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Musique en Wallonie

Pieces egoistes

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Details

Composer
Cesar Franck, Arthur De Greef, Leon Jongen, Joseph Jongen, Guillaume Lekeu, Michel Lysight, Frederic
Artist
Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
Format
CD
Label
Musique en Wallonie
Released
Nov 28, 2025
Catalog #
MEW2511
UPC
5425008325118

About

Though Belgium in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries was known above all for it's "school" of violin-playing, represented by figures such as Henry Vieuxtemps and Eugene Ysaye, it was also home to a flourishing piano "school". After independence in 1830, the new nation's conservatoires opened numerous classes, method-books and anthologies proliferated, and piano-makers kept pace with new patents and instruments. This dynamic environment naturally had an effect on composers; everyone who wrote music wrote for this king of instruments, and promoted the results either by performing them themselves or by confiding them to virtuosos to execute in concerts or competitions. The most famous of these, the Eugene Ysaye Competition (since 1951 the Queen Elisabeth International Competition), opened to pianists in 1938, with Emil Gilels emerging victorious. A quarter of a century later, Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden entered this prestigious contest and, at sixteen years of age, came away with a third prize. Trained at the Brussels Conservatoire by Eduardo del Pueyo, he would go on to an international career still active six decades later. The programme of this CD is an homage to this long lineage of teachers and students. It testifies to the practices as well as the networks of friendship that gave this "school", throughout it's various ramifications, a particular character.

Tracklist 16 tracks

  1. 1 2 Pieces for Piano, Op. 33: No. 2. Soleil à midi 06:11
    Track
    1
    Title
    2 Pieces for Piano, Op. 33: No. 2. Soleil à midi
    Duration
    06:11
    Composer
    Joseph Jongen
    Performer
    Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
  2. 2 Danse lente, M. 22 02:49
    Track
    2
    Title
    Danse lente, M. 22
    Duration
    02:49
    Composer
    César Franck
    Performer
    Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
  3. 3 Valse-caprice (version solo piano) 06:59
    Track
    3
    Title
    Valse-caprice (version solo piano)
    Duration
    06:59
    Composer
    Arthur De Greef
    Performer
    Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
  4. 4 Koan No. 1 01:43
    Track
    4
    Title
    Koan No. 1
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Michel Lysight
    Performer
    Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
  5. 5 Koan No. 2 01:30
    Track
    5
    Title
    Koan No. 2
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Michel Lysight
    Performer
    Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
  6. 6 Koan No. 3 02:17
    Track
    6
    Title
    Koan No. 3
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Michel Lysight
    Performer
    Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
  7. 7 Koan No. 4 01:36
    Track
    7
    Title
    Koan No. 4
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Michel Lysight
    Performer
    Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
  8. 8 Koan No. 5 03:12
    Track
    8
    Title
    Koan No. 5
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Michel Lysight
    Performer
    Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
  9. 9 Koan No. 6 01:15
    Track
    9
    Title
    Koan No. 6
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Michel Lysight
    Performer
    Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
  10. 10 Koan No. 7 02:38
    Track
    10
    Title
    Koan No. 7
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Michel Lysight
    Performer
    Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
  11. 11 Morceaux egoistes: No. 5. Andante, "Pour moi seul" 05:24
    Track
    11
    Title
    Morceaux egoistes: No. 5. Andante, "Pour moi seul"
    Duration
    05:24
    Composer
    Guillaume Lekeu
    Performer
    Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
  12. 12 Campéador 07:57
    Track
    12
    Title
    Campéador
    Duration
    07:57
    Composer
    Léon Jongen
    Performer
    Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
  13. 13 Nocturne, Op. 8, No. 2 08:59
    Track
    13
    Title
    Nocturne, Op. 8, No. 2
    Duration
    08:59
    Composer
    Theophile Ysaye
    Performer
    Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
  14. 14 I. Prélude 02:21
    Track
    14
    Title
    I. Prélude
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Frederik van Rossum
    Performer
    Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
  15. 15 II. Intermezzo 06:39
    Track
    15
    Title
    II. Intermezzo
    Duration
    06:39
    Composer
    Frederik van Rossum
    Performer
    Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden
  16. 16 III. Postlude 03:46
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Postlude
    Duration
    03:46
    Composer
    Frederik van Rossum
    Performer
    Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden