Giorgio Koukl - Le Flem: Complete Piano Works (2016) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Avril
02. Vieux calvaire
03. Par landes
04. Par grèves
05. Le chant des genêts: No. 1, Entrée des binious
06. Le chant des genêts: No. 2, Vers le soir
07. Le chant des genêts: No. 3, Autour d'un conte
08. Le chant des genêts: No. 4, Pour bercer
09. Le chant des genêts: No. 5, Ronde
10. 7 Pièces enfantines: No. 1, Prière
11. 7 Pièces enfantines: No. 2, Bastions de sable
12. 7 Pièces enfantines: No. 3, Après gronderie
13. 7 Pièces enfantines: No. 4, Chatteries
14. 7 Pièces enfantines: No. 5, La veille mendiante
15. 7 Pièces enfantines: No. 6, La chapelle
16. 7 Pièces enfantines: No. 7, Les bigoudens
17. Les korrigans "Valse bretonne"
18. Pour la main droite
19. Mélancolie!
20. Éponine et Sabinius (Arr. for Piano)
21. Pavane de mademoiselle (Dans le style Louis XIV)
22. Sommes-nous défendus: Émotions (Version for piano)



Paul Le Flem belonged to the Parisian circle of Martinu, Tcherepnin and Tansman, summing up his own music as a fusion of three influences: his native Brittany, Debussy and D’Indy. His career was sadly interrupted by World War I, but the intense poetry of his earlier works reflect the ever-changing land and seascapes of Brittany, and the variety of its mysteries and legends from the lighthearted to the disquieting. Of special note among the première recordings on this album are the atonal Pour la main droite, the wartime Mélancolie with its opening and perhaps ironic quotation from La Marseillaise, and Les Korrigans, a waltz inspired by the Korrigan, a magical creature in Breton folklore.

GIORGIO KOUKL is a pianist/harpsichordist and composer based in Lugano, Switzerland. Born in Prague, he studied at the State Music School and Conservatoire before moving to Switzerland and continuing his studies at the Conservatoires of Zürich and Milan. Koukl’s complete recordings of Martinu’s piano music for Naxos have been critically acclaimed as “a delight” (Gramophone) and “estimable and important” (MusicWeb International).

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