The Earliest French Piano Recordings

Label : APR

Format : Flac track

Cover : Yes

Tracklist :

CD 1

Saint-Saëns: Africa, Op. 89, R. 204 (Version for Piano)

Saint-Saëns: Valse mignonne, Op. 104, R. 47 (1)

Saint-Saëns: Valse nonchalante, Op. 110, R. 48

Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 22, R. 190: I. Andante Sostenuto

Saint-Saëns: Rhapsodie d'Auvergne, Op. 73 (Version for Piano)

Saint-Saëns: Suite algérienne in C Major, Op. 60, R. 173 III. Rêverie du soir (Version for Piano)

Saint-Saëns: Suite algérienne in C Major, Op. 60, R. 173 IV. Marche militaire française (Version for Piano)

Saint-Saëns: Mazurka for Piano No. 1 in G minor, Op. 21

Saint-Saëns: Valse mignonne, Op. 104, R. 47 (2)

Camille Saint-Saëns (piano)

Saint-Saëns: Le déluge, Op. 45: Prélude (Arr. for Violin & Piano by Anonymous)

Saint-Saëns: Elégie, Op. 143

Saint-Saëns: Havanaise, Op. 83, R. 202 (Version for Violin & Piano)

Camille Saint-Saëns (piano), Gabriel Willaume (violin)

Louis Diémer: Grande valse de concert, Op. 37 (1)

Louis Diémer: Chant de nautonier, Op. 12 (1)

Godard, B: Valse No. 5, Op. 88

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Book 6, Op. 67: No. 4 in C Major, MWV U 182 "Spinnerlied" (1)

Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 27: No. 2 in D-Flat Major, B. 96

Louis Diémer: Chant de nautonier, Op. 12 (2)

Louis Diémer: Grande valse de concert, Op. 37 (2)

Louis Diémer (piano)

Indy: Tableaux de Voyage, Op. 33: No. 4, Lac vert

Indy: Tableaux de Voyage, Op. 33: No. 8, Halte, au soir

Indy: Tableaux de Voyage, Op. 33: No. 6, La poste

Indy: Tableaux de Voyage, Op. 33: No. 9, Départ matinal

Indy: Poeme des montagnes, Op. 15: III. Danses rythmiques

Vincent d'Indy (piano)

CD 2

Handel: Keyboard Suite in G Major, HWV 441: VI. Gavotte

Scarlatti, D: Keyboard Sonata K24 in A major

Pugno: Impromptu-valse in A Major

Chopin: Waltzes, Op. 34: No. 1 in A-Flat Major, B. 94

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11 in A Minor, S. 244 No. 11

Weber: Rondo brilliante in E-Flat Major, Op. 62, J. 252 "La gaite"

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Book 1, Op. 19b: No. 3 in A Major, MWV U 89 "Hunter's Song" (1)

Pugno: Les soirs: No. 2, Soir d'été "Sérénade à la lune"

Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 15: No. 2 in F-Sharp Major, B. 55 (1)

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Book 6, Op. 67: No. 4 in C Major, MWV U 182 "Spinnerlied" (2)

Massenet: Valse folle

Chabrier: 10 Pièces pittoresques: No. 10, Scherzo-valse

Pugno: 3 Airs de ballet: No. 1, Valse lent

Chopin: Impromptu No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 29, B. 110

Chopin: Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57, B. 154

Chopin: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 35, B. 128: III. Marche funèbre

Mendelssohn: 3 Fantaisies, Op. 16: No. 2, Scherzo, MWV U 71 (1)

Raoul Pugno (piano)

Godard, B: Suite de danses anciennes et modernes, Op. 103: IV. Mazurka (Version for Piano)

Chopin: Waltzes, Op. 64, B. 164: No. 1 in D-Flat Major "Minute"

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Book 6, Op. 67: No. 4 in C Major, MWV U 182 "Spinnerlied" (3)

Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso, Op. 14, MWV U 67 (Abridged)

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13 in A Minor, S. 244 No. 13: Vivace

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11 in A Minor, S. 244 No. 11: Andante sostenuto

Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 15: No. 2 in F-Sharp Major, B. 55 (2)

Chopin: Waltzes, Op. 64, B. 164: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor (1)

Mendelssohn: 3 Fantaisies, Op. 16: No. 2, Scherzo, MWV U 71 (2)

Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 12: No. 7, Traumes Wirren

Aimée-Marie Roger-Miclos (piano)

CD 3

Chopin: Tarantella in A-Flat Major, Op. 43, B. 139

Saint-Saëns: Piano Suite, Op. 90 II. Menuet

Saint-Saëns: Piano Suite, Op. 90 III. Gavotte

Saint-Saëns: Valse mignonne, Op. 104, R. 47 (3)

Gaston Régis (piano)

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Book 1, Op. 19b: No. 3 in A Major, MWV U 89 "Hunter's Song" (2)

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Book 5, Op. 62: No. 6 in A Major, MWV U 161 "Frühlingslied"

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Book 6, Op. 67 No. 4 in C Major, MWV U 182 "Spinnerlied" (4)

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words, Book 6, Op. 67 No. 6 in E Major, MWV U 188 "Cradle Song"

Mendelssohn: 3 Fantaisies, Op. 16: No. 2, Scherzo, MWV U 71 (3)

Chopin: Études (12), Op. 10 No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor, B. 75 "Torrent”

Chopin: Études (12), Op. 10 No. 5 in G-Flat Major, B. 57 "Black Keys

Chopin: Études (12), Op. 10 No. 7 in C Major, B. 68 "Toccata”

Chopin: Études (12), Op. 25 No. 1 in A-Flat Major, B. 104 "Aeolian Harp"

Chopin: Études (12), Op. 25 No. 2 in F Minor, B. 97 "The Bees"

Chopin: Études (12), Op. 25 No. 9 in G-Flat Major, B. 78 "Butterfly"

Chopin: Études (12), Op. 25 No. 11 in A Minor, B. 83 "Winter Wind"

Schumann: 3 Romanzen, Op. 28: No. 2, Einfach

Schumann: 4 Klavierstucke, Op. 32: No. 3, Romanze

Schumann: 12 Klavierstücke für kleine und große Kinder, Op. 85: No. 9, Am Springbrunnen (Arr. for Piano by Claude Debussy)

Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, H. 111, Pt. 3 "Dans la chambre de Marguerite": No. 12, Sérénade de Méphistophélès (Arr. for Piano by Ernest Redon)

Boccherini: String Quintet in E Major, Op. 11 No. 5, G. 275: III. Minuetto e trio (Arr. for Piano by Francis Planté)

Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide, Wq. 40: Gavotte (Arr. for Piano by Francis Planté)

Francis Planté (piano)

Mozart: Pastorale variée, K. Anh. 209b

Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 33, B. 115: No. 4 in B Minor

Chopin: Waltzes, Op. 69: No. 1 in A-Flat Major, B. 95

Chopin: Waltzes, Op. 64, B. 164: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor (2)

Lucien Wurmser: Petit aubade

Lucien Wurmser: Impromptu

Schubert: Rosamunde, D. 797: IX. Ballett (Arr. for Piano by Robert Fischhof)

Schubert: 3 Marches Militaires, Op. 51, D. 733: No. 1, Allegro vivace (Arr. for Piano by Carl Tausig)

Lucien Wurmser (piano)