Performer: David Kadouch
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Mirare
Catalogue: MIR708
Release: 2025
Size: 991 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Poulenc: Improvisation No. 15 in C Minor “Hommage à Edith Piaf”, FP 176
02. Grainger: Paraphrase on the Waltz of the Flowers (After Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
03. Smyth: Nocturne
04. Smyth: Piece in E Major
05. Smyth: Aus der Jugendzeit!!
Hahn: Le Ruban dénoué
06. I. Décrets indolents du hasard (Transc. for Solo Piano by David Kadouch)
Hahn: Portraits de peintres
07. No. 3, Anton van Dyck
Hahn: Le rossignol éperdu
08. Série IV, Versailles: No. 51, Adieux au soir tombant
Hahn: Premières Valses
09. No. 3, Ninette
Landowska: 4 Pieces, Op. 2
10. No. 2, Nuit d’automne
11. Landowska: Valse in E Minor
12. Landowska: Feu follet
13. Poulenc: Mélancolie in D-Flat Major, FP 105
14. Poulenc: Presto in B flat major
Szymanowski: Variations on a Polish Folk Theme, Op. 10
15. Tema
16. Var. I – VII
17. Var. VIII & IX
18. Finale
Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20, TH 12
19. Act II: No. 13, Danse des cygnes (Arr. for Piano by Earl Wild)
20. Trenet: En avril à Paris (Arr. for Piano by Alexis Weissenberg)
I’ve lost count of the number of times I have had to talk about, or heard about, the love triangle between Robert Schumann, Clara Schumann and Johannes Brahms, or Beethoven’s ‘Immortal Beloved’. Today, I think it’s time to talk about other love stories that had just as much influence on the way these composers created their music. On this CD, you will hear seven composers who, in their daily lives, could not be themselves. The music they have composed is a veritable refuge where the notes free themselves from words to reveal the essence of their feelings.
David Kadouch
