FRENCH PIANO CONCERTOS - SBĚRATELSKÁ EDICE (12CD)

CD1
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS 1835–1921
Piano Concerto No.1 in D Op.17
1 I. Andante – Allegro assai 11’55
2 II. Andante sostenuto quasi adagio 8’01
3 III. Allegro con fuoco 6’53
Piano Concerto No.2 in G minor Op.22
4 I. Andante sostenuto 10’59
5 II. Allegro scherzando 5’34
6 III. Presto 6’49
Piano Concerto No.4 in C minor Op.44
7 I. Allegro moderato 12’20
8 II. Allegro vivace 14’26

Gabriel Tacchino piano
Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg/Louis de Froment

Total time 77’02

Recording: 1974–79

CD2
CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS 1835–1921
Piano Concerto No.3 in E flat Op.29
1 I. Moderato assai 13’31
2 II. Andante – 15’08
III. Allegro non troppo
Piano Concerto No.5 in F Op.103 ‘Egyptian’
3 I. Allegro animato 10’53
4 II. Andante 10’56
5 III. Molto allegro 6’02
6 Africa Op.89 11’01
Fantasy for piano and orchestra

Gabriel Tacchino piano
Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg/Louis de Froment

Total time 67’55

Recording: 1974–79

CD3
FRANÇOIS-ADRIEN BOIELDIEU 1775–1834
Piano Concerto in F
1 I. Allegro 12’28
2 II. Pastorale con variazioni 7’23

Martin Galling piano
Innsbruck Symphony Orchestra/Robert Wagner

JULES MASSENET 1842–1912
Piano Concerto in E flat
3 I. Andante moderato 13’24
4 II. Largo 9’41
5 III. Airs slovaques: Allegro 7’07

Marylène Dosse piano
Westfälisches Sinfonieorchester Recklinghausen/Siegfried Landau

GABRIEL PIERNÉ 1863–1937
Piano Concerto in C minor Op.12
6 I. Allegro 8’18
7 II. Scherzando 4’53
8 III. Final 6’55

Marylène Dosse piano
Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra/Matthias Kuntzsch

Total time 70’18

Recording: 1962, Innsbruck, Austria (1–2); August 1973, Recklinghausen, Germany (3–5); December 1976, Stuttgart, Germany (6–8)

CD4
ÉDOUARD LALO 1823–1892
Piano Concerto in F minor
1 I. Lento – Allegro 11’57
2 II. Lento 6’55
3 III. Allegro 6’23

Marylène Dosse piano
Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra
Matthias Kuntzsch

CÉCILE CHAMINADE 1857–1944
4 Concertstück Op.40 15’49

Rosario Marciano piano
Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg
Louis de Froment

ALBERT ROUSSEL 1869–1937
Piano Concerto in G Op.36
5 I. Allegro molto 3’55
6 II. Adagio 8’33
7 III. Allegro con spirito 4’43

Maria Littauer piano
Hamburg Symphony Orchestra
Alois Springer

JEAN FRANÇAIX 1912–1997
Piano Concerto
8 I. — 5’25
9 II. Andante 4’12
10 III. — 3’38
11 IV. Allegro 4’08

Claude Paillard-Françaix piano
Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg
Jean Françaix

Total time 75’51

Recording: January 1970, Musikhalle, Hamburg (5–7); December 1976, Stuttgart Botnang (1–3); December 1977 (4)

CD5
CHARLES-VALENTIN ALKAN 1813–1888
Concerto da camera in A minor Op.10 No.1
for piano and orchestra
1 I. Allegro 4’50
2 II. Adagio 3’15
3 III. Allegro 6’49
Concerto da camera in C sharp minor Op.10 No.2
for piano and string orchestra
4 I. Allegro moderato 2’45
5 II. Adagio 3’43
6 III. Primo Movimento 1’40
Concerto da camera in C sharp Op.10 No.3
for piano and string orchestra
(reconstructed by François Luguenot)
7 Andante con moto 5’45

Giovanni Bellucci piano
Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto
Roberto Forés Veses

VINCENT D’INDY 1851–1931
Symphony on a French Mountain Air Op.25
(Symphonie cévenole)
8 I. Assez lent – Modérément animé 11’44
9 II. Assez modéré, mais sans lenteur 6’40
10 III. Animé 7’46

François-Joël Thiollier piano
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
Antonio de Almeida

Total time 55’24

Recording: 10–11 May 1993, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland (8–10); 21–22 November 2013, Auditorium Pollini, Padova, Italy (1–7)

CD6
REYNALDO HAHN 1874–1947
Piano Concerto in E
1 I. Improvisation – Modéré 11’36
2 II. Danse 2’39
3 III. Rêverie 4’59
4 IV. Toccata – Finale 5’22

Magda Tagliaferro piano
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra/Reynaldo Hahn

GABRIEL FAURÉ 1845–1924
5 Ballade in F sharp Op.19 for piano and orchestra 13’43

François-Joël Thiollier piano
National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland/Antonio de Almeida

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS 1835–1921
6 Rhapsodie d’Auvergne Op.73 10’28
7 Wedding Cake Op.76 Caprice-Valse for piano and strings 6’39

Romain Descharmes piano
Malmö Symphony Orchestra/Marc Soustrot

Total time 55’31

Recording: 10–11 May 1937, Paris, France (1–4);
10–11 May 1993, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland (5);
10–12 June 2015, Malmö Concert Hall, Sweden (6–7)
First release 1938 Pathé-Marconi S.A. & Remastering 2014 Heritage Records (1–4)

CD7
CÉSAR FRANCK 1822–1890
1 Symphonic V ariations 15’00
2 Les Djinns 12’14
Piano Concerto No.2 in B minor [disowned Op.11]
3 I. Allegro maestoso 15’37
4 II. Adagio 6’45
5 III. Rondo: Allegro 9’35

François-Joël Thiollier piano (1–2)
Martijn van der Hoek piano (3–5)
Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra/Roberto Benzi

Total time 59’16

Recording: June 1995 (1–2) & July 1997 (3–5), Music Sacrum, Arnhem, Netherlands

CD8
MAURICE RAVEL 1875–1937
Piano Concerto in G
1 I. Allegramente 8’23
2 II. Adagio Assai 9’19
3 III. Presto 3’59

Klára Würtz piano
Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra/Theodore Kuchar

4 Piano Concerto in D for the left hand 18’22

François-Joël Thiollier piano
Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra (Katowice)/Antoni Wit

CLAUDE DEBUSSY 1862–1918
Fantaisie for piano and orchestra
5 I. Andante ma non troppo 8’48
6 II. Lento e molto espressivo –
III. Allegro molto 16’35

Marylène Dosse piano
Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg/Louis de Froment

Total time 65’45

Recording: 1972 (5–6);
29 November–2 December 1993, Concert Hall of the Polish Radio, Katowice, Poland (4);
2–3 June 2008, Concert Hall Ostrava, Czechia (1–3)

CD9
DARIUS MILHAUD 1892–1974
Le Carnaval d’Aix Op.83b
1 I. Le Corso 1’19
2 II. Tartaglia 1’14
3 III. Isabelle 1’46
4 IV. Rosetta 2’17
5 V. Le Bon et le Mauvais Tuteur 2’07
6 VI. Coviello 0’31
7 VII. Le Capitaine Cartuccia 2’21
8 VIII. Polichinelle 0’28
9 IX. Polka 1’24
10 X. Cinzio 1’26
11 XI. Souvenir de Rio 1’57
12 XII. Final 1’42
13 Ballade Op.61 8’22
5 Études Op.63
14 No.1 Vif 1’02
15 No.2 Doucement 3’27
16 No.3 Fugues: Vif et rythmé 1’01
17 No.4 Sombre 2’50
18 No.5 Romantique: Très animé 2’08
Piano Concerto No.1 Op.127
19 I. Très vif 3’33
20 II. Barcarolle 5’05
21 III. Finale 4’24
22 Fantaisie pastorale Op.188 9’57

Michael Korstick piano
SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern/Alun Francis

Total time 61’07

Recording: June & October 2005, March & May 2006, SWR Studio Kaiserslautern, Germany

CD10
DARIUS MILHAUD 1892–1974
Concerto No.2 Op.225
1 I. Animé 3’39
2 II. Romance 6’11
3 III. Bien modérément animé 3’17
Concerto No.3 Op.270
4 I. Alerte et avec élégance 5’10
5 II. Lent 8’06
6 III. Avec esprit et élégance 5’35
Concerto No.4 Op.295
7 I. Animé 5’02
8 II. Très lent 10’28
9 III. Joyeux 5’08
Concerto No.5 Op.346
10 I. Alerte 4’58
11 II. Nonchalant 10’41
12 III. Joyeux 5’49

Michael Korstick piano
SWR Rundfunkorchester Kaiserslautern/Alun Francis

Total time 74’38

Recording: June & October 2005, March & May 2006, SWR Studio Kaiserslautern, Germany

CD11
NADIA BOULANGER 1887–1979
Fantaisie (variée) for piano and orchestra
1 Lent. Grave – Allegro – Più vivo. Tempo molto marcato – Moderato – Andante – Allegro 19’50

Florian Uhlig piano
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern/Pablo González

GERMAINE TAILLEFERRE 1892–1983
2 Ballade 14’19

Rosario Marciano piano
Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg/Louis de Froment

FRANCIS POULENC 1899–1963
Piano Concerto FP146
3 I. Allegretto 10’06
4 II. Andante con moto 6’02
5 III. Rondo à la française: Presto giocoso 3’47

Florian Uhlig piano
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern/Pablo González

Total time 54’20

Recording: December 1977 (2);
21–22 June 2012 (3–5) & 9–14 November 2015 (1), Emmerich-Smola-Saal, SWR Studio, Kaiserslautern, Germany

CD12
JEAN FRANÇAIX 1912–1997
Concerto for 2 pianos and orchestra
1 I. Allegro giocoso 9’28
2 II. Doppio più lento 6’04
3 III. Scherzando 7’53
4 IV. Allegro tieramente 5’40

FRANCIS POULENC 1899–1963
from Les Animaux modèles FP111 Ballet suite
5 No.1 Le Petit Jour: Très calme 4’03
6 No.4 Le Lion amoureux: Passionnément animé 1’34
7 No.5 L’Homme entre deux âges et ses deux maîtresses: Prestissimo 1’57
8 No.6 La Mort et le Bûcheron: Très lent 6’28
9 No.7 Les Deux Coqs: Très modéré 3’33
10 No.8 Le Repas de midi 3’40
Concerto for 2 pianos in D minor FP61
11 I. Allegro ma non troppo 8’05
12 II. Larghetto 5’44
13 III. Finale 5’46

Mona & Rica Bard pianos (1–4, 11–13)
Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz/Ariane Matiakh

Total time 70’03

Recording: 5–9 May 2014, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany