3CDs
COMPACT DISC 1 (72’10)
Jeanne-Marie Darré: SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 22
ORCHESTRE DES CONCERTS COLONNE / PAUL PARAY recorded 24 February 1948
Alfred Cortot: SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No 4 in C minor Op 44
UNNAMED ORCHESTRA / CHARLES MÜNCH recorded 9 July 1935
Kazuko Kusama (Yasukawa): SAINT-SAËNS Piano Concerto No 5 in F major ‘Egyptian’ Op 103
TOKYO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / HISATADA OTAKA recorded 1943
COMPACT DISC 2 (77’40)
Marcelle Herrenschmidt: WIDOR Fantaisie in A flat major Op 62
ORCHESTRE PHILHARMONIQUE DE PARIS / CHARLES MÜNCH recorded October 1938
Lucien Wurmser: PÉRILHOU Fantaisie pour piano et orchestre
ORCHESTRE DES CONCERTS COLONNE / VICTOR GALLOIS recorded 1939
Jean Doyen: FAURÉ Fantaisie in G major Op 111
ORCHESTRE LAMOUREUX / JEAN FOURNET recorded 12 December 1949
Francis Poulenc: POULENC Aubade
ORCHESTRE DES CONCERTS STRARAM / WALTHER STRARAM recorded 20 & 22 January 1930
Marguerite Roesgen-Champion: ROESGEN-CHAMPION Idylle & Passepied
ORCHESTRE DES CONCERTS MARIUS-FRANÇOIS GAILLARD / MARIUS-FRANÇOIS GAILLARD recorded 30 May 1941
Jean Françaix: FRANÇAIX Concertino pour piano et orchestre (1932)
BERLIN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA / LEO BORCHARD recorded 26 February 1937
COMPACT DISC 3 (74’04)
Jean Françaix: FRANÇAIX Concerto pour piano et orchestre (1936)
ORCHESTRE PHILHARMONIQUE DE PARIS / NADIA BOULANGER recorded 6 February 1937
Arnaud de Gontaut-Biron: SAUGUET Piano Concerto No 1 in A minor
PARIS CONSERVATOIRE ORCHESTRA / ROGER DÉSORMIÈRE recorded 29 June 1943
Jacques Février: RAVEL Piano Concerto for the left hand in D major
PARIS CONSERVATOIRE ORCHESTRA / CHARLES MÜNCH recorded 8 October 1942
Émile Passani: RAVEL Piano Concerto in G major
ORCHESTRE DES CONCERTS COLONNE / JEAN FOURNET recorded 28 October 1947
This set brings together twelve French-trained pianists performing thirteen French works for piano and orchestra of which ten are premiere recordings. Most of the performers knew the composers and worked with them and four works are performed by their composers. It’s hard to imagine a more definitive view of this repertoire, recorded at a time when French pianism still had a very distinctive personal voice, and as such, these recordings, many little known, are a permanent legacy of their time.
APR7319 Available on Compact Disc, as a Digital Download and to Stream