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Belle Époque - Reynaldo Hahn: Complete Works For Two Pianos & Piano Duet

Lesle Howard & Mattia Ometto

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: MR301148

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Release Date:  17 November 2017

Label:  Melba

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  9314574114829

Genres:  Classical  Romantic  

  • Description

    Belle Époque comprises Hahn's complete works for two pianos and piano duet performed by Leslie Howard and Mattia Ometto.

    Howard and Ometto plead the case for a long overdue revival of Hahn's instrumental music, which so enchanted the salons of early 20th Century Paris, with these exquisite performances. The interplay between two pianos is notable in the music of the first CD while the mastery of sonority and seamless lines are features of the piano four hands music of the second CD. Howard suggests that it is as though the music was conceived with one pianist with four hands in mind.

    Hahn was the ultimate child virtuoso, admitted to the Paris Conservatoire at 10 where he became a composition student of Massenet. As a composer from the outset his peers were awed by his singular gift. It is reported that the great Victor Hugo wept when he heard the setting of one of his poems by the 16-year-old Hahn. Hahn's charm and social graces allied with his musical gifts gave him entrée into Paris's finest salons into which he introduced his friend and lover Marcel Proust.

    Leslie Howard is a towering musical genius and one of the most prodigious pianists working today. His passion for new musical experiences shines through in performances which combine a formidable technique with a wealth of scholarship illuminating both rare and mainstream repertoire. He has presented more world premiere performances than any other living pianist earning him an entry into the Guinness Book of World Records.

    Mattia Ometto is the winner of several international prizes in Europe and United States and is establishing himself as an artist whose gifts hark back to the Golden Age of classical piano performance. He has received acclaim from the world's most distinguished performers and commentators: "a pianist with a marvellous sensitivity, one of those artists whose responsibility is to make audiences perceive what real talent is" Aldo Ciccolini "a true artist, a poet of the piano" Viorel Gheorghe – Los Angeles Lyric Symphony Orchestra

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Le ruban dénoué I. Décrets indolents du hasard
      • 2. Le ruban dénoué II. Les soirs d'Albi
      • 3. Le ruban dénoué III. Souvenir... avenir...
      • 4. Le ruban dénoué IV. Danse de l'amour et du chagrin
      • 5. Le ruban dénoué V. Le demi-sommeil embaumé
      • 6. Le ruban dénoué VI. L'anneau perdu 2.11
      • 7. Le ruban dénoué VII. Danse du doute et de l'espérance
      • 8. Le ruban dénoué VIII. La cage ouverte
      • 9. Le ruban dénoué IX. Soir d'orage
      • 10. Le ruban dénoué X. Les baisers
      • 11. Le ruban dénoué XI. Il sorriso
      • 12. Le ruban dénoué XII. Le seul amour
      • 13. Pour bercer un convalescent I. Andantino sans lenteur
      • 14. Pour bercer un convalescent II. Andantino non mosso
      • 15. Pour bercer un convalescent III. Andantino espressivo
      • 16. Caprice mélancholique pour deux pianos (1897)
      • 17. Scherzo lent pour deux pianos (1891)

      Disc 2

      • 1. Pièce en forme d'aria et bergerie
      • 2. Berceuses pur piano à quatre mains I. Berceuse des jours sans nuages
      • 3. Berceuses pur piano à quatre mains II. Berceuse pour la veille de Noël
      • 4. Berceuses pur piano à quatre mains III. Berceuse pour les enfants de marins
      • 5. Berceuses pur piano à quatre mains IV. Berceuse des soirs d'automne
      • 6. Berceuses pur piano à quatre mains V. Selfiana
      • 7. berceuse créole
      • 8. Berceuses pur piano à quatre mains VI. Berceuse pensive
      • 9. Berceuses pur piano à quatre mains VII. Berceuse tendre
      • 10. Variations puériles pour piano à quatre mains sur une mélodie de Carl Reniecke
      • 11. Trois Préludes pour piano à quatre mains sur des airs populaires irlandais I. The little red lark
      • 12. Trois Préludes II. My love's an arbutus
      • 13. Trois Préludes III. The willow tree
      • . Variations sur un thème de charles levade

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