Explorer Set - French Edition

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Piano Classics
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June 7, 2024
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      Charles-Valentin Alkan, Cecile Chaminade, Vincent D'Indy, Paul Dukas, Gabriel Eduard Xavier Dupont
    • PERFORMER
      Mark Viner, Vincenzo Maltempo, Muza Rubackyte, Emanuele Torquati, Giuseppe Taccogna, Alessandro Delj
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 07, 2024
    • UPC
      5029365103077
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PCL10307
    • LABEL
      Piano Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      10
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Pierrette, Op. 41, "Air de Ballet"

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    2. No. 1. Scherzo: Allegro

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    3. No. 2. Autumn: Lento

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    4. No. 3. Fileuse: Allegro

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    5. No. 4. Appassionato: Allegro

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    6. No. 5. Impromptu: Andante

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    7. No. 6. Tarentelle: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    8. Les Sylvains, Op. 60

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    9. Arabesque, Op. 61

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    10. No. 1. Dans la lande

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    11. No. 2. Solitude

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    12. No. 3. Le passé

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    13. No. 4. Pêcheurs de nuit

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    14. La lisonjera, Op. 50

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    15. No. 1. Souvenance

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    16. No. 2. Elevation

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    17. No. 3. Idylle

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    18. No. 4. Eglogue

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    19. No. 5. Chanson Bretonne

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    20. No. 6. Meditation

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    21. Thème varié, Op. 89

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Mark Viner

    22. Etude No. 1 in A Major

      Composer: Charles-Valentin Alkan

      Performer: Mark Viner

    23. Etude No. 2 in D Major

      Composer: Charles-Valentin Alkan

      Performer: Mark Viner

    24. Etude No. 3 in G Major

      Composer: Charles-Valentin Alkan

      Performer: Mark Viner

    25. Etude No. 4 in C Major

      Composer: Charles-Valentin Alkan

      Performer: Mark Viner

    26. Etude No. 5 in F Major, "Allegro barbaro"

      Composer: Charles-Valentin Alkan

      Performer: Mark Viner

    27. Etude No. 6 in B-Flat Major

      Composer: Charles-Valentin Alkan

      Performer: Mark Viner

    28. Etude No. 7 in E-Flat Major, "L'incendie au village voisin

      Composer: Charles-Valentin Alkan

      Performer: Mark Viner

    29. Etude No. 8 in A-Flat Major

      Composer: Charles-Valentin Alkan

      Performer: Mark Viner

    30. Etude No. 9 in C-Sharp Major, "Contrapunctus"

      Composer: Charles-Valentin Alkan

      Performer: Mark Viner

    31. Etude No. 10 in G-Flat Major, "Chant d'amour - Chant de mort"

      Composer: Charles-Valentin Alkan

      Performer: Mark Viner

    32. Etude No. 11 in B Major

      Composer: Charles-Valentin Alkan

      Performer: Mark Viner

    33. Etude No. 12 in E Major

      Composer: Charles-Valentin Alkan

      Performer: Mark Viner

    34. I. Modérément vite

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    35. II. Calme - un peu lent - très soutenu

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    36. III. Vivement, avec légèreté

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    37. IV. Très lent - Animé

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    38. Theme menuet

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    39. Variation 1: Tendrement

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    40. Variation 2: Assez vif très rythmé

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    41. Variation 3: Sans hâte délicatement

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    42. Variation 4: Un peu animé avec légèreté

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    43. Variation 5: Lent

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    44. Variation 6: Modéré

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    45. Variation 7: Assez fig

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    46. Variation 8: Très modéré

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    47. Variation 9: Animé

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    48. Variation 10: Sans lenteur bien marqué

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    49. Variation 11: Sombre assez lent

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    50. Interlude

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    51. Variation 12: Finale: Modérément animé

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    52. Prelude elegiaque sur le nom de Haydn

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    53. Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy: No. 1. La plainte, au loin, du faune …

      Composer: Paul Dukas

      Performer: Vincenzo Maltempo

    54. No. 1. Prologue: Maestoso

      Composer: Louis Vierne

      Performer: Mūza Rubackytė

    55. No. 2. Tendresse: Andante

      Composer: Louis Vierne

      Performer: Mūza Rubackytė

    56. No. 3. Pressentiment: Agitato

      Composer: Louis Vierne

      Performer: Mūza Rubackytė

    57. No. 4. Souvenir d'un jour de joie: Allegro molto appassionato

      Composer: Louis Vierne

      Performer: Mūza Rubackytė

    58. No. 5. Nostalgie: Andante con moto

      Composer: Louis Vierne

      Performer: Mūza Rubackytė

    59. No. 6. Par gros temps: largo

      Composer: Louis Vierne

      Performer: Mūza Rubackytė

    60. No. 7. Evocation d'un jour d'angoisse: Poco lento

      Composer: Louis Vierne

      Performer: Mūza Rubackytė

    61. No. 8. Dans la nuit: Grave

      Composer: Louis Vierne

      Performer: Mūza Rubackytė

    62. No. 9. Supreme appel: Allegro molto agitato

      Composer: Louis Vierne

      Performer: Mūza Rubackytė

    63. No. 10. Sur une tombe: Molto lento e sostenuto

      Composer: Louis Vierne

      Performer: Mūza Rubackytė

    64. No. 11. Adieu: Moderato più tosto lento

      Composer: Louis Vierne

      Performer: Mūza Rubackytė

    65. No. 12. Seul: Molto maestoso

      Composer: Louis Vierne

      Performer: Mūza Rubackytė

    66. I. Hantise

      Composer: Louis Vierne

      Performer: Mūza Rubackytė

    67. II. Nuit blanche

      Composer: Louis Vierne

      Performer: Mūza Rubackytė

    68. III. Vision hallucinante

      Composer: Louis Vierne

      Performer: Mūza Rubackytė

    69. IV. La ronde fantastique des revenants

      Composer: Louis Vierne

      Performer: Mūza Rubackytė

    70. 3 Nocturnes, Op. 34: No. 3. La Lumière rayonnait des astres de la nuit, le rossignol chantait …

      Composer: Louis Vierne

      Performer: Mūza Rubackytė

    71. I. Graves, legeres

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Performer: Emanuele Torquati

    72. II. Joyeuses

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Performer: Emanuele Torquati

    73. III. Tragiques

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Performer: Emanuele Torquati

    74. IV. Champetres

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Performer: Emanuele Torquati

    75. Resurrection, Op. 4: Symphonic Prelude (version for piano)

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Performer: Emanuele Torquati

    76. I. Danse au bord de l'eau

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Performer: Emanuele Torquati

    77. II. Promenade sentimentale en foret

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Performer: Emanuele Torquati

    78. III. Retour de fete

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Performer: Emanuele Torquati

    79. Petit canon perpetuel

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Performer: Emanuele Torquati

    80. Doute

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Performer: Emanuele Torquati

    81. Conte a la poupée

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Performer: Emanuele Torquati

    82. Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy: No. 2. L'accueil des Muses, "In memoriam Debussy"

      Composer: Albert Roussel

      Performer: Emanuele Torquati

    83. No. 1. Epigraphe

      Composer: Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont

      Performer: Giuseppe Taccogna

    84. No. 2. Le soir tombe dans la chambre

      Composer: Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont

      Performer: Giuseppe Taccogna

    85. No. 3. Du soleil au jardin

      Composer: Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont

      Performer: Giuseppe Taccogna

    86. No. 4. Chanson de la pluie

      Composer: Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont

      Performer: Giuseppe Taccogna

    87. No. 5. Après-midi de Dimanche

      Composer: Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont

      Performer: Giuseppe Taccogna

    88. No. 6. Le médecin

      Composer: Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont

      Performer: Giuseppe Taccogna

    89. No. 7. Une amie est venue avec des fleurs

      Composer: Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont

      Performer: Giuseppe Taccogna

    90. No. 8. La chanson du vent

      Composer: Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont

      Performer: Giuseppe Taccogna

    91. No. 9. Au coin du feu

      Composer: Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont

      Performer: Giuseppe Taccogna

    92. No. 10. Coquetteries

      Composer: Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont

      Performer: Giuseppe Taccogna

    93. No. 11. La mort rôde

      Composer: Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont

      Performer: Giuseppe Taccogna

    94. No. 12. Des enfants jouent dans le jardin

      Composer: Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont

      Performer: Giuseppe Taccogna

    95. No. 13. Nuit blanche - Hallucinations

      Composer: Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont

      Performer: Giuseppe Taccogna

    96. No. 14. Calme

      Composer: Gabriel Edouard Xavier Dupont

      Performer: Giuseppe Taccogna

    97. I. Premiere Suite: No. 1. Frontispice

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    98. I. Premiere Suite: No. 2. Andromède résignée

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    99. I. Premiere Suite: No. 3. Douloureuse Rêverie dans un bois da sapins

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    100. I. Premiere Suite: No. 4. Le Bougquet de Pensées

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    101. I. Premiere Suite: No. 5. Soleil d'automne

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    102. I. Premiere Suite: No. 6. Gretchen

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    103. I. Premiere Suite: No. 7. Les Deux Écharpes

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    104. I. Premiere Suite: No. 8. Liebe! Liebe!

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    105. I. Premiere Suite: No. 9. Éros caché dans les bois

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    106. I. Premiere Suite: No. 10. La Fausse Indifférence

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    107. I. Premiere Suite: No. 11. Chanson de Midi

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    108. I. Premiere Suite: No. 12. Antiochus

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    109. I. Premiere Suite: No. 13. Never More

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    110. I. Premiere Suite: No. 14. Portrait

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    111. I. Premiere Suite: No. 15. L'Enfant au Perroquet

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    112. I. Premiere Suite: No. 16. Les Rêveries du Prince Églantine

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    113. I. Premiere Suite: No. 17. Ivresse

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    114. I. Premiere Suite: No. 18. L'Arome suprême

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    115. I. Premiere Suite: No. 19. Berceuse féroce

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    116. I. Premiere Suite: No. 20. Passante

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    117. I. Premiere Suite: No. 21. La Danse de l'Amour et de l'Ennui

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    118. I. Premiere Suite: No. 22. Ouranos

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    119. I. Premiere Suite: No. 23. Les Héliotropes de Clos-André

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    120. I. Premiere Suite: No. 24. Effet de nuit sur la Seine

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    121. I. Premiere Suite: No. 25. Per i piccoli canali

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    122. I. Premiere Suite: No. 26. Mirage

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    123. I. Premiere Suite: No. 27. La Dance de l'Amour et du Danger

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    124. I. Premiere Suite: No. 28. Matinée parisienne

      Composer: Reynaldo Hahn

      Performer: Alessandro Deljavan

    125. III. Tempo di menuetto

      Composer: Andreas Lidl

      Ensemble: Esterházy Ensemble

    126. I. Moderato

      Composer: Andreas Lidl

      Ensemble: Esterházy Ensemble

    127. II. Andante

      Composer: Andreas Lidl

      Ensemble: Esterházy Ensemble

    128. III. Presto

      Composer: Andreas Lidl

      Ensemble: Esterházy Ensemble

    129. I. Allegro maestoso

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Amati Quartet

    130. II. Minuetto: Allegretto

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Amati Quartet

    131. III. Adagio con anima

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Amati Quartet

    132. IV. Rondeau: Allegretto con brio

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Amati Quartet

    133. I. Maturato

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Amati Quartet

    134. II. Minuetto: Allegretto

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Amati Quartet

    135. III. Adagio, con transporto

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Amati Quartet

    136. IV. Finale: Prestissimo

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Amati Quartet

    137. I. Largo - Allegro

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Amati Quartet

    138. II. Minuetto: Andantino

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Amati Quartet

    139. III. Andante con variazioni

      Composer: Niccolò Paganini

      Ensemble: Amati Quartet

    140. O orzchis ecclesia - Psalm 94 ad invitatorium, "Venite, exultemus Domino"

      Composer: Hildegard von Bingen

      Ensemble: Ensemble San Felice

      Performer: Barbara Zanichelli

      Conductor: Federico Bardazzi

    141. O coruscans lux stellarum - Psalm 10, "In Domino confido"

      Composer: Hildegard von Bingen

      Ensemble: Ensemble San Felice

      Performer: Barbara Zanichelli

      Conductor: Federico Bardazzi

    142. O pulchrae facies - Psalm 1, "Beatus vir"

      Composer: Hildegard von Bingen

      Ensemble: Ensemble San Felice

      Performer: Barbara Zanichelli

      Conductor: Federico Bardazzi

    143. Nunc gaudeant materna - Psalm 86, "Fundamenta ejus in montibus sanctis"

      Composer: Hildegard von Bingen

      Ensemble: Ensemble San Felice

      Performer: Barbara Zanichelli

      Conductor: Federico Bardazzi

    144. Diffusa est gratia in labiis tuis

      Composer: Hildegard von Bingen

      Ensemble: Ensemble San Felice

      Performer: Barbara Zanichelli

      Conductor: Federico Bardazzi

    145. Benedictio I, Lectio I

      Composer: Hildegard von Bingen

      Ensemble: Ensemble San Felice

      Performer: Barbara Zanichelli

      Conductor: Federico Bardazzi

    146. Nobilissima vririditas

      Composer: Hildegard von Bingen

      Ensemble: Ensemble San Felice

      Performer: Barbara Zanichelli

      Conductor: Federico Bardazzi

    147. Benedictio II, Lectio II

      Composer: Hildegard von Bingen

      Ensemble: Ensemble San Felice

      Performer: Barbara Zanichelli

      Conductor: Federico Bardazzi

    148. O vos imitatores excelsae personae

      Composer: Hildegard von Bingen

      Ensemble: Ensemble San Felice

      Performer: Barbara Zanichelli

      Conductor: Federico Bardazzi

    149. Petite piece, AWV 37

      Composer: Jehan Alain

      Performer: Jean-Baptiste Robin

    150. I. Modéré - Theme and Variations 1-4

      Composer: Vincent d'Indy

      Performer: Sofia Andreoli

    151. II. Très animé

      Composer: Vincent d'Indy

      Performer: Sofia Andreoli

    152. III. Modéré

      Composer: Vincent d'Indy

      Performer: Sofia Andreoli

    153. I. Envoi

      Composer: Albéric Magnard

      Performer: Sofia Andreoli

    154. II. Bois de Boulogne

      Composer: Albéric Magnard

      Performer: Sofia Andreoli

    155. III. Villebon

      Composer: Albéric Magnard

      Performer: Sofia Andreoli

    156. IV. Saint Cloud

      Composer: Albéric Magnard

      Performer: Sofia Andreoli

    157. V. Saint Germain

      Composer: Albéric Magnard

      Performer: Sofia Andreoli

    158. VI. Trianon

      Composer: Albéric Magnard

      Performer: Sofia Andreoli

    159. VII. Rambouillet

      Composer: Albéric Magnard

      Performer: Sofia Andreoli

    160. No. 1. D'ombre et de silence

      Composer: Henri Dutilleux

      Performer: Vittoria Quartararo

    161. No. 2. Sur un même accord

      Composer: Henri Dutilleux

      Performer: Vittoria Quartararo

    162. No. 3. Le jeu des contraires

      Composer: Henri Dutilleux

      Performer: Vittoria Quartararo

    163. I. Prélude et berceuse

      Composer: Henri Dutilleux

      Performer: Vittoria Quartararo

    164. II. Claquettes

      Composer: Henri Dutilleux

      Performer: Vittoria Quartararo

    165. III. Improvisation

      Composer: Henri Dutilleux

      Performer: Vittoria Quartararo

    166. IV. Mouvement perpétuel

      Composer: Henri Dutilleux

      Performer: Vittoria Quartararo

    167. V. Hommage à Bach

      Composer: Henri Dutilleux

      Performer: Vittoria Quartararo

    168. VI. Étude

      Composer: Henri Dutilleux

      Performer: Vittoria Quartararo

    169. Mini-prélude en éventail

      Composer: Henri Dutilleux

      Performer: Vittoria Quartararo

    170. Resonances

      Composer: Henri Dutilleux

      Performer: Vittoria Quartararo

    171. Petit air a domir debout

      Composer: Henri Dutilleux

      Performer: Vittoria Quartararo

    172. Blackbird

      Composer: Henri Dutilleux

      Performer: Vittoria Quartararo

    173. Bergerie

      Composer: Henri Dutilleux

      Performer: Vittoria Quartararo

    174. Tous les chemins

      Composer: Henri Dutilleux

      Performer: Vittoria Quartararo

    175. I. Allegro con moto

      Composer: Henri Dutilleux

      Performer: Vittoria Quartararo

    176. II. Lied: Assez lent - Un poco più mosso

      Composer: Henri Dutilleux

      Performer: Vittoria Quartararo

    177. III. Choral et Variations

      Composer: Henri Dutilleux

      Performer: Vittoria Quartararo


Beyond Debussy and Ravel: the world of the French piano in all it's dazzling variety, and in critically acclaimed recent recordings. Beyond a sensitivity to tone colour, very little unifies this eclectic list of French composers, who flourished from the end of the Romantic era into our own time. To move from the deft sketches of Reynaldo Hahn's Le Rossignol eperdu, and the scented harmonies of Benjamin Godard's Op.58 cycle of 20 Pieces, to the introverted gloom of Les Heures dolented by Gabriel eduard Xavier Dupont and the four-movement Solitude by Louis Vierne, and from the dense, Wagnerian counterpoint of sonatas by Vincent D'Indy and Paul Dukas, to the restless but crystalline textures of the early Sonata by Henri Dutilleux, is to stop off at quite different stations on a map of creative work full of destinations as distinct as any to be found on the Paris Metro. Critics have recognised that each of the artists involved has invested intellectual energy as well as technical mastery in immersing themselves within these individual worlds and personalities. Mark Viner captures Chaminade the poet beyond and further than the salon composer of repute, as well as measuring up to Alkan at his most surprisingly charming in some of the Etudes Op.35. Emanuele Torquati lends a more romantic sensibility to Roussel than we tend to associate with him, while Sofia Andreoli shows that there is an impressionist side to Magnard beyond the densely worked chromaticism of his symphonies and cantatas.