Chabrier: Piano Works

1. Pièces pittoresques (10), for piano
Composed by Emmanuel Chabrier
with Kathryn Stott

2. Impromptu, for piano in C major
Composed by Emmanuel Chabrier
with Kathryn Stott

3. Pièces posthumes (5), for piano Aubade
Composed by Emmanuel Chabrier
with Kathryn Stott

4. Pièces posthumes (5), for piano Ballabile
Composed by Emmanuel Chabrier
with Kathryn Stott

5. Pièces posthumes (5), for piano Ronde Champetre
Composed by Emmanuel Chabrier
with Kathryn Stott

6. Pièces posthumes (5), for piano Feuillet D'Album
Composed by Emmanuel Chabrier
with Kathryn Stott

7. Pièces posthumes (5), for piano Caprice
Composed by Emmanuel Chabrier
with Kathryn Stott

8. Valses romantiques (3), for 2 pianos or orchestra
Composed by Emmanuel Chabrier
with Kathryn Stott

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Average customer rating: Outstanding performance tour de force Ravel Piano Works- Pascal Roge Beautiful Works, Excellent Performance

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Tracks:

1. Gaspard de la nuit: I Ondine
2. Gaspard de la nuit: II Le Gibet
3. Gaspard de la nuit: III Scarbo
4. Valses nobles et sentimentales: I Modere, tres franc
5. Valses nobles et sentimentales: II Assez lent, avec une expression intense
6. Valses nobles et sentimentales: III Modere
7. Valses nobles et sentimentales: IV Assez anime
8. Valses nobles et sentimentales: V Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime
9. Valses nobles et sentimentales: VI Vif
10. Valses nobles et sentimentales: VII Moins vif
11. Valses nobles et sentimentales: VIII Epilogue, lent
12. Jeux d'eau
13. Miroirs: I Noctuelles
14. Miroirs: II Oiseaux tristes
15. Miroirs: III Une barque sur l'ocean
16. Miroirs: IV Alborada del gracioso
17. Miroirs: V La Vallee des cloches

Tracks:

1. Sonatine: I Modere
2. Sonatine: II Mouvement de menuet
3. Sonatine: III Anime
4. Le tombeau de Couperin: I Prelude
5. Le tombeau de Couperin: II Fugue
6. Le tombeau de Couperin: III Forlane
7. Le tombeau de Couperin: IV Rigaudon
8. Le tombeau de Couperin: V Menuet
9. Le tombeau de Couperin: VI Toccata
10. Prelude
11. Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn
12. A la maniere de Borodine
13. Menuet antique
14. Pavane pour une infante defunte
15. A la maniere de Chabrier
16. Ma Mere L'Oye: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant
17. Ma Mere L'Oye: Petit Poucet
18. Ma Mere L'Oye: Laideronnette, imperatrice des pagodes
19. Ma Mere L'Oye: Entretiens de la Belle et de la Bete
20. Ma Mere L'Oye: Le Jardin feerique

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding performance.......2005-11-29

I have to concur with Del Dotto's opinion in the yr 2000, this is as close to definitive as possible.
But why stop at just 1 excellent recording, also consider Jean Efflam Bavouzet on the MDG label. As well another definitive recording (yes its possible to have more than just one definitive) is Alexandre Tharaud's recent recording on Harmondo Mundi.

Pascal Rouge, a true master in Ravel, a very rare talent in the recording industry.

tour de force.......2005-04-20

Pascal Roges recordings of Ravels great piano works serves as a honest mark of the music that never was, but perhaps might have been. Gently capturing the sheltered aura of pre-novelite Chopin, whilst endowing the music with the acousto-eco-hyperbolies of Keats, this recording is not to be missed. one can almost sense the tragic embrace that beheld Toffy and Dolly in that one moment, that one eternal moment. Ah. I shall never forget it. Ravels piano works are, in all senses, composures of 20th century modernity, suffused with the country-stylised effects of, say, Emmylou Harris, and the impecably marked greenhouse-jubilance connecting all the pieces in one final exotic anti-frenzy makes certain implications on ones ability to hate. I dont hate this cd, for example. the best pieces are Jeux d'eau, what a hit! and Le Tombeau de Couperin. Buy this cd and you will/wont be very very happy.

Ravel Piano Works- Pascal Roge.......2002-08-30

Having searched for ages for a definitive recording of the Impressionistic Masterpiece "Gaspard de la Nuit", I found it in this CD. Roge plays the technical inferno of Ondine and Scarbo with flawless taste and passion. This recording would rival that of Martha Argerich's famous recording of Gaspard that has long been thought to be the best. The Tombeau and Sonatine are also very nicely done. Sometimes however, with the smaller lesser known pieces such as the Minuet, you get the sense that he is sightreading, not truely feeling the music. Nevertheless this is a must have.

Beautiful Works, Excellent Performance.......2002-08-27

Together with the 2CD set of Debussy's piano works, these two albums are master recordings of the finest impressionist piano music. Pascal Roge has an astonishing control of the sound of the piano, and can bring out a beautiful palette of various tone colours and moods, orchestrating the piano and creating a dreamworld of sensations. Listen to the wonderful suite Gaspard de la Nuit, the marvellous sonatine (especially the second movement), and of course the mirroirs... This album is a must!

Average customer rating: FRIEND OF THE GREAT A welcome revival of Chabrier's piano music

Chabrier: Piano Music Angela Hewitt , and Emmanuel Charbrier Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chabrier | Chabrier, Alexis Emanuel | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Impromptus | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Hewitt, Angela | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Opp. 57 "Appassionata", 10/3, 7 Rameau: Keyboard Suites François Couperin: Keyboard Music, Vol. 3 Bach: French Suites / Angela Hewitt Couperin: Keyboard Music, Vol. 1 ASIN: B000E0W16W Release Date: 2006-03-14

Tracks:

1. Impromptu [7'11]
2. Ronde champe [3'55]
3. Dix pis pittoresques - 1. Paysage Allegro non troppo, avec calme [5'49]
4. Dix pis pittoresques - 2. Mncolie Ben moderato (senza rigore e sempre tempo rubato) [2'39]
5. Dix pis pittoresques - 3. Tourbillon Allegro con fuoco [1'31]
6. Dix pis pittoresques - 4. Sous-bois Andantino [4'30]
7. Dix pis pittoresques - 5. Mauresque Moderato [3'21]
8. Dix pis pittoresques - 6. Idylle Allegretto (avec fraeur et naivet[3'51]
9. Dix pis pittoresques - 7. Danse villageoise Allegro risoluto [4'36]
10. Dix pis pittoresques - 8. Improvisation Andantino (fantasque et trpassionn[5'20]
11. Dix pis pittoresques - 9. Menuet pompeux Allegro franco [6'10]
12. Dix pis pittoresques - 10. Scherzo-valse Vivo [4'33]
13. Aubade [4'45]
14. Ballabile [1'33]
15. Caprice [2'44]
16. Feuillet dalbum [2'13]
17. Habanera [4'35]
18. Bourrfantasque [6'38]

Amazon.com

Those who were relatively certain that Chabrier's only claims to fame were Espana and the charming operetta L'Etoile will be pleased to learn that this composer's wit and elegance also extended to solo piano music. He wrote 26 pieces for solo piano; here, Angela Hewitt plays 18 of them, equaling an hour and 16 minutes of delightful miniatures. The ten-part "Dix pièces pittoresques" examines moods and dances: pensive melancholy, a big-footed village dance, a minuet (which is far more aggressive than what we normally know as a "minuet"), and the countryside. The final piece, Scherzo-Valse, is a genuine virtuoso showpiece. Hewitt loves the dance rhythms and treats all of the music with respect, making us realize, at times, the serious composition that went into making these pieces sound so facile. The languorous Habanera is a particularly evocative work, and Hewitt plays it with as much subtlety as she does verve in the concluding Bourée fantastique. This off-the-beaten-track recital is well worth exploring. --Robert Levine

Customer Reviews:

FRIEND OF THE GREAT.......2006-12-30

It's pleasant to hear something by Chabrier other than Espana. His piano music has real charm and quality, besides being interesting in its historical context. He was an exact contemporary of Dvorak although predeceasing him by 10 years, and that makes him just a few years older than Faure. He was hugely impressed with Wagner, but from the retrospective of 2006 I can't find his harmony particularly advanced or radical for its time, with nothing approaching Faure's originality or subtlety. I hear it as music in a distinctively French tradition, harking back in some ways to Couperin and Rameau (as Franck noted at the time). The Ten Picturesque Pieces are given slightly elusive and teasing titles in much the way Couperin used to do, a practice carried on by Debussy and taken to satirical lengths by Satie, although Ravel was guiltless in the matter. Angela Hewitt plays them within the sequence of their publication, preceded by two other pieces and followed by another half-dozen. How closely this order reflects the works' order of composition I'm not completely clear, but I doubt it matters much. The style throughout is all much the same, and any departures from the general idiom seem to me individual one-off fancies rather than suggestive of any trend.

Angela Hewitt is an artist I am always pleased to hear in any music at all. I know her work best from Bach, but I have heard her in Chopin, I see she has recorded the complete piano works of Ravel, and now here she is in Chabrier. Insofar as I have got a coherent picture of her, she seems to me to offer a distinctively feminine perspective. Her playing is not in the least pale and maidenly, but I hear her as in the tradition of, say, Guiomar Novaes and Moura Lympany -- the playing full of fire and commitment as well as being technically superb, but not taking on the men on their own terms as Gina Bachauer, Cecile Ousset and Martha Argerich might be thought to do. Everything she does is civilised, thoughtful and sensitive, and I found the comparison of this disc with a recent set of Albeniz by her compatriot Hamelin to be fascinating. Hewitt doesn't disdain the sustaining pedal nor reserve it for special effects. It is always there as part of the general sound, although I hardly need say never overdone. Her tone is not small and she packs plenty of power when she needs it, but the roof is never in danger of being dislodged and her fortissimo is always euphonious. The quality of her fingerwork always ensures clarity, but there is always also warmth to the sound except when that is just not a possibility, as at the start of the Danse villageoise. This is an intellectual player too, as anyone will know who has read her fine commentary on the Bach 48, and her tempi, tone-contrasts and grasp of the music's idiom are a lesson in how it can all be done.

The piano is a Fazioli, and the recording was done in Italy over 3 days in 2004. The sound therefore demands to be judged by the most severe modern standards, and to me it seems perfectly satisfactory without being exactly outstanding. The liner-note is by Hewitt's own teacher Jean-Paul Sevilla with translations into English and German. The English version by Ronald Smithers strikes me as very good in general, although what on earth might a `bounding piece' (`bondissante') be? Try `sprightly'. Sevilla's text makes a bit of a meal out of the commentary on these pieces, I thought, but it is always interesting and illuminating, and I was particularly grateful for the material on the composer himself. A beautiful production altogether, music that deserves to be better known played by an artist always worth knowing better too, and the set graced by a particularly gorgeous Manet as its frontispiece. Chabrier was on friendly terms with Manet, Monet, Sisley, Cezanne and Renoir, I gather, as well as Duparc and Faure, and of course his work was admired by Franck. He is not the greatest among such company, but he is not unworthy of it either.

A welcome revival of Chabrier's piano music.......2006-03-15

After hearing the premier of Chabrier's "Pieces pittoresques," fellow-composer Cesar Franck proclaimed, "We have just heard something extraordinary! This music links our era with that of Couperin and Rameau." Indeed, Chabrier's music was quite extraordinary for its time and was a vital link in French romanticism and modernism as seen by Chabrier's influence of a generation of admiring French composers (in spite of his small output). Faure, Debussy, Poulenc, Satie and Ravel were among those bewitched by his novelty and pluck. Ravel's music often has the unmistaken stamp of Chabrier's unconventional rhythms and chromatic shifts. Some of Chabrier's works were even heralded as forerunners of modernism - such as the piece Sous-bois (track 6).

As heard in this CD, Emmanuel Chabrier [1841-1894] is one of the great originalists whose music sounds like no other. His writing often has great charm, frivolity, gaiety and innocence (Idylle, Habanera) - but also unexpected rhythmic shifts, misplaced accents and percussive, stacatto tempos (Bourree fantasque, Mauresque). Also present are Wagnerian chromaticism and Chabrierian ninth chords. While his music is unpredictable, his melodies and themes are most memorable and entirely French in their essence. Structurally, things are not so German here with themes appearing and disappearing without formal development (forshadowing Debussy). Chabrier's music has its own internal logic that takes time to appreciate perhaps. And to the classically trained pianist, his figurations can be quite awkward and fast changing, making his music a notable challenge to play.

Canadian-born pianist, Angela Hewitt seems to be developing quite an affinity for French keyboard music as she now turns her talents to yet another French composer. The main event of Hewitt's program is the delightfully different, "Dix Pieces Pittoreques" (1881) - ten Schumann-like miniatures of emmense variety of expression and pianistic techniques. Rounding out the program are many equally interesting pieces: a wonderous Impromptu, the encore showpiece Bourree Fantasque, the celebrated "Habanera" and other worthwhile "fillers." For those more familiar with Hewitt's other, "more readily accessible" recordings, her foray into the harmonically obscure, delightfully frivolous and somewhat unpredictable world of Chabrier's music will be quite a change. But, thankfully, for those new to this music, the 5-pages of insightful commentary can assist the discovery and appreciation of this most original of composers.

In the delightful miniatures, Dix Pieces Pittoresque, Angela Hewitt captures their varying moods and fleeting, evocative effects with great spunk and a mocking parlor charm that highlights their novelty. Then in the more dynamic, extraverted pieces (Scherzo-valse, Danse villageoise, Menuet pompeux and Bourree fantasque), Hewitt's rock-solid rhythms and crystaline clarity cause these piece to sparkle and strut like the Parisian nightlife that inspired them. Her Scherzo-valse finds a marvelous bouyancy and joie-de-vivre exuberance. The closing Bourree is a star of the program that Hewitt plays with a steel-sprung stacatto and dramatic flair. (The entire track can be heard on the Hyperion-Records web-site).

In the less extroverted pieces - like the Faure-like "Improvisation" (track 10) - Hewitt creates a dreamy, delicate passion not unlike that found in her equisitely textured Chopin Nocturnes. And not all of Chabrier's music is unusual and novel. In his more uncomplicated, lyrical pieces - like Habanera, Feuillet, Melancolie or Idylle - Miss Hewitt shows her usual master-of-the-tender-melody pianism that endears her to many fans. However, her more shy and innocent Idylle is not quite as irresistable as fellow-Canadian Naida Cole's version (Decca) - whose more perky legato and playful tempo gives an added measure of Chabrier's frivolous charm. (But, Hewitt is famous for playing to the strict tempo indications and thus is probably more faithful to the music).

Hewitt and the Hyperion producers selected an unusual venue for this recording: the parlor of a grand hotel - perhaps wanting to recreate the ambiance and nostalgia of a French cabaret bar like the Folies Bergere that Chabrier frequented. In this environment, the sound from her Fazioli Concert Grand is big, bright, richly colored - but in a somewhat overly spacious ambiance. Some will have prefered less acoustic reflection in the recordingm but such an acoustic has its advantages in big-boomy pieces like the "Minuet pompeux" (track 11) in which Hewitt's octave-doubling takes on a breathtaking symphonic character.

I really did not expect to like this music as much as I did, but I found it exceptionally different and emmensely appealing. If you listen to the details, there is a fascinating musical world to be discovered. Kudos to Hewitt for presenting this novel music with such pizzaz, allure and approachability. Additionally, this CD got a "Critic's Choice" nod from Gramophone and some solid reviews from ClassicToday (9/10) and BBC Music (4/5 stars), barring some slight dislike of the more spacious recording. As there are only a small number of substantial recordings of Chabrier's piano music (Alain Planes or Kathryn Stott), this Hyperion recording is a most welcome addition. Along with her complete Bach keyboard works and complete Ravel piano music, this CD is part of why Hewitt won the prestigious "2006 Gramophone Artist of Year Award." Running time - 76 minutes. Compositions - 5 stars; Performance - 5 stars; Sound quality - 4.5 stars. Here are some other press reviews that also might be helpful:

'Pianists have missed some treats by neglecting Chabrier's piano music. Angela Hewitt plays this refreshing selection with the same poetry, elegance and dancing touch that made her other French discs for Hyperion so special. The ten Pieces pittoresques take pride of place: dominated by sunshine, delightfully frisky rhythms and an early French Impressionist haze. Fed up of grey skies? Buy this disc and it's already spring' (The Times)

'If you don't know Chabrier's piano music, then this is an ideal selection of his best (and best-known) works played with exactly the right amount of tenderness, Gallic wit, verve, and - the most important ingredient of all - charm' (Classic FM Magazine)

'Angela Hewitt's freshly minted, sharply honed interpretations will inspire recitalists to dust off these unsung treasures. Her keen ear for detail always arises from the music's character and never draws attention to itself. The Schumann-esque Ronde champetre boasts remarkable rhythmic spring, while Bourree fantasque's busy contrapuntal lines resonate with the clarity of Hewitt's best Bach playing, yet without sacrificing one iota of scintillation.' (ClassicsToday)

Average customer rating: Sumptuous and Unique NOT as Ravel should be played... The music floats on air! The music floats on air! A Great Buy

Ravel: Piano Works Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Minuets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Pavanes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Preludes | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Character Pieces | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000C2K9 Release Date: 1998-10-20

Tracks:

1. Le Tombeau de Couperin: Pr?lude
2. Le Tombeau de Couperin: Fugue
3. Le Tombeau de Couperin: Forlane
4. Le Tombeau de Couperin: Rigaudon
5. Le Tombeau de Couperin: Menuet
6. Le Tombeau de Couperin: Toccata
7. Pavane pour une infante dnte
8. Menuet antique
9. Miroirs: Noctuelles
10. Miroirs: Oiseaux tristes
11. Miroirs: Une barque sur l'oc
12. Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso
13. Miroirs: La valldes cloches

Tracks:

1. Jeux d' eau
2. Sonatine: I: Modere
3. Sonatine: II: Mouvement de menuet
4. Sonatine: III: Anime
5. Prelude
6. Serenade grotesque
7. Valses nobles et sentimentales: Modere
8. Valses nobles et sentimentales: Assez lent
9. Valses nobles et sentimentales: Modere
10. Valses nobles et sentimentales: Assez anime
11. Valses nobles et sentimentales: Presque lent
12. Valses nobles et sentimentales: Vif
13. Valses nobles et sentimentales: Moins vif
14. Valses nobles et sentimentales: Epilogue: lent
15. Menuet sur le nom de Haydn
16. A la maniere de Chabrier
17. A la maniere de Borodine
18. Gaspard do la nuit: Ondine
19. Gaspard do la nuit: Le gibet
20. Gaspard do la nuit: Scarbo

Customer Reviews:

Sumptuous and Unique.......2004-12-31

Anne Queffelec is one of the most interesting modern interpreters of Ravel. Like the great Gieseking, she plays these works as truly impressionistic music. I was impressed with how slowly Gieseking plays "Le Tombeau de Couperin," for instance, compared to most other pianists. It is far more effective. Ms. Queffelec's version captures this more thoughtful spirit and also has much better sound than Gieseking's. I have been mystified with performers like Entremont, Simon, Roge, Lortie and Thibaudet, who apparently see this as some kind of speed contest. Their versions, while all competently rendered, seem like cookie cutter versions of each other, compared with Ms. Queffelec's distinctive and very pleasing performance. I wish there were a recording by Jean Martinon on the piano, to demonstrate how beautifully this music can be rendered, since his orchestral version is second to none. (Again, this is in contrast to Charles Dutoit, who screams through the music as if he had a plane to catch). If you want to feel like you are in France on some sunny hillside where you can languish under a blue afternoon sky with a bottle of Beaujolais and baguette, this is for you.

NOT as Ravel should be played..........2003-10-08

Her artificial pauses (NOT AS WRITTEN IN THE SCORES) ruin the overall shape of the works. Her phrasing is FAR TOO SHORT FOR RAVEL, omg she can't focus for more than 4 bars sometimes. This pianist is technically fine but her "interpretation" of Ravel does a disservice to his music! I'd HATE to have listen her gag her way through the second movement of his concerto in G, imagine her pitiful little pauses and phrases added to a melody line the length of 56+ bars in length.

I'm really surprised a "Fanatic" in here reviewed it and commented on the rubato as a good thing! With Ravel? NEVER unless he wrote a darned comma into the score (as in his Valses Sentimentales) then MOVE ON and CONTINUE the MUSIC. Don't pause for breath. The phrasing is in the BALNCE and the COLOR of the instrument and how the pianist brings it out. This one FAILS!

Yuck yuck and YUCK!

The music floats on air!.......2002-05-03

If you have to limit yourself, as I do in my office, to only a few dozen CDs, this is one that has to be on your list. Beautiful, light, and airy, are just a few words to describe the album as a whole. It is also nicely recorded too.

The music floats on air!.......2002-05-03

If you have to limit yourself, as I do in my office, to only a few dozen CDs, this is one that has to be on your list. Beautiful, light, and airy, are just a few words to describe the album as a whole. It is also nicely recorded too.

A Great Buy.......2002-03-04

Until buying this CD, I had yet to find a good recording of Ravel's complete piano works. I had tried the Abbey Simon and Werner Haas recordings and was dissapointed. This CD is the one I had been looking for. A great buy and bargain. She plays technically very well and brings out everything that should be brought out in the music and knows how to play Ravel. Buy it!!

Average customer rating: Imaginative & engaging music

Alexis-Emmanuel Chabrier Complete Piano Music / Rena Kyriakou (2 CDs) Manufacturer: Vox (Classical) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chabrier | Chabrier, Alexis Emanuel | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Impromptus | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Baroque | Classical | General | Modern & 20th Century | Romantic | Sinfonia | Sinfonia Concertante Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Airs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Caprices | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Bartok: Complete Solo Piano Music ASIN: B000001K4C Release Date: 1994-08-22

Tracks:

1. Pieces Pittoresques: Paysage
2. Pieces Pittoresques: Melancolie
3. Pieces Pittoresques: Tourbillon
4. Pieces Pittoresques: Sous-Bois
5. Pieces Pittoresques: Mauresque
6. Pieces Pittoresques: Idylle
7. Pieces Pittoresques: Danse Villageoise
8. Pieces Pittoresques: Improvisation
9. Pieces Pittoresques: Menuet Pompeux
10. Pieces Pittoresques: Scherzo-Valse
11. 5 Pieces: Aubade
12. 5 Pieces: Ballabile
13. 5 Pieces: Caprice
14. 5 Pieces: Feuillet D'Album
15. 5 Pieces: Ronde Champetre
16. Bourree Fantasque

Tracks:

1. Capriccio
2. Inpromptu
3. Habanera
4. Air De Ballet
5. Ste De Valse
6. Marche Des Cipayes
7. Trois Valses Romantiques
8. Cortege Burlesque
9. Souvenirs De Munich - Rena Kyriakou/Walter Klien

Amazon.com

Chabrier's music isn't exactly essential for life, but it is extremely lighthearted and entertaining most of the time. This set, advertised as complete, may be missing some trivial brief items. But the essential Chabrier for piano, including his pieces for four hands, is all here, in performances whose spirit matches the essence of the music. Kyriakou's playing on most of the solo pieces matches Alain Planès performance on Harmonia Mundi HMC 901465, but Kyriakou's single disc costs more than this set. And don't miss the four-hand Souvenirs de Munich, a delightful nose-thumbing parody of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

Imaginative & engaging music.......2007-03-09

Great composers cast a shadow that often obscures lesser but still excellent talents. Emmanuel Chabrier seldom gets his due as a piano composer, and that's a shame. His music is well crafted, imaginative, and engaging. In the hands of a good artist, it can't fail to please. Greek pianist Rene Kyriakou (1918-1994) was just the right artiist for the job. Though not well known today, Kyriakou was a fine pianist with a sure feel for Chabrier's music. (It didn't hurt that she was a composer herself.) And she and Walter Klien play as one in the piano duets.

Angela Hewitt recently recorded an excellent all Chabrier CD. With Kyriakou, however, you get all his piano music, including the piano duets, in top flight performances. Although these recordings were made in 1965, the sound is good. Coupled with Vox's low price, you can't go wrong. Treat yourself to this wonderful music.

Average customer rating: A showcase of French piano music with varied results Textbook accurate Canada's hottest piano star Naida Cole, a New Star Great debut

Naida Cole Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pavanes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chabrier | Chabrier, Alexis Emanuel | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Satie | Satie, Erik | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Reflections ASIN: B000058TAN Release Date: 2001-02-13

Tracks:

1. Ballade
2. Dix pieces pittoresques: x. Scherzo - valse
3. Dix pieces pittoresques: vi. Idylle
4. Bourree fantasque
5. Gymnopedie No. 1
6. Jeux d'Eau
7. Pavane pour une Infante defunte
8. Gospard de la Nuit: i, Ondine
9. Gospard de la Nuit: ii. Le Gibet
10. Gospard de la Nuit: iii. Scarbo

Customer Reviews:

A showcase of French piano music with varied results.......2006-03-29

If you had to pick some highlights of 19th-century French music for piano (Debussy excluded), many of the selections here would make the list. Each of these composers admired the next and influenced the younger ones. Ravel learned under Faure and was bewitched by Chabrier's unusual music as was Erik Satie. Each composed a small number of fairly high quality works that restored some repect for French instrumental music which had been overshadowed by the opera.

This vividly recorded 1999 Decca recording is somewhat of a debut for the youngster Naida Cole after winning some notable competitions. About the same time fellow-Canadian Angela Hewitt was making herself known with some defining Bach recordings (Hyperion). Hewitt also recorded several of these pieces (Ravel, Chabrier) and makes for an interesting comparison to Naida Cole's performances here.

Ms. Cole takes on some notable challenges in these works - particularly Ravel's demonically difficult Gaspard da la Nuit - and achieves different levels of success through the program. The opening Faure Ballade finds a comfortable and quintessentially-French communicative voice throughout that comes off well. A highlight of the set surely is the Scherzo-valse (waltz) by Chabrier. Cole's perky legato and bouyant romp throughout illuminates Chabrier's kind of Parisian frivolty brilliantly. This same lighthearted, crisp lilt is maintained in the delicately textured Idyll which is also more successful in its charm and innocence than Hewitt's fine 2006 recording. However, Chabrier's celebrated Bourree fantasque gets an overly-kinetic treatment by Naida that results in a blurring of its unique appeal where Hewitt finds the right punchy but not-too-fast tempo and staccato accent to make the piece bound effortlessly ahead. Satie's over-played Gymnopedie seems to droop and drag in Cole's hands, but it is probably hard to make this omni-popular piece unappealing (or appealing) to people familiar with it.

With Ravel's music comes some formidable and deterity tests for any concert pianist. Naida Cole's Jeux d'Eau ("fountains") comes off attractive but lacks a little of the effervesence and dramatic build-up of her fellow Candian's version. Both find the delicate emotional core of the Pavane with its innocent and irresistable lyricism. But, in the legendary Gaspard, Hewitt's control, precision and ability to build suspense by tonal/dynamic shading is superior to Cole who is a bit shaky in the opening ripples of Ondine and rather uneven in the sombre distant, B-flat tolling of the middle movement. But, these are minor criticisms as these two movements by Cole mostly conveys the unique "tone poem" that Ravel intended. In the final movement (Scarbo), Hewitt creates a seemingly tame yet insidious image of the haughting being with some crystal-clear articulations of the monsterous technical difficulties. However, things seems to fall apart here for Cole who turns Scarbo into a rather jerky and overreaching display that misses the mark (along with some rather strange appergio bursts and unfortunate extraneous noices). It is fast but not brilliant. As the music critic from ClassicsToday (who rated this 6/10 for performance) put it, "Cole's lightfingered, super-fast romp through Scarbo lacks the dynamism, high voltage, and demonic edge needed to make this movement stick in your subconscious like a scary movie. Who wants a G-rated Scarbo when you can get Argerich's or Pogorelich's R-rated features?" The young pianist deserves credit for attempting such a daunting work, but such virtuostic legends as Gaspard are really the playing field of only the greatest of the great.

Textbook accurate .......2006-02-11

I expect more from a Deutsche Grammophone label.
My standards are too high as a result.
At the most, the playing would score high on a piano exam but not to classical music conoisseurs.

Canada's hottest piano star.......2004-03-16

Naida Cole has a gossamer touch and glistening sound on this album of French compositions for solo piano. I love the French Impressionist music of Faure, Satie, Debussy and Ravel --some of the most beautiful and expressive piano music ever written.

Her "Jeux d'Eau" (imitating the play of fountains on pools of water in a formal garden) is performed a reasonable tempo compared to some other recordings I have of this delightful Ravel work. The sprays of notes soaring above dripping background notes is highly evocative of the liquid nature of this music and its subject. Her touch is exquisite throughout the CD, but this particular work shows Cole at her best.

The familiar Gymnopedie No. 1 is quiet and restrained, again, at a more deliberate tempo than some would take it, allowing for a meditative, slow-mo effect that I enjoyed.

Highly recommended!!!!

Naida Cole, a New Star.......2003-10-25

Naida Cole is a bewitching pianist. The more she is heard the greater is the wish for her to continue. She is a young woman who has the hands of the superlative artist. Two or three CD's is a pittance for us who would collect everything she plays. Have her record more, concertize more. We will be the more bewitched and pleased to listen.She is young and should go far into this 21st Century as one of the greatest ever.

Great debut.......2003-02-17

Cole's playing is technically sound and her rubato is sufficiently restrained yet her playing is quite emotional without going overboard. I think the selection of French composers suits her playing style well. Her version of the Satie Gymnopedie is the slowest one I've heard and it elicits a stronger sense of longing and rememberence than the others. If I had to describe her playing, it would be like taking in a long breath on a meadow after the first spring rain. I highly recommend this cd and I really look forward to future works by Nadia.

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Constant Lambert: The Rio Grande; Horoscope Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chabrier | Chabrier, Alexis Emanuel | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Liszt | Liszt, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Meyerbeer | Meyerbeer, Giacomo | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Walton | Walton, Sir William | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Wagner: Götterdämmerung ASIN: B000AMY08G Release Date: 2005-11-22

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The Great Violinists: Recordings from 1900-1913 Manufacturer: Testament UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chabrier | Chabrier, Alexis Emanuel | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chopin | Chopin, Frédéric | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Dussek | Dussek, Jan Ladislav | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Kreisler | Kreisler, Fritz | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ries, Ferdinand | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sarasate | Sarasate, Pablo de | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Vieuxtemps | Vieuxtemps, Henri | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wieniawski | Wieniawski, Henri | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Nocturnes | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ivry Gitlis [DVD Video] ASIN: B0000X81WQ Release Date: 2004-02-10

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This amazing collection of early violinists comes from the dawn of recorded history. Some, like the headliners mentioned in the artist listing, may be still well remembered (all three were also fine composers). Some are extremely obscure. But anyone seriously interested in the history of the violin will want to hear this collection. Joachim, who inspired Brahms and other composers, was a faded performer by 1903, but a powerful personality still comes through. Sarasate, still in his prime in the same year, is simply one of the most impressive violin virtuosi who ever recorded. Both musicians' recordings are presented complete. Others in the collection include Kreisler, Thibaud, Kubelik, Szigeti (very early, in uncharacteristic dazzling performances of Hungarian showpieces), and many lesser celebrities, most impressive among them Franz von Vécsey. Although there are similar collections available, the sound quality on this set makes it far preferable to the others. You can actually hear what is going on clearly, with minimal surface noise, even in the 1900 sides! Tully Potter's intelligent program notes are another worthwhile bonus. --Leslie Gerber

Average customer rating: Chabrier's Confections Evocative and delighting bright and good humoured

Chabrier - Orchestral Works ~ España · Fête plolonaise · Joyeuse marche / Niquet Emmanuel Chabrier , Hervé Niquet , and Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chabrier | Chabrier, Alexis Emanuel | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Chabrier: España, rhapsody; Bourrée fantasque ASIN: B00003GAA3 Release Date: 2000-01-25

Tracks:

1. Espana
2. Idylle
3. Danse Villageoise
4. Sous-Bois
5. Scherzo-Valse
6. Habanera
7. Danse Slave
8. Fete Polonaise
9. Lamento - Jean-Marc Jordan
10. Prelude Pastoral
11. Joyeuse Marche

Customer Reviews:

Chabrier's Confections.......2007-07-12

I've been listening to Paray's celebrated recording of Chabrier's orchestral works for over a decade, so it was time for a change. This compilation looked promising, as it presented the familiar repertoire with two important additions--the largely unknown Lament for English horn and orchestra, and the Prelude pastoral. If nothing else, I would have two rarities to add to my collection.

After a handful of listens, I have returned the Paray collection to its case. Jean-Marc Jordan's account with the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic captures the sheer joy and sensuous color of Chabrier's orchestral art. While Paray is masterful, sometimes his disc is a little abrasive and narrow; these accounts are more spacious, and at times a bit more slow, letting Chabrier's gorgeous melodies unfold. His most famous piece, Espana, is given a beautiful performance, fiery and colorful, playing up its picture postcard aspects, while highlighting its sheer originality. Yet the true masterpiece of this collection is the Suite Pastorale, based on his Scenes Pittoresques for piano. This is the best version I've ever heard; the poetry shines through in the opening "Idylle," which may be my favorite French orchestral miniature. The melody is so charming and wistful, yet it has such personality--only Chabrier could have written it. This is contrasted by the rambunctious "Danse villageoise," with its remarkable clarinet opening. A lullaby follows, the utterly captivating "Sous-bois," which is then concluded by the breathtaking "Scherzo-valse," which the orchestra plays to the hilt. A remarkable performance on every level.

The rest of the disc is just as successful, particularly as it offers some out-of-the-way repertoire. We have the two staples of most Chabrier collections, the dances from "Le Roi malgre lui," the Dance slave and the Fete Polonaise. Spot-on performances and great attention to detail; not even Offenbach could write such infectious dance tunes. Then we have the gorgeous orchestration of his famous piano miniature, "Habanera." I had only heard the piano version, and was amazed to hear it transcribed so masterfully (by Chabrier, no less); its origin is completely masked by Chabrier's skill in clothing the familiar melody in a unique orchestral garb (it almost sounds like a different piece). The famous Joyeuse marche is played with gusto, and again, is among the best versions I've heard. The two new pieces are very worth getting to know: the Lament is the odd piece out in this collection, as it is pure melody, and a little less characteristic of Chabrier; nevertheless, it's a gorgeous piece, using the English horn effectively in dialogue with the orchestra (though the piece sounds less like a lament than a gentle elegy). The Prelude pastoral is a major piece--dramatic, ambitious, and somewhat Wagnerian. The notes don't tell me much about the piece's origin, though it sounds like it could have come from an opera, as it has some affinity with his overture to Gwendolyn.

Brilliant job Naxos for issuing this wondeful compilation. My only qualm is the time: at 60'42, you could have made room for the overture to Gwendolyn (which Paray plays magnificently), the orchestration of Bouree fantastique, and/or the Larghetto for horn and orchestra (which I've never even heard). Oh well, another disc?

Evocative and delighting.......2006-06-10

This CD of Chabrier's orchestral works is a delightful compilation of classical music. Chabrier was a composer of the romantic period of classical music, and his music portrays this; it is strong in melody and fills the listener with delight. The middle pieces remind this listener of a horseback ride thru a bucolic village in Southwestern Europe. Being lighthearted in tone, the music is nice and lively and features multiple instruments. It is sure to entertain without boring any to sleep like some other classical pieces.

bright and good humoured.......2006-01-11

For short pieces with a bright and colourful attitude, it is hard to go past the music of Chabrier. The mix of pieces on this CD is varied and thoroughly enjoyable.

other recommendation:

Overtures of von Suppe

Average customer rating: You'll hear why Oue didn't last long Pictures of an Exhibition HDCD Magnificent and Lush! Oue is amazing! Reference recording

Pictures at an Exhibition Maurice Ravel , Claude Debussy , Robert Schumann , Emmanuel Chabrier , Modest Mussorgsky , Eiji Oue , and Minnesota Orchestra Manufacturer: Reference Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chabrier | Chabrier, Alexis Emanuel | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Minnesota Orchestra | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite/Nightingale/Rite of Spring Bolero: Orchestral Fireworks Mephisto & Co. Copland: Fanfare; Symphony No3 Das Lied von der Erde ASIN: B0000015AF Release Date: 1997-09-23

Tracks:

1. Alborada del gracioso
2. Sheherazade, Ouverture de Feerie
3. Sarabande
4. Danse
5. Carnaval: Preambule
6. Carnaval: Valse allemande - Paganini - Valse allemande
7. Carnaval: Marche des Davidsbundler contre les Philistins
8. Menuet pompeux
9. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
10. Pictures At An Exhibition: Gnomus
11. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
12. Pictures At An Exhibition: The Old Castle
13. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
14. Pictures At An Exhibition: Tuileres
15. Pictures At An Exhibition: Bydlo
16. Pictures At An Exhibition: Promenade
17. Pictures At An Exhibition: Ballet Of The Chicks In Their Shells
18. Pictures At An Exhibition: Samuel Goldenberg And Schmuyle
19. Pictures At An Exhibition: Limages - le marche
20. Pictures At An Exhibition: Catacombae
21. Pictures At An Exhibition: Con mortuis in lingua mortua
22. Pictures At An Exhibition: The Hut Of Baba-Yaga
23. Pictures At An Exhibition: The Great Gate At Kiev

Customer Reviews:

You'll hear why Oue didn't last long.......2005-09-18

I guess the Minnesota orchestra hoped to get the next Ozawa when they hired oue, but he has vanished, never to reaappear. He isn't up to professional conducting in many technical regards, and although the sonics here are really demonstration quality, the readings don't come close to rivaling even the average Pictures at an Exhibition.

Pictures of an Exhibition.......2002-05-22

One of the best classic classicals. Orchestation is superior.

HDCD.......2002-03-24

Like most recent Minn Symp Orch Reference recordings this is a 20-bit HDCD playable on regular 16-bit CD players

Magnificent and Lush! Oue is amazing!.......2001-06-03

Eiji Oue conducts this compilation of turn-of-the-century pre-modernist meditations with superb diction and clarity. He is a truly gifted conductor and gets more out of the Minnesota Orchestra than I ever imagined possible. Cut 23, "The Great Gate at Kiev," is simply magnificent. Mussorgsky captures the essence of standing in front of a work of art-the sense of being awed, then puzzled, then enlightened. Oue follows his lead by capturing the essence of a world poised to leap into a new century: The fear, the magic, and the optimism. It's lush and absolutely gorgeous.

Reference recording.......2000-08-04

If music is the tonal expression of thought than Ravel was one of the greatest minds in music of the twentieth century. His experiments have lifted music out of impressionism into expressionism in the same way as in literature and painting. The lesser-known Overture to Shéhérazade is wonderful in its intimacy and so different from the interpretation of the fairytale by Rimsky-Korsakov (although you should listen to the performance under Bernstein). The Pictures of an Exhibition by Modest Mussorgsky are lively and impressive, especially the last movement with resounding bells and a triumphant brass-section. I think the compilation is well chosen, all pieces sound rather French in style, even the Schumanns.

The sound quality is immaculate, full of little details, sound stage is perfectly balanced.

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Chabrier: Piano Works, Vol. 2 Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Chabrier | Chabrier, Alexis Emanuel | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Impromptus | Short Forms | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Caprices | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Waltzes | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Waltzes | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B00000142Z Release Date: 1995-05-01

Tracks:

1. Marches des Cipayes
2. Julia, Valse, Op.1
3. Impromptu in C
4. Aubade
5. Ronde champetre
6. Capriccio
7. Souvenir de Brunehaut, Valse

Track Listings:

1. Cherubini: Messe Solenelle; Haydn: Paukenmesse / Rilling, Bach Collegium
2. CHRISTMAS CAROLS FROM OXFORD: Choir of Magdalen College, Oxford
3. Complete Works of Willaert 6
4. Concerto Grossi 1-4
5. Concerto Grossi 5-8
6. Copland: Rodeo; Fanfare
7. Destination Moon [Soundtrack]
8. Famous Russian Choral Works
9. Festliche Musik von Johann Sebastian Bach
10. Francesco Antonio Bonporti: Invenzioni a violino solo e basso continuo, opus X "La Pace", primo volume - Aglàia Ensemble

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71-75 [Import]

Fantazia Suites for Viol, Bass Viol & Organ

Gaz's Rockin' Blues [Import]

Wanted Dead Or Alive [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Dark and Bloody Ground

Diary of an eMCee

Christian Testimonial

Domingo: Greatest Hits

Country Legends Dolly Parton Gospel

Christmas Record

England, Half English [Enhanced]

Down at the Doctors

Devil's Advocate [Import]

Bible Songs for Kids 3

Sky Volume 3