Piano Classics
Lili & Nadia Boulanger: Piano Music
$21.99
Details
- Composer
- Lili Boulanger, Nadia Boulanger
- Artist
- Duco Burgers, Faelix Collective
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Piano Classics
- Released
- Jan 09, 2026
- Catalog #
- PCL10325
- UPC
- 5029365103251
About
A unique collection of both piano solo and concertante pieces by the Boulanger sisters, inspiringly brought to life by the Dutch pianist Duco Burgers. Despite her tragically early demise from tuberculosis in 1918, aged just 25, Lili Boulanger has become almost a household name in classical music during the last generation, through her slender but exquisitely crafted works for choral, orchestral and chamber forces above all, exemplified by her Psalm settings and her tone-poems such as D'un soir triste. Her music for solo piano is less well known, but still distinctive, as Duco Burgers persuasively demonstrates in these new recordings of the Prelude in D, the Trois Morceaux and the Theme and Variations. The Prelude is a work of her prodigious teenage years, while the Trois Morceaux belong to the happiest period in her short life, while she was staying at the Villa Medici in Rome, having won the prestigious Prix de Rome. The Fantaisie affords a fascinating window on to the aesthetic ambitions of the 25-year-old Nadia Boulanger as a creator in her own right, years before she became the renowned facilitator of others' creativity as a teacher of composition, theory and technique. The model of Franck's Symphonic Variations may be evident in the form and scale of the 20-minute work, dating from 1912, but Nadia presents her own, high contrasts of tragic nobility and free-flowing fantasy within the piece. Darker still is Vers une vie nouvelle, a solo piece from 1918, brooding and powerful out of all proportion to it's brevity. In his booklet essay, Duco Burgers weaves together commentary on the life and work of the sisters, entwined but distinct threads of energy, creativity and tragedy shaped by the world around them.
Tracklist 13 tracks
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1 Prelude in D-Flat Major 02:53
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Prelude in D-Flat Major
- Duration
- 02:53
- Composer
- Lili Boulanger
- Performer
- Duco Burgers
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2 No. 1. D'un Vieux Jardin 02:55
- Track
- 2
- Title
- No. 1. D'un Vieux Jardin
- Duration
- 02:55
- Composer
- Lili Boulanger
- Performer
- Duco Burgers
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3 No. 2. D'un Jardin Clair 02:19
- Track
- 3
- Title
- No. 2. D'un Jardin Clair
- Duration
- 02:19
- Composer
- Lili Boulanger
- Performer
- Duco Burgers
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4 No. 3. Cortège 01:43
- Track
- 4
- Title
- No. 3. Cortège
- Duration
- 01:43
- Composer
- Lili Boulanger
- Performer
- Duco Burgers
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5 Theme et variations 09:55
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Theme et variations
- Duration
- 09:55
- Composer
- Lili Boulanger
- Performer
- Duco Burgers
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6 I. Hommes 00:31
- Track
- 6
- Title
- I. Hommes
- Duration
- 00:31
- Composer
- Nadia Boulanger
- Performer
- Duco Burgers
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7 II. Femmes 01:18
- Track
- 7
- Title
- II. Femmes
- Duration
- 01:18
- Composer
- Nadia Boulanger
- Performer
- Duco Burgers
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8 No. 1. — 01:26
- Track
- 8
- Title
- No. 1. —
- Duration
- 01:26
- Composer
- Nadia Boulanger
- Performer
- Duco Burgers
-
9 No. 2. — 00:51
- Track
- 9
- Title
- No. 2. —
- Duration
- 00:51
- Composer
- Nadia Boulanger
- Performer
- Duco Burgers
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10 No. 3. — 01:06
- Track
- 10
- Title
- No. 3. —
- Duration
- 01:06
- Composer
- Nadia Boulanger
- Performer
- Duco Burgers
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11 Vers la vie nouvelle 04:49
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Vers la vie nouvelle
- Duration
- 04:49
- Composer
- Nadia Boulanger
- Performer
- Duco Burgers
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12 Prelude in B Major 04:00
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Prelude in B Major
- Duration
- 04:00
- Composer
- Lili Boulanger
- Performer
- Duco Burgers
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13 Fantaisie variée 21:55
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Fantaisie variée
- Duration
- 21:55
- Composer
- Nadia Boulanger
- Performer
- Duco Burgers
- Ensemble
- Faelix Collective
- Conductor
- Anthony Scheffer