PAUL PARAY: Complete Works For Solo Piano - Fantaisie for piano & orchestra

Paul Paray

Complete Works For Solo Piano - Fantaisie for piano & orchestra

© 2005 Grotto Productions

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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.

tracks

1 Fantaisie for piano & orchestra
2 D'une ame fervente
3 D'une naive
4 D'une legere
5 D'une reveuse
6 D'une malicieuse
7 D'une fantasque
8 D'une inquiete et passionnee
9 D'une tranquille
10 D'une joyeuse
11 Theme et Variations
12 Variation #1
13 Variation #2
14 Variation #3
15 Variation #4
16 Variation #5
17 Variation #6
18 Variation #7
19 Variation #8
20 Variation #9
21 Impromptu
22 Tarantelle
23 Portraits d'Enfants 1st Movement
24 Portraits d'Enfants 2nd Movement
25 Reflets romantiques - Avec esprit et charme
26 Reflets romantiques - Ardemment
27 Reflets romantiques - En revant
28 Reflets romantiques - Avec fougue
29 CD - 2nd Vol Sur la mer
30 Entetement
31 Prelude in F minor
32 Incertitude
33 Allegro
34 Scherzo
35 Valse-Caprice
36 Romance
37 Vertige
38 Scherzetto
39 Impressions - Nostalgie
40 Impressions - Eclaircie
41 Impressions - Primesaut
42 Valse sur un Theme de Schubert
43 Valse in F minor
44 Valse in F* minor
45 Berceuse
46 Allegretto
47 Prelude in Eb minor
48 Piece for piano, four hands
49 La Vraie Furlana

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 Before and after that time, he wrote many works for solo piano, many of them until now unpublished, although some were published by Jobert, Paris.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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