Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos No. 2, 4, 5 & Other Works

 
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reference SOCD363/4
number of CDs 2
unit price 32.10 €
performer(s) » O.R.T.F. Philharmonic Orchestra
 » Jeanne-Marie Darré
 » Denise Soriano
 » Roberto Benzi
 » Charles Munch
 » Maurice Maréchal
 » New York Philharmonic Orchestra
 » Boston Symphony Orchestra
 » Thomas Shippers

 
Presentation

Like that of other pianists of her generation, the name of Jeanne-Marie Darré has largely been forgotten. It was doubtless sometimes mocked by a few malicious tongues in search of sarcasm who saw her as the quintessence of a ‘certain French piano school’, outdated and dying – the appearance of the Russian school having, amongst other factors, hastened its decline. Marguerite Long, who was one of Jeanne-Marie Darré’s two principal teachers, would be in the front line of these attacks. Her pianism and teaching were reviled on the grounds of a technique that some deemed too exclusively digital, responsible for corporal stiffness and ‘typewriter playing’, overly mechanical and ill-adapted for legato. However, although Jeanne-Marie Darré was nurtured at this ‘school’, she managed not only to transcend its ‘limits’, but even more will have made its final splendour glow with rare incandescence.
Olivier Mazal

 
Track list

Disc 1
1.
 Camille Saint-Saëns Étude en forme de valse, Op. 52 No. 6
2.
 Camille Saint-Saëns Bourrée pour la main gauche, Op. 135 No. 4
3.
 Camille Saint-Saëns Toccata, Op. 72 No. 3
4.
 Camille Saint-Saëns Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75: I. Allegro agitato
5.
 Camille Saint-Saëns Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75: II. Adagio
6.
 Camille Saint-Saëns Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75: III. Allegretto moderato
7.
 Camille Saint-Saëns Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 75: IV. Allegro molto
8.
 Camille Saint-Saëns Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 44: I. Allegro moderato - Andante
9.
 Camille Saint-Saëns Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 44: II. Allegro vivace - Andante - Allegro
Disc 2
1.
 Camille Saint-Saëns Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: I. Andante sostenuto
2.
 Camille Saint-Saëns Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: II. Allegretto - Scherzando
3.
 Camille Saint-Saëns Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22: III. Presto
4.
 Camille Saint-Saëns Sonata for Cello & Piano No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 32: I. Allegro
5.
 Camille Saint-Saëns Sonata for Cello & Piano No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 32: II. Andante tranquillo e sostenuto
6.
 Camille Saint-Saëns Sonata for Cello & Piano No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 32: IV. Allegro moderato
7.
 Camille Saint-Saëns Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 5 in F Major, Op. 103: I. Allegro animato
8.
 Camille Saint-Saëns Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 5 in F Major, Op. 103: II. Andante
9.
 Camille Saint-Saëns Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No. 5 in F Major, Op. 103: III. Molto allegro

 
Press

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