Chabrier - Pieces pour Piano | Mirare MIR116

Chabrier - Pieces pour Piano

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Label: Mirare

Cat No: MIR116

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 18th October 2010

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The 10 Pièces pittoresques, composed in 1880, are among the masterpieces of French piano music, four of the ten being transcribed for orchestra under the title 'Suite pastorale', by Chabrier himself. César Franck is reported to have said "We have just heard something extraordinary: music which links our time with that of Couperin and Rameau".

The Impromptu in C
was dedicated to Suzanne Leenhoff [Mme Edouard Manet] and first played in public by Saint-Saëns. The dazzling Bourée fantasque of 1891 was his last piano work, a pianistic counterpart to España - but Chabrier was already stricken by the illness that was to kill him, in 1894, just as the Paris Opéra had at last opened its doors to him.

The pianist Emmanuel Strosser studied in Paris with Jean-Claude Pennetier and Christian Ivaldi, with further study under Leon Fleisher and Maria João Pires. He has since pursued a career as a soloist and in chamber music in major festivals, including the Roque d’Anthéron and Evian. His recordings have been acclaimed by critics, with a Choc du Monde de la Musique for his recording of Beethoven sonatas with Assaï.

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