Marcelle Meyer: Piano Works Preludes - COMPACT DISCS

Marcelle Meyer: Piano Works Preludes - COMPACT DISCSTitle: Piano Works Preludes Artist: Marcelle Meyer Label: Urania Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 8051773573842 Genre: Classical Release Date: 2020 01 03 Number of Discs: 2 Additional Details: 2 PACK Is there is any other pianist of the twentieth century who, like Marcelle Meyer (1897 1958), can boast such a close relationship with the composers of which she would later become the interpreter. Born in 1897 in Lille, she spent her life in

Title: Piano Works Preludes
Artist: Marcelle Meyer
Label: Urania Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 8051773573842
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2020-01-03
Number of Discs: 2
Additional Details: 2 PACK

Is there is any other pianist of the twentieth century who, like Marcelle Meyer (1897-1958), can boast such a close relationship with the composers of which she would later become the interpreter. Born in 1897 in Lille, she spent her life in Paris. She was a student of Marguerite Long and Alfred Cortot, and then of Maurice Ravel. Meyer collaborated with a very young with Debussy and performed the first ever recital entirely dedicated to the composer, including the famous Preludes and premiering the Etudes, at the Salle Gaveau. Meyer also became Erik Satie's favored pianist and she premiered Francis Poulenc's Sonata for piano four-hands together with Poulenc and also collaborated with Chabrier. Marcelle Meyer became the favored pianist of Les Six, also performing for Stravinsky and Milhaud. Indeed, Marcelle is the central figure in the famous portrait of Les Six by Jacques-Emile Balance. (The painting depicts Jean Cocteau, Germaine Tailleferre, Darius Milhaud, Arthur Honegger, Louis Durey, Georges Auric, Francis Poulenc and Jean Winer). In the last years of her life, Meyer fortunately recorded in stereophonic sound the best of her repertoire and between 1955 and 1957, she recorded the integral of Debussy's Preludes and the best of Emanuel Chabrier's piano works, recordings that this double box faithfully reproduces.

Tracks:
1.1 Habanera
1.2 Bourrée Fantasque
1.3 Joyeuse Marche
1.4 10 Pièces Pittoresque-I. Paysage
1.5 10 Pièces Pittoresque-II. Mélancolie
1.6 10 Pièces Pittoresque-III. Tourbillon
1.7 10 Pièces Pittoresque-IV. Sous Bois
1.8 10 Pièces Pittoresque-V. Mauresque
1.9 10 Pièces Pittoresque-VI. Idylle
1.10 10 Pièces Pittoresque-VII. Danse Villageoise
1.11 10 Pièces Pittoresque-VIII. Improvisation
1.12 10 Pièces Pittoresque-IX. Menuet Pompeux
1.13 10 Pièces Pittoresque-X. Scherzo-Valse
1.14 Pièces Posthumes-Ballabile
1.15 Pièces Posthumes-Feuilet D'album
1.16 Pièces Posthumes-Aubade
1.17 Impromptu
1.18 Pièces Posthumes-Ronde Campêtre
1.19 Pièces Posthumes-Caprice
1.20 Air de Ballet
2.1 Préludes (Livre I)-Danseuses de Delphes: Lent Et Grave
2.2 Préludes (Livre I)-Voiles: Modéré
2.3 Préludes (Livre I)-Le Vent Dans la Plaine: Animé
2.4 Préludes (Livre I)-Les Sons Et Les Parfums Tournent Dans Lair Du Soir: Modéré
2.5 Préludes (Livre I)-Les Collines D'anacapri: TRÈS Modéré
2.6 Préludes (Livre I)-Des Pas Sur la Neige: Triste Et Lent
2.7 Préludes (Livre I)-Ce Qu'a Vu Le Vent D'ouest: Animé Et Tumultueux
2.8 Préludes (Livre I)-La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin: TRÈS Calme Et Doucement Expressif
2.9 Préludes (Livre I)-La Sérénade Interrompue: Modérément Animé
2.10 Préludes (Livre I)-La Cathédrale Engloutie: Profondément Calme
2.11 Préludes (Livre I)-La Danse de Puck: Capricieux Et Léger
2.12 Préludes (Livre I)-Minstrels: Modéré
2.13 Préludes (Livre II)-Brouillards: Modéré
2.14 Préludes (Livre II)-Feuilles Mortes: Lent Et Mélancolique
2.15 Préludes (Livre II)-La Puerta Del Vino (La Porte Du Vin): Mouvement de Habanera
2.16 Préludes (Livre II)-Les Fées Sont D'exquises Danseuses: Rapide Et Léger
2.17 Préludes (Livre II)-Bruyères: Calme
2.18 Préludes (Livre II)-Général Lavine - Excentric
2.19 Préludes (Livre II)-La Terrasse Des Audiences Du Clair de Lune: Lent
2.20 Préludes (Livre II)-Ondine: Scherzando
2.21 Préludes (Livre II)-Hommage À S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C.: Grave
2.22 Préludes (Livre II)-Canope: TRÈS Calme Et Doucement Triste
2.23 Préludes (Livre II)-Les Tierces Alternées: Modérément Animé
2.24 Préludes (Livre II)-Feux D'artifice: Modérément Animé

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