Émile Naoumoff: Complete Piano Music
Emile Naoumoff, born in Sofia in 1962, was a child prodigy as pianist and composer in his native Bulgaria but was soon taken under the wing of Nadia Boulanger in Paris – ‘the gift of my old age’, she said. Naoumoff himself has tended to record the music of other composers, and so this recital of his piano music has been recorded by Gregory Martin, who has worked with him in various capacities. It presents music from across Naoumoff’s career – from that gifted childhood to a piece inspired by the sight of Notre Dame Cathedral in flames in 2019 – absorbing influences from Slavic folk-dance to Gabriel Fauré, whose ‘grand-student’ he is.
Gregory Martin, piano
Listen To This Recording:
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Las Brisas (1996)
- Las Brisas
- No. 3 Mélancolique et ‘Slave’
- Nocturno: La silencieuse ancienne ruelle de Tryavna
- No. 1 Ruchenitsa
- No. 2 Bavna Ruchenitsa
- Cathedral in Tears
- No. 3 Désespoir
- No. 1 Conte d’automne
- No. 2 Flocons de neige
- No. 3 Une belle histoire
- No. 8 La tempête
- No. 13 Le château délaissé
- Rhapsodie
- No. 5 Le Cygne
- No. 6 Chez Brahms
- No. 9 Old Big Band
- Nocturne
- Valse pour Nadia
- No. 5 Berceuse
- No. 4 Entraînant
- Romance
3 Elégies (1988)
Nocturno: La silencieuse ancienne ruelle de Tryavna (1968)
Danses Bulgares (1972)
Cathedral in Tears (2019)
Réminiscenses (1997)
La musique dans l’univers d’un enfant (‘Music in the World of a Child’; 1978)*
Rhapsodie (1993)
13 Anecdotes (1990)
Le parfum de l’âme: Nocturne (2013)
Valse pour Nadia: pour ma fille (1996)
Réminiscenses
Les saisons de la vie (2013)
Romance (2012)
ALL EXCEPT * FIRST RECORDINGS
Fanfare :
‘The piano playing of Gregory Martin is polished and refined, and sensitive to the varied styles of the works. He is a very worthy exponent of this music…this CD is a true winner and will bring Naoumoff’s piano music to the wider audience it deserves. Highly rated and recommended.’
—Fanfare