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The Piano Music
JEAN ROGER-DUCASSE
1.
Barcarolle
6:40
Six Preludes
2.
I
Très nonchalant
1:12
3.
II
Très calme
1:20
4.
III
D'un rythme très précis
1:10
5.
IV
Très libre
1:25
6.
V
D'un rythme capricieux et tender
2:47
7.
VI
Très souple
3:01
8.
Prelude (1913)
1:10
Avec beaucoup de fantaisie
9.
Etude en Sol dièse mineur (1914)
6:46
Modéré
Quatre Etudes (1915)
10.
I
Prélude Allegro
4:55
11.
II
Fugue Assez vite
3:36
12.
III
Lent
2:09
13.
IV
Lentement
3:59
14.
Variations sur un Choral (1915)
15:22
15.
Etude en Sixtes (1916)
8:08
Presque vite et avec une excessive fantaisie de rythme
16.
Rythmes (1917)
4:46
17.
Etude en La bémol majeur (1916)
9:32
Presque lent
18.
Arabesques... (1917)
7:02
Esquisses pour Piano (1917)
19.
I
Lent
1:32
20.
II
Sans lenteur et gaîment
1:02
21.
III
Sans lenteur
1:40
22.
IV
Lent et grave
2:54
23.
Arabesques... No.2 (1919)
4:25
24.
Sonorités (1919)
5:58
25.
Barcarolle No.2 (1920)
8:56
26.
Barcarolle No.3 (1921)
7:40
27.
Impromptu (1921)
5:03
28.
Chant de l'auve (1921)
4:25
29.
Romance (1923)
5:01
Petite Suite pour piano à quatre mains (1899)
30.
I
Souvenance
1:45
31.
II
Berceuse
1:20
32.
III
Claironnerie
2:03
33.
Prélude d'un Ballet (1910)
3:01
Réduction pour piano par l'Auteur
34.
Interlude 'Au jardin de Marquerite' (1913)
11:06
Réduction pour piano par l'Auteur
Etudes à quatre mains, pour un Commençant
Livre I (1916)
35.
I
Presque lent
1:17
36.
II
Sans lenteur
1:33
37.
III
Presque vite
1:00
38.
IV
Lent
1:26
39.
V
Preque vite et très rythmé
1:52
Livre II (1916)
40.
VI
Sans lenteur
4:36
41.
VII
Lent et triste
3:20
42.
VIII
Assez vite et très rythmé
2:55
Livre III (1917)
43.
I
Adagio classique. Lent
4:13
44.
II
Scherzando. Assez vite
1:49
45.
J.S. Bach, Passacaglia BWV582
8:34
Transcription pour Piano par Roger-Ducasse (1918)
Total time: 185:26
Solo:Martin Jones piano
with Adrian Farmer (duet)
Solo Works 17-18 March 2014 & 15-16 September 2014, Duet Works 8 June 2013
Notes
Jean Roger-Ducasse was born in Bordeaux on 18 April 1873. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire from 1892 and in 1895, along with Ravel, joined the composition class of Gabriel Fauré. In 1902 he won the second Grand Prix de Rome with his cantata Alcyone, with Ravel gaining fourth prize. He had a very active role in musical life in Paris founding the Société Musicale Indépendante in 1909 and gaining the position of inspector general for the teaching of singing in Paris schools in 1910. His circle included Fauré, to whom he was a close friend, the famed pianist Marguerite Long, who performed his Six Preludes in 1912, and Debussy, who Roger-Ducasse joined for the premiere of En Blanc et Noir in 1916. In 1935 he succeeded Paul Dukas as Professor of Composition at the Paris Conservatoire, a post he held until the outbreak of World War II after which he retired to Bordeaux. He died in Taillan-Médoc, Gironde on 19 July 1954.
Roger-Ducasse’s compositions include several songs, two string quartets, numerous orchestral and choral pieces, two stage works and a sizeable group of piano pieces. Contrary to the music of Ravel and Debussy Roger-Ducasse’s style is not impressionist but descends from Chopin and more closely aligns with Fauré. The piano music, composed 1906-1923, is typical of his musical language: complex and chromatic, but perfectly formed. It is now high-time to revisit the works of this unjustly forgotten talent.
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Reviews
“Performances that reveal Roger-Ducasse’s extraordinary, quiet gifts.”
Simon Jenner – MusicWeb-International.com – 31 August 2020
**** (Excellent Album) ***(Good Sound)
Jacques Bonnaure - Classica magazine France - March 2016
" Finely recorded, he [Jones] makes it difficult to imagine performances of a greater lucidity and command."
Bryce Morrison - Gramophone magazine - October 2015
Recording of the Month
"... Excellently crafted and superbly performed music well presented"
Paul Corfield Godfray - MusicWeb-International.com - 2 July 2015
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