Composer: Mel Bonis
Performer: Mengyiyi Chen
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata Classics
Catalogue: TOCC0361
Release: 2023
Size: 639 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Barcarolle in E-Flat Major, Op. 71
02. L’escarpolette, Op. 52
Les femmes de légende
03. No. 1, Mélisande, Op. 109
04. No. 3, Ophélie, Op. 165 No. 1
05. No. 6, Salomé, Op. 100 No. 1
06. No. 5, Phœbée, Op. 30
07. Romance sans paroles, Op. 56
08. Mazurka, Op. 26
09. Il pleut, Op. 102
10. Méditation, Op. 33 (Version for Piano)
5 Petites pièces
11. No. 1, Une flûte soupire, Op. 117
12. No. 2, Berceuse triste, Op. 118
13. No. 3, Boston valse, Op. 119
14. No. 4, Agitato, Op. 120
15. No. 5, Cloches lointaines, Op. 121
2 Mélodies, Op. 46
16. No. 2, Clair de lune (Arr. for Piano by Mel Bonis)
Scènes enfantines, Op. 92
17. No. 1, Aubade
18. No. 2, Joyeux réveil
19. No. 3, Cache-cache
20. No. 4, Valse lente
21. No. 5, Marche militaire
22. No. 6, Frère Jacques
23. No. 7, Bébé s’endort
24. No. 8, Carillon
5 Pièces musicales
25. No. 1, Gai printemps. Impromptu, Op. 11
26. No. 2, Romance sans paroles, Op. 29
27. No. 3, Menuet, Op. 14
28. No. 4, Eglogue, Op. 12
29. No. 5, Papillons, Op. 28
Mélanie Bonis (1858–1937), a fine pianist herself, composed some 150 works for solo piano, publishing them with her first name shortened to ‘Mel’ to disguise the fact that she was a woman – while she lived among the French haute bourgeoisie as Mme Domange. They sometimes show the influence of Chabrier, and have points of contact with the music of Chausson, Debussy and Pierné, who had been fellow students at the Paris Conservatoire. But they also reveal an individual approach to rhythm, harmony and tone-colour – and it’s clear that her conventional exterior hid a lively sense of fun, her many miniatures for children perhaps influenced by her own experience as a mother.