FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 66:24 | 186 Mb
Classical, Instrumental, Easy Listening
Although best-known as a composer of orchestral and operatic music, Georges Bizet (1838-1875) was also a virtuoso of the piano, for which he left a number of first-rate works. This recording assembles several of his piano pieces and transcriptions alongside arrangements of his works by other composers. This music “without words”, whether inspired by the art of his contemporaries, Romantic Germany, the Orient and Venetian gondolas, reveals all the subtlety of his style and his melodies for the nineteenth-century king of instruments.
Tracklist:
1. Chants du Rhin, WD 52: L’aurore (3:36)
2. Chants du Rhin, WD 52: Le départ (2:16)
3. Chants du Rhin, WD 52: Les rêves (3:44)
4. Chants du Rhin, WD 52: La Bohémienne (3:17)
5. Chants du Rhin, WD 52: Les Confidences (4:06)
6. Chants du Rhin, WD 52: Le Retour (2:39)
7. Les Pêcheurs de perles, WD 13: La romance de Nadir (4:23)
8. 8 Variations chromatiques, WD 54 (14:17)
9. Menuet de l’arlésienne (3:08)
10. Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 22: I. Andante sostenuto (12:00)
11. Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 22: II. Allegro scherzando (6:06)
12. Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 22: III. Presto (6:55)