French Piano Works, Vol 2
Welcome reminders of a fine pianist always hungry for new repertoire
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Composer or Director: Henry Desmarets, Jean-Baptiste Lully, King of France Louis XIII, Francis Poulenc, Camille Saint-Saëns, Erik Satie, Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Pierre Yves Petit, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Joseph Candeille, Pierre Boulez, Gabriel Fauré, Franz Liszt, Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Jean-Philippe Rameau, King of France Louis XV, Michel Pignolet de Montéclair
Genre:
Instrumental
Label: Piano 21
Magazine Review Date: 4/2008
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 136
Mastering:
Stereo
ADD
Catalogue Number: P21024
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Tu crois, ô beau soleil |
King of France Louis XIII, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano King of France Louis XIII, Composer |
Te Deum, Movement: Prélude |
Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Marc-Antoine Charpentier, Composer |
Pièces de clavecin, Movement: Tambourin |
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer |
Pièces de clavecin, Movement: Les cyclopes |
Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer |
(Les) Festes de l'été |
Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Michel Pignolet de Montéclair, Composer |
Circé |
Henry Desmarets, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Henry Desmarets, Composer |
(Le) Bourgeois gentilhomme, Movement: Menuet |
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Jean-Baptiste Lully, Composer |
Phaëton, Movement: Bourrée |
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Jean-Baptiste Lully, Composer |
(Les) Noces de Village, 'A Village Wedding' |
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Jean-Baptiste Lully, Composer |
Gavotte en rondeau, 'Des Ballets du Roy' |
Jean-Baptiste Lully, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Jean-Baptiste Lully, Composer |
(La) Provençale |
Pierre Joseph Candeille, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Pierre Joseph Candeille, Composer |
(La) 4ème Tête ou la Fanfare du Roi |
King of France Louis XV, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano King of France Louis XV, Composer |
(La) Marseillaise |
Franz Liszt, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Franz Liszt, Composer |
Pelléas et Mélisande, Movement: Sicilienne |
Gabriel Fauré, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Gabriel Fauré, Composer |
(3) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Après un rêve (wds. anon, trans Bussine |
Gabriel Fauré, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Gabriel Fauré, Composer |
Thaïs, Movement: Méditation |
Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Jules (Emile Frédéric) Massenet, Composer |
(Le) Carnaval des animaux, 'Carnival of the Animals', Movement: The swan |
Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer
Camille Saint-Saëns, Composer Cyprien Katsaris, Piano |
Suite bergamasque, Movement: Clair de lune |
Claude Debussy, Composer
Claude Debussy, Composer Cyprien Katsaris, Piano |
(6) Epigraphes antiques |
Claude Debussy, Composer
Claude Debussy, Composer Cyprien Katsaris, Piano |
Pour le piano, Movement: Sarabande |
Claude Debussy, Composer
Claude Debussy, Composer Cyprien Katsaris, Piano |
Children's Corner, Movement: Golliwog's cakewalk |
Claude Debussy, Composer
Claude Debussy, Composer Cyprien Katsaris, Piano |
Pavane pour une infante défunte |
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Maurice Ravel, Composer |
Miroirs, Movement: Alborada del gracioso |
Maurice Ravel, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Maurice Ravel, Composer |
(Les) Chemins de l'amour |
Francis Poulenc, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Francis Poulenc, Composer |
Villageoises |
Francis Poulenc, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Francis Poulenc, Composer |
(15) Improvisations, Movement: No. 15 in C minor, Hommage à Edith Piaf |
Francis Poulenc, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Francis Poulenc, Composer |
Bois de Boulogne |
Pierre Yves Petit, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Pierre Yves Petit, Composer |
(6) Gnossiennes, Movement: No. 1 (1890) |
Erik Satie, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Erik Satie, Composer |
Sonneries de la Rose + Croix, Movement: Air du Grand Prieur |
Erik Satie, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Erik Satie, Composer |
(20) Regards sur l'enfant Jésus, Movement: Regard de l'Eglise d'amour |
Olivier Messiaen, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Olivier Messiaen, Composer |
(12) Notations, Movement: Rhythmique |
Pierre Boulez, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Pierre Boulez, Composer |
(12) Notations, Movement: Doux et improvisé |
Pierre Boulez, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Pierre Boulez, Composer |
(12) Notations, Movement: Lointain - Calme |
Pierre Boulez, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Pierre Boulez, Composer |
Composer or Director: Edvard Grieg
Genre:
Orchestral
Label: Piano 21
Magazine Review Date: 4/2008
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 75
Mastering:
Stereo
DDD
Catalogue Number: P21028
Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer Horst Neumann, Conductor Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra |
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Movement: Morning |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Stimmungen, Movement: Study: Homage to Chopin |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Lyric Pieces, Book 1, Movement: No. 1, Arietta |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Lyric Pieces, Book 1, Movement: No. 5, Folksong (Folkevise) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Lyric Pieces, Book 2, Movement: No. 2, Popular melody |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Lyric Pieces, Book 2, Movement: No. 6, Elegy |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Lyric Pieces, Book 4, Movement: No. 4, Norwegian dance (Halling) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Lyric Pieces, Book 4, Movement: No. 6, Spring dance |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Movement: No. 3, March of the Trolls (Troldtog) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Movement: No. 4, Nocturne |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Movement: No. 5, Scherzo |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Movement: No. 1, Butterfly (Schmetterling) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Movement: No. 2, Lonely wanderer (Einsamer Wanderer) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Movement: No. 3, In my native land (In der Heimat) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Movement: No. 4, Little bird (Vöglein) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Movement: No. 5, Erotic (Erotik) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Movement: No. 6, To the Spring (An den Frühling) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Lyric Pieces, Book 10, Movement: No. 1, Once upon a time (Der var engang) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Lyric Pieces, Book 10, Movement: No. 7, Remembrances (Efterklang) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Lyric Pieces, Book 6, Movement: No. 6, Homesickness (Heimweh) |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Lyric Pieces, Book 4, Movement: No. 7, Elegy |
Edvard Grieg, Composer
Cyprien Katsaris, Piano Edvard Grieg, Composer |
Author: Jeremy Nicholas
The Grieg disc, compiled in a similar manner, uses mainly radio recordings (1975-2001) with just two of the 18 Lyric Pieces derived from private recordings. Both these, in contrast to the French disc, should possibly have been omitted for “Notturno” is especially insensitive and “In My Native Country” suffers from uncomfortably distorted sound. A shame, because for the most part, this selection is winningly played – touchingly graceful in “Arietta”, for instance, sprightly and robust in “March of the Dwarfs”.
Beginning with a (live) spirited, fresh account of the Concerto – the slow movement is spellbinding – Katsaris follows this with “Morgenstimmung” from the first Peer Gynt Suite. Although many of us will have the piano score, few will recall it being played in concert, a further example of this pianist’s omnivorous appetite for the unconventional and willingness to step outside the normal keyboard repertoire.
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