 2022.
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