With the album 1914, Gramola, in co-operation with the French Cultural Institute, is commemorating the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War. Many works of the war years, including these rarely heard pieces, testify to the immense suffering and the power of destruction, such as the Paino Quintet in C minor, op. 42 (1917/18) by Louis Vierne, which he composed in memory of his murdered son. In addition, the album also contains compositions apparently unaffected by the horrors of the war years, such as the Preludes for Piano, op. 38 (1914/15) by Vierne, or the Sonata for Violin and Piano, op. 64 (1915/16) by Charles Koechlin, which is kept entirely in the Impressionist manner.