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Pieces De Concours
Navona

Pieces De Concours

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Details

Composer
ARENDS ENESCU LEFEBVRE SITT
Artist
Puchhammer-Sedillot, Desjardins
Format
CD
Label
Navona
Released
Nov 11, 2016
Catalog #
NV6065
UPC
896931003650

About

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.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Appassionato, Op. 34 05:55
    Track
    1
    Title
    Appassionato, Op. 34
    Duration
    05:55
    Composer
    Henri Büsser
    Performer
    Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins
  3. 2 Ballade 07:21
    Track
    2
    Title
    Ballade
    Duration
    07:21
    Composer
    Philippe Gaubert
    Performer
    Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins
  4. 3 Concertino romantique, Op. 138 05:10
    Track
    3
    Title
    Concertino romantique, Op. 138
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Paul Rougnon
    Performer
    Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins
  5. 4 Viola Concerto, Op. 46 13:41
    Track
    4
    Title
    Viola Concerto, Op. 46
    Duration
    13:41
    Composer
    Hans Sitt
    Performer
    Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins
  6. 5 Morceau de concert, Op. 23 07:10
    Track
    5
    Title
    Morceau de concert, Op. 23
    Duration
    07:10
    Composer
    Léon Honnoré
    Performer
    Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins
  7. 6 Viola Concertino in D Minor 14:08
    Track
    6
    Title
    Viola Concertino in D Minor
    Duration
    14:08
    Composer
    Léon Firket
    Performer
    Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins
  8. 7 Poème, Op. 74 08:52
    Track
    7
    Title
    Poème, Op. 74
    Duration
    08:52
    Composer
    Eugene Cools
    Performer
    Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins
  9. 8 Concertstuck, "Piece de concert" 08:38
    Track
    8
    Title
    Concertstuck, "Piece de concert"
    Duration
    08:38
    Composer
    George Enescu
    Performer
    Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins
  10. 9 Romance, scherzo et finale 07:19
    Track
    9
    Title
    Romance, scherzo et finale
    Duration
    07:19
    Composer
    Gabriel Grovlez
    Performer
    Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins
  11. Disc 2
  12. 1 Arioso et Allegro de concert 07:15
    Track
    1
    Title
    Arioso et Allegro de concert
    Duration
    07:15
    Composer
    Stan Golestan
    Performer
    Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins
  13. 2 Thème Varié 10:14
    Track
    2
    Title
    Thème Varié
    Duration
    10:14
    Composer
    Georges Hüe
    Performer
    Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins
  14. 3 Fantaisie de concert 06:23
    Track
    3
    Title
    Fantaisie de concert
    Duration
    06:23
    Composer
    Paul Rougnon
    Performer
    Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins
  15. 4 Fantaisie, Op. 18 09:02
    Track
    4
    Title
    Fantaisie, Op. 18
    Duration
    09:02
    Composer
    Hélène Fleury-Roy
    Performer
    Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins
  16. 5 Viola Concertino, Op. 7 14:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    Viola Concertino, Op. 7
    Duration
    14:30
    Composer
    Heinrich Arends
    Performer
    Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins
  17. 6 Chaconne, Op. 8 06:02
    Track
    6
    Title
    Chaconne, Op. 8
    Duration
    06:02
    Composer
    Henri Marteau
    Performer
    Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins
  18. 7 Concertstück, Op. 19 (version for viola and piano) 08:36
    Track
    7
    Title
    Concertstück, Op. 19 (version for viola and piano)
    Duration
    08:36
    Composer
    Réné Jullien
    Performer
    Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins
  19. 8 Caprice, Op. 106bis 05:17
    Track
    8
    Title
    Caprice, Op. 106bis
    Duration
    05:17
    Composer
    Charles Edouard Lefebvre
    Performer
    Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins
  20. 9 Allegro appassionato 03:41
    Track
    9
    Title
    Allegro appassionato
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Paul Rougnon
    Performer
    Jutta Puchhammer-Sédillot, Élise Desjardins