FOUR HANDS FOR FRANCE

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
August 20, 2021
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ALKAN CHAMINADE CHAUSSON
    • PERFORMER
      Mccallum, Helyard
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      August 20, 2021
    • UPC
      5060640070073
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCN0007
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Gaîment

      Composer: Ernest Chausson

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    2. II. Andante

      Composer: Ernest Chausson

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    3. III. Finale

      Composer: Ernest Chausson

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    4. I. Mouvement de marche

      Composer: Ernest Chausson

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    5. II. Variations sur un thème danois, transcrit par Niels Gade

      Composer: Ernest Chausson

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    6. III. Rondeau

      Composer: Ernest Chausson

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    7. I. Pour Gaud: Andante

      Composer: Joseph Guy Ropartz

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    8. II. Pour Gaud: Lento

      Composer: Joseph Guy Ropartz

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    9. III. Pour Gaud: Allegretto

      Composer: Joseph Guy Ropartz

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    10. IV. Sons de Cloches: L'angelus

      Composer: Joseph Guy Ropartz

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    11. V. Sons de Cloches: Le glas

      Composer: Joseph Guy Ropartz

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    12. VI. Sons de Cloches: Cloches du soir

      Composer: Joseph Guy Ropartz

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    13. VII. Sons de Cloches: Choral

      Composer: Joseph Guy Ropartz

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    14. VIII. Sons de Cloches: Tristesse

      Composer: Joseph Guy Ropartz

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    15. IX. Sons de Cloches: Intimité

      Composer: Joseph Guy Ropartz

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    16. X. Sons de Cloches: Par les champs

      Composer: Joseph Guy Ropartz

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    17. I. F Major: Andante

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    18. II. G Major: Allegretto quasi allegro

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    19. III. D-Flat Major: Andante

      Composer: Jules Massenet

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    20. Saltarelle, Op. 23

      Composer: Charles-Valentin Alkan

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    21. No. 1. Primavera

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    22. No. 3. Idylle Arabe

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    23. No. 4. Serenade d'Automne

      Composer: Cécile Chaminade

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    24. No. 1. Pastorale mélancolique

      Composer: Benjamin Godard

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum

    25. No. 2. Marche villageoise

      Composer: Benjamin Godard

      Performer: Erin Helyard, Stephanie McCallum


Playing four-hands piano was both vital in the dissemination of music in the nineteenth century and also a popular domestic activity. The French composers recorded here span the Romantic century, from the salon charm of Chaminade and Massenet and the virtuosity of Alkan's wild dance to the innocence of the family music-room in pieces by Chausson, Godard and Ropartz. The original 1853 Parisian Erard piano on which this recording was made combines warmth with bell-like clarity, because of it's straight stringing, allowing it to produce a surprising variety of appealing, expressive textures.