Four Hands for France: Music for Piano Duet
Playing four-hands piano was both vital in the dissemination of music in the nineteenth century and also a popular domestic activity. The French composers recorded here span the Romantic century, from the salon charm of Chaminade and Massenet and the virtuosity of Alkan’s wild dance to the innocence of the family music-room in pieces by Chausson, Godard and Ropartz. The original 1853 Parisian Erard piano on which this recording was made combines warmth with bell-like clarity due to its straight stringing, allowing it to produce a surprising variety of appealing, expressive textures.
Stephanie McCallum (primo) and Erin Helyard (secondo)
Piano Erard 1853
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ERNEST CHAUSSON
- I Gaîment
- II Andante
- III Finale
- I Mouvement de marche
- II Variations sur un thème danois, transcrit par Niels Gade
- III Rondeau
- No. 1 Andante
- No. 2 Lento
- No. 3 Allegretto
- No. 4 L’Angelus
- No. 5 Le Glas
- No. 6 Cloches du Soir
- No. 7 Choral
- No. 8 Tristesse
- No. 9 Intimité
- No. 10 Par les Champs
- No. 1 Andante
- No. 2 Allegretto quasi allegro
- No. 3 Andante
- Saltarelle, Op. 47
- No. 1 Primavera
- No. 2 Idylle Arabe
- No. 3 Sérénade d’automne
- No. 1 Pastorale mélancolique
- No. 2 Marche villageoise
Sonatines pour quatre mains, Op. 2 (1879)*
Sonatine No. 1 in G major (1878)
Sonatine No. 2 in D minor (1879)
GUY ROPARTZ
Petites Pièces (1903)*
JULES MASSENET
Pièces pour le Piano à 4 Mains: 1re Suite, Op. 11 (1867)*
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN
Saltarelle, Op. 47 (1856)
CÉCILE CHAMINADE
Pièces romantiques, Op. 55 (1890)
BENJAMIN GODARD
Deux morceaux, Op. 137 (1893)*
* FIRST RECORDINGS
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