FRENCH PIANO CONCERTOS CD

CD1CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS 1835–1921Piano Concerto No.1 in D Op.171 I. Andante – Allegro assai 11’552 II. Andante sostenuto quasi adagio 8’013 III. Allegro con fuoco 6’53Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor Op.224 I. Andante sostenuto 10’595 II. Allegro scherzando 5’346 III. Presto 6’49Piano Concerto No.4 in C minor Op.447 I. Allegro moderato 12’208 II. Allegro vivace 14’26
Gabriel Tacchino pianoOrchestra of Radio Luxembourg/Louis de Froment
Total time 77’02
Recording: 1974–79
CD2CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS 1835–1921Piano Concerto No.3 in E flat Op.291 I. Moderato assai 13’312 II. Andante – 15’08III. Allegro non troppoPiano Concerto No.5 in F Op.103 ‘Egyptian’3 I. Allegro animato 10’534 II. Andante 10’565 III. Molto allegro 6’026 Africa Op.89 11’01Fantasy for piano and orchestra
Gabriel Tacchino pianoOrchestra of Radio Luxembourg/Louis de Froment
Total time 67’55
Recording: 1974–79
CD3FRANÇOIS-ADRIEN BOIELDIEU 1775–1834Piano Concerto in F1 I. Allegro 12’282 II. Pastorale con variazioni 7’23
Martin Galling pianoInnsbruck Symphony Orchestra/Robert Wagner
JULES MASSENET 1842–1912Piano Concerto in E flat3 I. Andante moderato 13’244 II. Largo 9’415 III. Airs slovaques: Allegro 7’07
Marylène Dosse pianoWestfälisches Sinfonieorchester Recklinghausen/Siegfried Landau
GABRIEL PIERNÉ 1863–1937Piano Concerto in C minor Op.126 I. Allegro 8’187 II. Scherzando 4’538 III. Final 6’55
Marylène Dosse pianoStuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra/Matthias Kuntzsch
Total time 70’18
Recording: 1962, Innsbruck, Austria (1–2); August 1973, Recklinghausen, Germany (3–5); December 1976, Stuttgart, Germany (6–8)
CD4ÉDOUARD LALO 1823–1892Piano Concerto in F minor1 I. Lento – Allegro 11’572 II. Lento 6’553 III. Allegro 6’23
Marylène Dosse pianoStuttgart Philharmonic OrchestraMatthias Kuntzsch
CÉCILE CHAMINADE 1857–19444 Concertstück Op.40 15’49
Rosario Marciano pianoOrchestra of Radio LuxembourgLouis de Froment
ALBERT ROUSSEL 1869–1937Piano Concerto in G Op.365 I. Allegro molto 3’556 II. Adagio 8’337 III. Allegro con spirito 4’43
Maria Littauer pianoHamburg Symphony OrchestraAlois Springer
JEAN FRANÇAIX 1912–1997Piano Concerto8 I. — 5’259 II. Andante 4’1210 III. — 3’3811 IV. Allegro 4’08
Claude Paillard-Françaix pianoOrchestra of Radio LuxembourgJean Françaix
Total time 75’51
Recording: January 1970, Musikhalle, Hamburg (5–7); December 1976, Stuttgart Botnang (1–3); December 1977 (4)
CD5CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN 1813–1888Concerto da camera in A minor Op.10 No.1for piano and orchestra1 I. Allegro 4’502 II. Adagio 3’153 III. Allegro 6’49Concerto da camera in C sharp minor Op.10 No.2for piano and string orchestra4 I. Allegro moderato 2’455 II. Adagio 3’436 III. Primo Movimento 1’40Concerto da camera in C sharp Op.10 No.3for piano and string orchestra(reconstructed by François Luguenot)7 Andante con moto 5’45
Giovanni Bellucci pianoOrchestra di Padova e del VenetoRoberto Forés Veses
VINCENT D’INDY 1851–1931Symphony on a French Mountain Air Op.25(Symphonie cévenole)8 I. Assez lent – Modérément animé 11’449 II. Assez modéré, mais sans lenteur 6’4010 III. Animé 7’46
François-Joël Thiollier pianoNational Symphony Orchestra of IrelandAntonio de Almeida
Total time 55’24
Recording: 10–11 May 1993, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland (8–10); 21–22 November 2013, Auditorium Pollini, Padova, Italy (1–7)
CD6REYNALDO HAHN 1874–1947Piano Concerto in E1 I. Improvisation – Modéré 11’362 II. Danse 2’393 III. Rêverie 4’594 IV. Toccata – Finale 5’22
Magda Tagliaferro pianoParis Conservatoire Orchestra/Reynaldo Hahn
GABRIEL FAURÉ 1845–19245 Ballade in F sharp Op.19 for piano and orchestra 13’43
François-Joël Thiollier pianoNational Symphony Orchestra of Ireland/Antonio de Almeida
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS 1835–19216 Rhapsodie d’Auvergne Op.73 10’287 Wedding Cake Op.76 Caprice-Valse for piano and strings 6’39
Romain Descharmes pianoMalmö Symphony Orchestra/Marc Soustrot
Total time 55’31
Recording: 10–11 May 1937, Paris, France (1–4);10–11 May 1993, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland (5);10–12 June 2015, Malmö Concert Hall, Sweden (6–7)First release 1938 Pathé-Marconi S.A. & Remastering 2014 Heritage Records (1–4)
CD7CÉSAR FRANCK 1822–18901 Symphonic V ariations 15’002 Les Djinns 12’14Piano Concerto No.2 in B minor [disowned Op.11]3 I. Allegro maestoso 15’374 II. Adagio 6’455 III. Rondo: Allegro 9’35
François-Joël Thiollier piano (1–2)Martijn van der Hoek piano (3–5)Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra/Roberto Benzi
Total time 59’16
Recording: June 1995 (1–2) & July 1997 (3–5), Music Sacrum, Arnhem, Netherlands
CD8MAURICE RAVEL 1875–1937Piano Concerto in G1 I. Allegramente 8’232 II. Adagio Assai 9’193 III. Presto 3’59
Klára Würtz pianoJanácek Philharmonic Orchestra/Theodore Kuchar
4 Piano Concerto in D for the left hand 18’22
François-Joël Thiollier pianoPolish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice)/Antoni Wit
CLAUDE DEBUSSY 1862–1918Fantaisie for piano and orchestra5 I. Andante ma non troppo 8’486 II. Lento e molto espressivo –III. Allegro molto 16’35
Marylène Dosse pianoOrchestra of Radio Luxembourg/Louis de Froment
Total time 65’45
Recording: 1972 (5–6);29 November–2 December 1993, Concert Hall of the Polish Radio, Katowice, Poland (4);2–3 June 2008, Concert Hall Ostrava, Czechia (1–3)
CD9DARIUS MILHAUD 1892–1974Le Carnaval d’Aix Op.83b1 I. Le Corso 1’192 II. Tartaglia 1’143 III. Isabelle 1’464 IV. Rosetta 2’175 V. Le Bon et le Mauvais Tuteur 2’076 VI. Coviello 0’317 VII. Le Capitaine Cartuccia 2’218 VIII. Polichinelle 0’289 IX. Polka 1’2410 X. Cinzio 1’2611 XI. Souvenir de Rio 1’5712 XII. Final 1’4213 Ballade Op.61 8’225 Études Op.6314 No.1 Vif 1’0215 No.2 Doucement 3’2716 No.3 Fugues: Vif et rythmé 1’0117 No.4 Sombre 2’5018 No.5 Romantique: Très animé 2’08Piano Concerto No.1 Op.12719 I. Très vif 3’3320 II. Barcarolle 5’0521 III. Finale 4’2422 Fantaisie pastorale Op.188 9’57
Michael Korstick pianoSWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern/Alun Francis
Total time 61’07
Recording: June & October 2005, March & May 2006, SWR Studio Kaiserslautern, Germany
CD10DARIUS MILHAUD 1892–1974Concerto No.2 Op.2251 I. Animé 3’392 II. Romance 6’113 III. Bien modérément animé 3’17Concerto No.3 Op.2704 I. Alerte et avec élégance 5’105 II. Lent 8’066 III. Avec esprit et élégance 5’35Concerto No.4 Op.2957 I. Animé 5’028 II. Très lent 10’289 III. Joyeux 5’08Concerto No.5 Op.34610 I. Alerte 4’5811 II. Nonchalant 10’4112 III. Joyeux 5’49
Michael Korstick pianoSWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern/Alun Francis
Total time 74’38
Recording: June & October 2005, March & May 2006, SWR Studio Kaiserslautern, Germany
CD11NADIA BOULANGER 1887–1979Fantaisie (variée) for piano and orchestra1 Lent. Grave – Allegro – Più vivo. Tempo molto marcato – Moderato – Andante – Allegro 19’50
Florian Uhlig pianoDeutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern/Pablo González
GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE 1892–19832 Ballade 14’19
Rosario Marciano pianoOrchestra of Radio Luxembourg/Louis de Froment
FRANCIS POULENC 1899–1963Piano Concerto FP1463 I. Allegretto 10’064 II. Andante con moto 6’025 III. Rondo à la française: Presto giocoso 3’47
Florian Uhlig pianoDeutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern/Pablo González
Total time 54’20
Recording: December 1977 (2);21–22 June 2012 (3–5) & 9–14 November 2015 (1), Emmerich-Smola-Saal, SWR Studio, Kaiserslautern, Germany
CD12JEAN FRANÇAIX 1912–1997Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra1 I. Allegro giocoso 9’282 II. Doppio più lento 6’043 III. Scherzando 7’534 IV. Allegro tieramente 5’40
FRANCIS POULENC 1899–1963from Les Animaux modèles FP111 Ballet suite5 No.1 Le Petit Jour: Très calme 4’036 No.4 Le Lion amoureux: Passionnément animé 1’347 No.5 L’Homme entre deux âges et ses deux maîtresses: Prestissimo 1’578 No.6 La Mort et le Bûcheron: Très lent 6’289 No.7 Les Deux Coqs: Très modéré 3’3310 No.8 Le Repas de midi 3’40Concerto for 2 pianos in D minor FP6111 I. Allegro ma non troppo 8’0512 II. Larghetto 5’4413 III. Finale 5’46
Mona & Rica Bard pianos (1–4, 11–13)Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz/Ariane Matiakh
Total time 70’03
Recording: 5–9 May 2014, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany