Milestones of a Legend – Monique Haas (FLAC)

Performer: Monique Haas
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Documents
Catalogue: 600380
Release: 2017
Size: 2.05 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes

CD 01
Debussy: Douze Etudes pour piano
Premier Livre
01. I. Pour les „cinq doigts“ d’après Monsieur Czerny
02. II. Pour les tierces
03. III. Pour les quartes
04. IV. Pour les sixtes
05. V. Pour les octaves
06. VI. Pour les huit doigts

Deuxième Livre
07. VII. Pour les degrés chromatiques
08. VIII. Pour les agréments
09. IX. Pour les notes répéteés
10. X. Pour les sonorités opposées
11. XI. Pour les arpèges composés
12. XII. Pour les accords

Schumann: Fantasiestücke Op. 12
13. 1. Des Abends. Sehr innig zu spielen
14. 2. Aufschwung. Sehr rasch
15. 3. Warum ? Langsam und zart
16. 4. Grillen. Mit Humor
17. 5. in der Nacht. Mit Leidenschaft
18. 6. Fabel. Langsam – Schnell
19. 7. Traumes Wirren. Äußerst lebhaft
20. 8. Ende vom Lied

CD 02
Debussy: Préludes. Book 1
01. I. Danseuses de Delphes. Lent et grave
02. II. Voiles. Modéré
03. III. Le vent dans la plaine. Animé
04. IV. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir. Modéré
05. V. Les collines d’Anacapri. Très modéré
06. VI. Des pas sur laneige. Triste et lent
07. VII. Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest. Animé et tumultueux
08. VIII. La fille aX. cheveuX. de lin. Très calme et doucement espressif
09. IX. La sérénade interrompue. Modérément animé
10. X. La cathédrale engloutie. Profondément calme
11. XI. La danse de Puck. Capricieux et léger
12. XII. Minstrels. Modéré

Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op.54
13. I. Allegro affettuoso
14. II. Intermezzo. Andantino grazioso
15. III. Allegro vivace

CD 03
Ravel: Piano Concerto in G
01. I. Allegramente
02. II. Adagio assai
03. III. Presto

Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra
04. I. Presto
05. II. Andantino rapsodico
06. III. Allegro cappriccioso ma tempo giusto

Hindemith: Konzertmusik Op. 49 for piano, brass and harps
07. I. Ruhig gehende Viertel
08. II. Lebhaft
09. III. Sehr ruhig. Variationen
10. IV. Mäßig schnell, kraftvoll

CD 04
Bartók : Sonatine
01. 1. Bagpipe Players. Allegretto
02. 2. Dance of the Bear. Moderato
03. 3. Finale. Allegro vivace

Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales
04. 1. Modéré
05. 2. Assez lent
06. 3. Modéré
07. 4. Assez animé
08. 5. Presque lent
09. 6. Vif
10. 7. Moins vif
11. 8. Epilogue. Lent

Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin – Suite
12. 1. Prélude
13. 2. Fugue
14. 3. Forlane
15. 4. Rigaudon
16. 5. Menuet
17. 6. Toccata

Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3
18. I. Allegretto
19. II. Adagio religioso
20. III. (Allegro vivace)

CD 05
Ravel: Piano Concerto fort he left Hand in D major
01. Lento – Andante – Allegro – Tempo 1

Sonata for Violin and Piano
02. I. Allegretto
03. II. Blues. Moderato
04. III. Perpetuum mobile. Allegro

Mihalovici: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2, Op. 45
05. I. Allegro molto appassionato
06. II. Larghetto cantabile
07. III. Molto vivace

CD 06
01. Chopin: Etude in E major, Op. 10, No. 3
02. Chopin: Etude in G flat major, Op. 10, Nr. 5

Roussel: Trois Pièces Op. 4
03. 1. Allegro con brio
04. 2. Allegro grazioso (Tempo di valse)
05. 3. Allegro con spirito

Debussy: Pour le piano
06. Toccata
07. La fille auX. cheveuX. de lin (Préludes, 1er Livre)
08. Etude pour les huit doigts
09. Feux d’artifice (Préludes, 2er Livre)

Mihalovici: Ricercari, Op. 46. Variations libres pour piano
10. I. Poco lento (Tempo dI. passacaglia)
11. II. Un poco più mosso
12. III. Andante, non troppo
13. IV. Allegro ben ritmato
14. V. Allegro giusto
15. VI. Lento sostenuto
16. VII. Leggiero, con moto
17. VIII. Andantino
18. IX. Allegretto capriccioso ma molto ritmato
19. X. Molto vivace
20. XI. Grave, più tosto moderato

CD 07
Piano Sonata in F major, Hob. XVI.23
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Finale. Presto

04. Arietta con variazioni in E flat major, Hob. XVII:3

Piano Sonata in E flat major, Hob. XVI.52
05. I. Allegro (moderato)
06. II. Adagio
07. III. Finale. Presto

Fantasia in C major
08. 4. Presto

CD 08
Bach: Piano Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Allegro

Bach: Italian Concerto, BWV 971
04. I. Tempo giusto
05. II. Andante
06. III. Presto

07. Rameau: Les Cyclopes

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466
08. I. Allegro
09. II. Romanza
10. III. Rondo. Allegro assai

CD 09
Mozart: Sonata for Piano Duet in B flat major, K. 358 (186c)
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Molto Presto

Mozart: Sonata for Piano Duet in D major, K. 381 (123a)
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Andante
06. III. Allegro molto

Mozart: Sonata for Two Pianos in D major, K. 448 (375a)
07. I. Allegro con spiriro
08. II. Andante
09. III. Allegro molto

CD 10
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 14 in E flat major, K. 449
01. I. Allegro vivace
02. II. Andantino
03. III. Allegro, ma non troppo

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467
04. I. Allegro maestoso
05. II. Andante
06. III. Allegro vivace assai

Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
07. I. Allegro
08. II. Adagio
09. III. Allegro assai

10CD box set featuring ten original albums from the award-winning French pianist Monique Haas. Masterful recordings of the French repertoire, plus Mozart-concert recordings from Europe and the US and rarely heard works by contemporary composers from the 20th century. Monique Haas was exceptional among the piano virtuosos of her time. Born in Paris in 1909, where she also died in 1987, she combined charm and wit with straightforward formal objectivity. Her award-winning recordings of French repertoire as well as her Mozart recordings, which can be heard in this 10-CD collection, demonstrate this impressively. Married to composer Marcel Mihalovici, she was also open to contemporary works. Darius Milhaud dedicated his second piano sonata to her. Haas had won the first prize of the Paris Conservatoire at eighteen and went on to study with Rudolf Serkin, Robert Casadesus, and George Enescu, whose chamber music partner she also became. She passed on her technical and artistic knowledge to new generations in numerous master classes and while teaching at the Paris Conservatory. She performs alongside orchestras such as Boston Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Charles Munch, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Paul Paray and Berlin Philharmonic conducted by Ferdinand Leitner.