Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944):Μια ξεχασμένη εξαιρετική συνθέτρια έργων για πιάνο της ύστερης ρομαντικής περιόδου

Late-Romantic French piano music of unfailing elegance and wit, chosen by a rising piano star and gifted young advocate of under-rated composers.

Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) was a highly successful female pianist and composer. As a pianist she toured the European countries, in 1892 making her debut in England, making acquaintance with one of her biggest fans, Queen Victoria. In 1908 she made her American debut, gaining instant and immense popularity.

Mark Viner is recognized as one of the most exciting British pianists of his generation, and is becoming increasingly well-known for his bold championing of unfamiliar repertoire. Viner has made his own selection from the hundreds of piano pieces, some light, others more serious, composed by Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944). Periodically revived in tokenistic ways, Chaminade’s output is now being seen in the round, and it reveals a voice of not only feminine delicacy and charm, but also a melodist of refinement whose gift for a well-turned tune never left her in a career spanning over six decades.

Composer: Cécile Chaminade
Artist: Mark Viner (piano)

Tracklist: 0:00:00 Pierette air de ballet, Op. 41 6 Etudes de concert, Op. 35: 0:02:22 I. Scherzo 0:05:27 II. Automne 0:11:44 III. Fileuse 0:16:19 IV. Appassionato 0:19:12 V. Impromptu 0:22:49 VI. Tarentelle 0:26:49 Les sylvains in D Major, Op. 60 0:30:06 Arabesque No. 1, Op. 61 Poème provençal, Op. 127: 0:34:40 I. Dans la lande 0:37:54 II. Solitude 0:42:04 III. Le passé 0:45:39 IV. Pêcheurs de nuit 0:49:57 La lisonjera, Op. 50 6 Romances sans paroles, Op. 76: 0:53:26 I. Souvenance 0:55:33 II. Elévation 0:58:05 III. Idylle 1:00:45 IV. Eglogue 1:03:13 V. Chanson brétonne 1:05:06 VI. Méditation 1:09:42 Thème varié in A Major, Op. 89

Cécile Chaminade - Wikipedia

Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade (8 August 1857 – 13 April 1944)

Cécile Chaminade
Artist: Mark Viner (piano)

Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) was a highly successful female pianist and composer. As a pianist she toured the European countries, in 1892 making her debut in England, making acquaintance with one of her biggest fans, Queen Victoria. In 1908 she made her American debut, gaining instant and immense popularity.

The reason for Chaminade’s popularity is the charm, tunefulness and general accessibility of her music. It touches a ready chord with every music lover, and the fancy titles and not overly virtuosic piano writing made that her works became drawing room favorites of the epoch.

For his second Chaminade disc British pianist Mark Viner chose the Six Concert Studies, substantial and demanding works, Six Pièces humoristiques Op. 87, and some engaging and attractive character pieces: L’Ondine, Danse Créole and the favorite Lolita, Caprice Espagnol, all played with Viner’s unerring feeling for the witty and charming style, pouring out sentiment without being sentimental 

 

Tracklist: 0:00:00 L’Ondine, Op. 101 0:03:21 Pas des echarpes, 3me air de ballet, Op. 37 6 Pièces humoristiques, Op. 87: 0:07:23 I. Réveil 0:09:18 II. Sous bois 0:12:23 III. Inquiétude 0:14:49 IV. Autrefois 0:18:58 V. Consolation 0:23:26 VI. Norwégienne 0:25:37 Guitare, Op. 32 0:29:02 Au pays dévasté, Op. 155 0:35:30 Danse créole, 2me havanaise, Op. 94 0:37:37 Etude romantique, Op. 132 0:43:16 Etude pathétique, Op. 124 0:46:49 Etude mélodique, Op. 118 0:50:08 Etude humoristique, Op. 138 0:54:23 Etude symphonique, Op. 28 0:59:58 Etude scolastique, Op. 139 1:04:21 Sérénade, Op. 29 1:07:04 Lolita, caprice espagnol, Op. 54