Pieces De Concours

$21.99
Label
Navona
Release Date
November 11, 2016
Format
Added to Cart! View cart or continue shopping.


    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ARENDS ENESCU LEFEBVRE SITT
    • PERFORMER
      Puchhammer-Sedillot, Desjardins
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 11, 2016
    • UPC
      896931003650
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      NV6065
    • LABEL
      Navona
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Concertos
    Works ⌄

    1. Appassionato, Op. 34

      Composer: Henri Büsser

      Performer: Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins

    2. Ballade

      Composer: Philippe Gaubert

      Performer: Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins

    3. Concertino romantique, Op. 138

      Composer: Paul Rougnon

      Performer: Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins

    4. Viola Concerto, Op. 46

      Composer: Hans Sitt

      Performer: Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins

    5. Morceau de concert, Op. 23

      Composer: Léon Honnoré

      Performer: Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins

    6. Viola Concertino in D Minor

      Composer: Léon Firket

      Performer: Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins

    7. Poème, Op. 74

      Composer: Eugene Cools

      Performer: Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins

    8. Concertstuck, "Piece de concert"

      Composer: George Enescu

      Performer: Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins

    9. Romance, scherzo et finale

      Composer: Gabriel Grovlez

      Performer: Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins

    10. Arioso et Allegro de concert

      Composer: Stan Golestan

      Performer: Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins

    11. Thème Varié

      Composer: Georges Hüe

      Performer: Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins

    12. Fantaisie de concert

      Composer: Paul Rougnon

      Performer: Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins

    13. Fantaisie, Op. 18

      Composer: Hélène Fleury-Roy

      Performer: Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins

    14. Viola Concertino, Op. 7

      Composer: Heinrich Arends

      Performer: Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins

    15. Chaconne, Op. 8

      Composer: Henri Marteau

      Performer: Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins

    16. Concertstück, Op. 19 (version for viola and piano)

      Composer: Réné Jullien

      Performer: Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins

    17. Caprice, Op. 106bis

      Composer: Charles Edouard Lefebvre

      Performer: Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins

    18. Allegro appassionato

      Composer: Paul Rougnon

      Performer: Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins


Violist Jutta Puchhammer's album Pieces de concours pour is a treasure trove of late romantic French viola music. Originating as exam compositions for students enrolled at the Conservatoire Superieur de Paris from 1896-1938, this album demonstrates Puchhammer's peerless virtuosity as a performer, as well as the expressive range of her instrument, which was largely dismissed by the mainstream of eighteenth and nineteenth century composers. Many of the compositions on Pieces de concours pour share the Classical form of Sitt's concerto, such as Henri Marteau's Chaconne in ut majeur, or the French romantic aesthetic of Busser's Appassionato, such as Paul Rougnon's Concertino Romantique. Romanian-born composer Stan Golestan's Arioso et Allegro marks an interesting departure from these other works, as it reflects the new aesthetics of the twentieth century. Arioso et Allegro is dominated by pentatonic scales, which may suggest the influence of indigenous Asian musics - as they do in Debussy's piano piece Pagodes - Eastern European folk music, or American jazz, which took France by storm in the 1920s and 30s.