Composer: Louis Vierne
Performer: Sergio Monteiro
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8574480
Release: 2023
Size: 189 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
12 Préludes, op. 36
01. No. 1, Prologue: Maestoso
02. No. 2, Tendresse: Andante
03. No. 3, Pressentiment: Agitato
04. No. 4, Souvenir d’un jour de joie: Allegro molto appassionato
05. No. 5, Nostalgie: Andante con moto
06. No. 6, Par gros temps: Largo – Allegro molto
07. No. 7, Évocation d’un jour d’angoisse: Poco lento
08. No. 8, Dans la nuit…: Grave
09. No. 9, Suprême appel: Allegro molto agitato
10. No. 10, Sur une tombe…: Molto lento e sostenuto
11. No. 11, Adieu: Moderato più tosto lento
12. No. 12, Seul…: Molto maestoso
Solitude, op. 44
13. I. Hantise
14. II. Nuit blanche
15. III. Vision hallucinante
16. IV. La ronde fantastique des revenants
17. Pièce pour Piano, Op. 49, “Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra”
18. Air à danser
Airs de danse
19. No. 2, Le vieux berger
20. No. 3, Les esprits de la nuit
Louis Vierne will always be best remembered as one France’s most outstanding organ composers, but his piano works are part of a significant wider oeuvre and notable for their colourful and inspired inventiveness. Each of the Douze Préludes carries an evocative title in music filled with the pain and tumult of war and loss, while the epitaphs in Solitude were composed shortly after the deaths of Vierne’s brother and eldest son. Including recently published manuscripts, this is the second of two albums covering repertoire that deserves a place in the pantheon of French piano music.