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Dutilleux: Piano Works / Armengaud
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Dutilleux: Piano Works / Armengaud

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Composer
DUTILLEUX, HENRI
Artist
Jean-Pierre Armengaud
Format
CD
Label
Grand Piano
Released
Sep 10, 2021
Catalog #
GP790
UPC
747313979028

About

The music in this album spans a forty-year period from 1948 to 1988 and reflects Dutilleux’s stylistic development as a composer. He considered the Sonata to be the first main work in his catalogue and it represents a turning away from tradition and embraces the transformative musical explorations of the day. The Three Préludes are pieces of concentrated atmospheres, ‘a kind of study of timbres’, in the composer’s words, and each are dedicated to a renowned pianist: No. 1 to Arthur Rubinstein, No. 2 to Claude Helffer, and No. 3 to Eugene Istomin. Dutilleux’s lively music for the ballet Le Loup (‘The Wolf’) is heard here in a première recording of the original piano solo version.

REVIEW:

The pianist here is the veteran Jean-Pierre Armengaud, who has recorded a great deal of French piano music and also works as a musicologist. He studied under Geneviève Joy and was also given advice by Dutilleux and, not surprisingly, his performance is much like hers. If it sounds rather more full-blooded that may well be because the excellent new recording is rather better than that provided for Joy in her own recording of 1988 on Erato. Dutilleux also approved of his performances of the Prèludes. His performance of the piano version of Le Loup is sparkling and convincing and sounds like idiomatic piano music. The sleeve notes, in English and French are really helpful and this is a valuable issue.

-- MusicWeb International

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro con moto 08:32
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro con moto
    Duration
    08:32
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud
  2. 2 II. Lied: Assez lent - Un poco più mosso 06:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Lied: Assez lent - Un poco più mosso
    Duration
    06:27
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud
  3. 3 III. Choral et Variations 11:38
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Choral et Variations
    Duration
    11:38
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud
  4. 4 Allegro - Tableau I: La place du village, aux abords d'une forêt (A village square, on the edge of a forest) 01:33
    Track
    4
    Title
    Allegro - Tableau I: La place du village, aux abords d'une forêt (A village square, on the edge of a forest)
    Duration
    01:33
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud
  5. 5 Tableau I: Premier danse de la petite Bohémienne (The gypsy girl's first dance) 00:42
    Track
    5
    Title
    Tableau I: Premier danse de la petite Bohémienne (The gypsy girl's first dance)
    Duration
    00:42
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud
  6. 6 Tableau I: Entrée de la noce (Entrance of the wedding party) 00:23
    Track
    6
    Title
    Tableau I: Entrée de la noce (Entrance of the wedding party)
    Duration
    00:23
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud
  7. 7 Tableau I: Deuxième danse de la petite Bohémienne (The gypsy girl's second dance) 01:19
    Track
    7
    Title
    Tableau I: Deuxième danse de la petite Bohémienne (The gypsy girl's second dance)
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud
  8. 8 Tableau I: Troisième danse de la petite Bohémienne (The gypsy girl's third dance) 01:34
    Track
    8
    Title
    Tableau I: Troisième danse de la petite Bohémienne (The gypsy girl's third dance)
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud
  9. 9 Tableau I: La petite Bohémienne seule (The gypsy girl alone) 01:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    Tableau I: La petite Bohémienne seule (The gypsy girl alone)
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud
  10. 10 Tableau I: Tempo I - Animé 01:56
    Track
    10
    Title
    Tableau I: Tempo I - Animé
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud
  11. 11 Tableau I: Interlude 00:31
    Track
    11
    Title
    Tableau I: Interlude
    Duration
    00:31
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud
  12. 12 Tableau II: Giocoso - Più lento e calmo - Un peu animé 03:51
    Track
    12
    Title
    Tableau II: Giocoso - Più lento e calmo - Un peu animé
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud
  13. 13 Tableau II: Adage: Large - Poco animando 04:10
    Track
    13
    Title
    Tableau II: Adage: Large - Poco animando
    Duration
    04:10
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud
  14. 14 Tableau II: Vivace - Più moderato - Più vivo 02:18
    Track
    14
    Title
    Tableau II: Vivace - Più moderato - Più vivo
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud
  15. 15 Tableau II: Interlude 00:58
    Track
    15
    Title
    Tableau II: Interlude
    Duration
    00:58
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud
  16. 16 Tableau III: Le loup et la belle dans la forêt (Beauty and the wolf in the forest) 04:40
    Track
    16
    Title
    Tableau III: Le loup et la belle dans la forêt (Beauty and the wolf in the forest)
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud
  17. 17 Tableau III: Danse de mort du Loup (The wolf's dying dance) 02:58
    Track
    17
    Title
    Tableau III: Danse de mort du Loup (The wolf's dying dance)
    Duration
    02:58
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud
  18. 18 Tableau III: Rideau (Curtain) 00:19
    Track
    18
    Title
    Tableau III: Rideau (Curtain)
    Duration
    00:19
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud
  19. 19 No. 1. D'ombre et de silence 03:04
    Track
    19
    Title
    No. 1. D'ombre et de silence
    Duration
    03:04
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud
  20. 20 No. 2. Sur un même accord 03:38
    Track
    20
    Title
    No. 2. Sur un même accord
    Duration
    03:38
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud
  21. 21 No. 3. Le jeu des contraires 07:54
    Track
    21
    Title
    No. 3. Le jeu des contraires
    Duration
    07:54
    Composer
    Henri Dutilleux
    Performer
    Jean-Pierre Armengaud