Ralph Van Raat - French Piano Rarities (2020) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Étude retrouvée, L. 143a
02. Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon, L. 150
03. Morceau de lecture à vue
04. Des canyons aux étoiles, I/51 (Version for Solo Piano) [Excerpts]: IV. Le cossyphe d'heuglin
05. Des canyons aux étoiles, I/51 (Version for Solo Piano) [Excerpts]: IX. Le moqueur polyglotte
06. La fauvette passerinette
07. Prélude, Toccata & Scherzo: I. Prélude
08. Prélude, Toccata & Scherzo: II. Toccata
09. Prélude, Toccata & Scherzo: III. Scherzo
10. Notations (Version for Solo Piano): No. 1, Fantasque-Modéré
11. Notations (Version for Solo Piano): No. 2, Très vif
12. Notations (Version for Solo Piano): No. 3, Assez lent
13. Notations (Version for Solo Piano): No. 4, Rythmique
14. Notations (Version for Solo Piano): No. 5, Doux et improvisé
15. Notations (Version for Solo Piano): No. 6, Rapide
16. Notations (Version for Solo Piano): No. 7, Hiératique
17. Notations (Version for Solo Piano): No. 8, Modéré jusqu'à très vif
18. Notations (Version for Solo Piano): No. 9, Lointain-Calme
19. Notations (Version for Solo Piano): No. 10, Mécanique et très sec
20. Notations (Version for Solo Piano): No. 11, Scintillant, faire ressortir le chant en sauts disjoints
21. Notations (Version for Solo Piano): No. 12, Lent-Puissant et âpre
22. Une page d'éphéméride
23. Minuet in C-Sharp Minor, M. 42


This album of French piano rarities features seldom-heard and recently discovered works by composers who had an influence on Pierre Boulez, as well as the premiere recording of Boulez’s Prélude, Toccata et Scherzo. This large-scale early work looks back on virtuosic Romantic music, while at the same time exploring the new compositional styles that Boulez would subsequently embrace. Among the rarities is a posthumously discovered piano study by Debussy, a reconstructed birdsong work by Messiaen, and a tiny masterpiece by Ravel found in a notebook.

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