Vierne: Piano Music Vol.1 | MDG (Dabringhaus und Grimm) MDG90423926

Vierne: Piano Music Vol.1

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Label: MDG (Dabringhaus und Grimm)

Cat No: MDG90423926

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 19th June 2026

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Pianist Michael Schoch presents a distinguished tribute to Louis Vierne's legacy, inviting listeners into a world of elegance, introspection, and timeless beauty. With captivating musicality, Schoch unveils hiddens dimensions of Vierne, long overshadowed by his celebrated organ music. These pieces emerge here as intimate, richly coloured miniatures of late Romantic expression, presenting a composer of striking imagination and rare artistic depth.

The programme's early works already display Vierne's remarkable sensitivity to pianistic colour and atmosphere. The Suite bourguignonne paints a poetic rural day in vivid tableaux, from luminous morning serenity to the shimmering stillness of "Clair de lune". These pieces reveal a composer who transforms simplicity into evocative musical storytelling.

Echoes of Claude Debussy emerge in the Trois Nocturnes, where impressionistic textures and harmonic nuance shape nocturnal visions of rare beauty. Inspired by the vast interior of Saint-Ouen Abbey Church, the first nocturne evokes monumental grandeur, while the third captures a star-lit stillness enlivened by birdsong. Vierne's voice remains distinct-introspective, architectural, and deeply expressive.

Michael Schoch interprets this repertoire with radiant clarity and stylistic authority, uniting virtuosity with poetic restraint. Alongside the major cycles, he brings equal care to the smaller, often posthumous works, revealing their understated charm. The historic Steinway Concert Grand Piano D (1901) "Manfred Bürki" lends an authentic tonal palette, perfectly attuned to Vierne's world.

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