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Paul Paray : Complete Works For Solo Piano - Fantaisie for piano & orchestra
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This is a recoding of classical piano music. it is the first recording of the piano music of Paul Paray (1886-1979) who is more ofter remembered as an orchestra conductor more than a composer.
Genre: Classical: Traditional
Release Date: 2005
Complete Works For Solo Piano - Fantaisie for piano & orchestra Record Label: Paul Paray
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Fantaisie for piano & orchestra 14:31 Album Only
D'une ame fervente 2:11 Album Only
D'une naive 1:48 Album Only
D'une legere 1:00 Album Only
D'une reveuse 3:04 Album Only
D'une malicieuse 0:47 Album Only
D'une fantasque 2:22 Album Only
D'une inquiete et passionnee 2:18 Album Only
D'une tranquille 3:02 Album Only
D'une joyeuse 3:25 Album Only
Theme et Variations 1:08 Album Only
Variation #1 0:41 Album Only
Variation #2 0:55 Album Only
Variation #3 0:42 Album Only
Variation #4 1:04 Album Only
Variation #5 0:52 Album Only
Variation #6 0:57 Album Only
Variation #7 1:38 Album Only
Variation #8 2:06 Album Only
Variation #9 2:13 Album Only
Impromptu 6:56 Album Only
Tarantelle 3:47 Album Only
Portraits d'Enfants 1st Movement 1:24 Album Only
Portraits d'Enfants 2nd Movement 3:05 Album Only
Reflets romantiques - Avec esprit et charme 2:47 Album Only
Reflets romantiques - Ardemment 1:45 Album Only
Reflets romantiques - En revant 2:28 Album Only
Reflets romantiques - Avec fougue 2:48 Album Only
CD - 2nd Vol Sur la mer 5:42 Album Only
Entetement 1:52 Album Only
Prelude in F minor 3:18 Album Only
Incertitude 2:12 Album Only
Allegro 4:49 Album Only
Scherzo 4:44 Album Only
Valse-Caprice 3:31 Album Only
Romance 4:35 Album Only
Vertige 2:11 Album Only
Scherzetto 5:54 Album Only
Impressions - Nostalgie 4:12 Album Only
Impressions - Eclaircie 2:28 Album Only
Impressions - Primesaut 3:51 Album Only
Valse sur un Theme de Schubert 2:38 Album Only
Valse in F minor 2:21 Album Only
Valse in F* minor 4:04 Album Only
Berceuse 3:15 Album Only
Allegretto 1:41 Album Only
Prelude in Eb minor 4:34 Album Only
Piece for piano, four hands 2:47 Album Only
La Vraie Furlana 3:31 Album Only
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Album Notes

Paul Paray was a prodigious composer in his youth. He was the coveted Prix de Rome prize for composition in 1911. Before and after that time, he wrote many works for solo piano, many of them until now unpublished, although some were published by Jobert, Paris. The Fantaisie is a work of youthful energy and inspiration. After a solo piano introduction, the orchestra and piano engage in a musical collaboration in which two main themes are deeloped.

Among Paray's very first pieces is a work for piano, Scherzetto, recorded here. This work, along with a song was convincing proof of his talent so as to bring him to Paris to study at the Conservatory.

Pary's piano music is distinctively his own, even though it employs harmonic and melodic styles of his time. They are works of engaging interest for the listener, and of technical challenge to the performer.

Paray's last work was his Second Symphony in 1939, after which time he devoted himself to conducting orchestras around the world.

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