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Après un rêve - Belle epoque: Nights at the Piano / Emmanuel Despax
Signum Classics

Après un rêve - Belle epoque: Nights at the Piano / Emmanuel Despax

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Details

Composer
Cecile Chaminade, Claude Debussy, Henri Duparc, Gabriel Faure, Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel, Camil
Artist
Emmanuel Despax
Format
CD
Label
Signum Classics
Released
Aug 18, 2023
Catalog #
SIGCD747
UPC
635212074725

About

“Après un rêve” is an ode to the French Belle Époque repertoire, depicting the beauty of dreams and the night. The album is an opportunity to hear and perhaps discover rarely played / rarely recorded wonderful works (Chaminade Nocturne, Duparc Aux étoiles, Poulenc Les soirées de Nazelles), alongside central pillars of the repertoire, and includes a world premiere of Despax’s arrangement of Après un rêve. The album is attributed to his grandfather, Jacques Charpentreau, a French poet who adored this repertoire and frequently drew inspiration from the night in his works. Despax has curated some of his poetry, as well as works by other poets he admired to complement this music, taking the listener on an immersive poetic and musical journey through this noctur- nal landscape.

REVIEW:

Despax has recorded Bach, Brahms, Chopin, but the works here particularly suit his sensibility. In Maurice Ravel’s haunting masterpiece Gaspard de la Nuit, he masters the ferocious challenges with ease, delicacy, strength.

-- The Guardian (UK)

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 (arr. E. Despax for piano) 03:06
    Track
    1
    Title
    Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 (arr. E. Despax for piano)
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    Gabriel Fauré
    Performer
    Emmanuel Despax
  2. 2 Préambule 03:54
    Track
    2
    Title
    Préambule
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Emmanuel Despax
  3. 3 Variation 1: Le comble de la distinction 01:22
    Track
    3
    Title
    Variation 1: Le comble de la distinction
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Emmanuel Despax
  4. 4 Variation 2: Le cœur sur la main 02:36
    Track
    4
    Title
    Variation 2: Le cœur sur la main
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Emmanuel Despax
  5. 5 Variation 3: La désinvolture et la discrétion 01:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    Variation 3: La désinvolture et la discrétion
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Emmanuel Despax
  6. 6 Variation 4: La suite dans les idées 02:10
    Track
    6
    Title
    Variation 4: La suite dans les idées
    Duration
    02:10
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Emmanuel Despax
  7. 7 Variation 5: Le charme enjôleur 02:36
    Track
    7
    Title
    Variation 5: Le charme enjôleur
    Duration
    02:36
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Emmanuel Despax
  8. 8 Variation 6: Le contentement de soi 01:08
    Track
    8
    Title
    Variation 6: Le contentement de soi
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Emmanuel Despax
  9. 9 Variation 7: Le goût du malheur 04:08
    Track
    9
    Title
    Variation 7: Le goût du malheur
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Emmanuel Despax
  10. 10 Variation 8: L'alerte vieillesse 01:11
    Track
    10
    Title
    Variation 8: L'alerte vieillesse
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Emmanuel Despax
  11. 11 Cadence: Très large et très librement 01:56
    Track
    11
    Title
    Cadence: Très large et très librement
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Emmanuel Despax
  12. 12 Final 04:54
    Track
    12
    Title
    Final
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Emmanuel Despax
  13. 13 Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune 05:33
    Track
    13
    Title
    Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Emmanuel Despax
  14. 14 Saint-Saens - Danse macabre, S555/R240 (arr. V. Horowitz for piano) 10:17
    Track
    14
    Title
    Saint-Saens - Danse macabre, S555/R240 (arr. V. Horowitz for piano)
    Duration
    10:17
    Composer
    Franz Liszt
    Performer
    Emmanuel Despax
  15. 15 Nocturne, Op. 165 04:27
    Track
    15
    Title
    Nocturne, Op. 165
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Cécile Chaminade
    Performer
    Emmanuel Despax
  16. 16 I. Ondine 07:37
    Track
    16
    Title
    I. Ondine
    Duration
    07:37
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Emmanuel Despax
  17. 17 II. Le gibet 07:51
    Track
    17
    Title
    II. Le gibet
    Duration
    07:51
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Emmanuel Despax
  18. 18 III. Scarbo 10:32
    Track
    18
    Title
    III. Scarbo
    Duration
    10:32
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Emmanuel Despax
  19. 19 Poème nocturne: I. Aux étoiles (version for piano) 05:25
    Track
    19
    Title
    Poème nocturne: I. Aux étoiles (version for piano)
    Duration
    05:25
    Composer
    Henri Duparc
    Performer
    Emmanuel Despax