Composer: Jules Emile Frederic Massenet
Performer: Maurizio Zaccaria
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Aevea
Catalogue: AE16003
Release: 2016
Size: 1.22 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Valse folle
10 Pièces de genre, Op. 10
02. No. 1. Nocturne
03. No. 2. Marche
04. No. 3. Barcarolle
05. No. 4. Rigodon
06. No. 5. Melodie
07. No. 6. Saltarello
08. No. 7. Vieille chanson
09. No. 8. Legende
10. No. 9. Fughetta
11. No. 10. Carillon
12. Musique pour bercer les petits enfants
13. Toccata
2 Impromptus
14. No. 1. Eau dormante
15. No. 2. Eau courante
16. Valse tres lente
2 Pièces pour piano
17. No. 1. Papillons noirs
18. No. 2. Papillons blancs
19. Un memento musicale
Improvisations
20. I. Andantino
21. II. Allegretto con grazia – con moto
22. III. Triste et lent
23. IV. Allegretto scherzando
24. V. Andante cantabile espressivo
25. VI. Allegro deciso con moto
26. VII. Allegretto
27. Devant la Madone
Le Cid
28. Aragonaise (arr. for piano)
Thaïs
29. Act II: Meditation (arr. for piano)
Amongst the operas, the orchestral works and the songs, for which he is very well known, Massenet also wrote a piano concerto and various piano pieces. These include a cycle of Improvisations, Ten pieces “de genre” (Op. 10), 2 Valses, 2 Impressions, and some other separated pieces. The CD includes the recording of two transcriptions derived from famous Massenet’s melodies: the Meditation from ‘Thais’, and the ‘Aragonaise’ from ‘Le Cid’.
The character of Massenet’s music here is mostly cantabile with some virtuoso and quicker works which give a great variety to the series.
Maurizio Zaccaria is a young talent from Bari who possesses great technical ease and interpretive ability. The recordings has been captured in the wonderful theatre of Atri, Teramo, using 6 microphones (Neumann and Sennheiser) and Prism Sound top-class equipment.