Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Ferruccio Busoni, Frédéric François Chopin, Claude Achille Debussy, Paul Dukas, Ferencz Liszt, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Maurice Ravel, Albert Roussel, Robert Schumann
Performer: Yvonne Lefébure, Jeanne Gautier, Pierre Bertin
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker, Orchestre de chambre Fernand-Oubradous, Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
Conductor: Wilhelm Furtwängler, Fernand Oubradous, Pierre Dervaux
Number of Discs: 5
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Profil Medien
Catalogue: PH21041
Release: 2021
Size: 1.05 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
01. Beethoven: Diabelli Variations, Op. 120
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 30 in E major, Op. 109
02. I. Vivace ma non troppo – Adagio espressivo
03. II. Prestissimo
04. III. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 31 in A flat major, Op. 110
05. I. Moderato cantabile, molto espressivo
06. II. Allegro molto
07. III. Adagio, ma non troppo – Fuga. Allegro, ma non troppo
CD 02
Mozart: Violin Sonata No. 27 in G major, K379
01. I. Adagio – Allegro
02. II. Tema con variazioni. Andantino cantabile – III. Allegretto
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 ‘Pathetique’
03. I. Grave – Allegro di molto e con brio
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111
04. I. Maestoso – Allegro con brio ed appassionato
05. II. Arietta. Adagio molto semplice e cantabile
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466
06. I. Allegro (Recorded in 1954)
07. II. Romanze (Recorded in 1954)
08. III. Allegro assai (Recorded in 1954)
CD 03
Bach: Harpsichord Concerto in D Minor, BWV 1052 (Arr. for Piano & Orchestra)
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Allegro
Liszt: Prelude & Fugue in A Minor, S. 462 No. 1 (After J.S. Bach’s BWV 543)
04. I. Prelude
05. II. Fugue
06. Busoni: Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BV B 27 No. 5 (After J.S. Bach’s BWV 639)
Liszt: Fantasia & Fugue in G Minor, S. 463 (After J.S. Bach’s BWV 542)
07. I. Fantasia
08. II. Fugue
Bach: Cantata BWV147 ‘Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben’
09. No. 10, Jesus bleibt meine Freude (Arr. M. Hess for Piano)
10. Bach: Prelude & Fugue in E-Flat Minor, BWV 853
CD 04
Ravel: Violin Sonata in G major
01. I. Allegretto
02. II. Blues. Moderato
03. III. Perpetuum mobile. Allegro
04. Dukas: Variations, interlude et final sur un thème de Rameau
Debussy: La boîte à joujoux, L. 128, Prélude (Arr. for Narrator & Piano)
05. Le sommeil de la boit
Debussy: La boîte à joujoux, L. 128, Tableau 1 “Le magasin de jouets” (Arr. for Narrator & Piano)
06. Les jouets se réveillent
07. Pas de d’éléphant
08. Danse d’harlequin
09. Le soldat anglais
10. Polichinelle
11. Modéré
12. Valse de la poupée
13. Rond générale
Debussy: La boîte à joujoux, L. 128, Tableau 2 “Le champ de bataille” (Arr. for Narrator & Piano)
14. Une grand plain verte
15. Entrée des soldats
16. Nuit. Lune
Debussy: La boîte à joujoux, L. 128, Tableau 3 “La bergerie à vendre” (Arr. for Narrator & Piano)
17. Un paysage désolé
18. Un air de vielle
19. Changemant à vue
Debussy: La boîte à joujoux, L. 128 (Arr. for Narrator & Piano)
20. Épilogue
Roussel: 3 Pieces, Op. 49
21. No. 1, Allegro con brio
22. No. 2, Allegro grazioso
23. No. 3, Allegro con spirito – Andante
Chopin: 4 Mazurkas, Op. 17, B. 77
24. No. 4 in A Minor
CD 05
Schumann: Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
01. I. Allegro affettuoso
02. II. Intermezzo
03. III. Allegro vivace
Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466
04. I. Allegro (Recorded in 1958)
05. II. Romanze (Recorded in 1958)
06. III. Allegro assai (Recorded in 1958)
Yvonne Lefébure (1900-1986) was one of the most important French pianists and piano teachers of the 20th century. From a very young age she demonstrated real musical talent. When she was only 6 years old she studied the piano with Marguerite Long (1874-1966), initially in a private school, known as the Conservatoire Femina-Musica, then in Marguerite Long’s preparatory classes for the Conservatory. Yvonne Lefébure gave her first recital aged 12. Her earliest concert performances contained demanding works such as the B minor Piano Sonata by Franz Liszt or Robert Schumann’s Etudes symphoniques.
Ultimately this gifted pianist took lessons with Alfred Cortot (1877-1962), one of the most important and indeed most influential personalities of musical life in the 20th century. Her most important studies with Cortot took place in his conservatory classes for advanced students, a group she joined in 1911 and from which she was awarded a first prize in 1912. Yvonne Lefébure had further private lessons with Cortot particularly in the period 1919-1939, when she was one of the most important teachers at the Ecole Normale de Musique. Later she went on to lead a masterclass at the Ecole Normale de Musique. From 1952 to 1967 she was Professor at the Paris Conservatory.
Yvonne Lefébure was an outstanding soloist, chamber musician and concert solo artiste: by listening to this album listeners can get an impression of her talent for themselves.