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Vierne: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1
Label Catalogue Number:
8.574296
8.574296
Running Time: 00:58:52
Release Date: October 2021
Originally recorded in October 2021
Originally recorded in October 2021
Genre:
Classical
Piano
Classical
Piano
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Louis Vierne is renowned as one of the most brilliant of all French organ composers. His piano works are little known despite their colourful, imaginative and inspiring treatment of the instrument. The early Deux Pièces owe their lyrical style to Mendelssohn, while the Suite bourguignonne exudes an atmosphere of joie de vivre and romantic contentment. Impressionism can be heard in the Trois Nocturnes, the third of which is considered one of Vierne’s masterpieces with its evocative use of birdsong, while the shadows of war echo in the solemn Poème des cloches funèbres. This is the first of two albums covering repertoire that deserves a place in the pantheon of French piano music.
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Reviews
“… this is the first of two volumes of Vierne’s piano music. The style is colourful, imaginative, with a Mendelssohnian lyricism and rich harmonic language redolent of his organ music. I particularly enjoyed the 3 Nocturnes and the Poeme des Cloches Funebres, a memorial dated Christmas 1916 in some of the darkest days of WWI. It is good to hear fine performances of these neglected pieces..."
Robert Delcamp – American Record Guide – March/April 2022
**** Excellent Album
Jacques Bonnaure – Classica magazine (France) – March 2022
“… The playing by Sergio Monteiro captures the magic of this music. He can seize Vierne’s “colourful, imaginative and inspiring” approach to the piano. The recording is superb. The liner notes by Peter Siepmann are excellent; they give a brief overview of the composer’s life and achievement, detailed notes about each piece, and successfully manages to fit them into Vierne’s overall achievement. Bearing in mind that there are few other sources of information about this music, they make essential reading… I enjoyed this exploration of Louis Vierne’s piano oeuvre. To whom will this disc appeal? I guess that listeners who appreciate the great tradition of French piano music, from Alkan to Messiaen. It fills a gap that has been ignored by most recitalists and I look forward to the second volume soon.”
John France – MusicWeb-International.com – 23 November 2021
Performance *** Recording ****
“… In these five delightful pieces we hear the natural, undutiful composer at play.”
Roger Nichols – BBC Music magazine – Christmas 2021
“… Sergio Monteiro introduces us to the intimate facet of composer Louis Vierne, the one that doesn’t make the organ pipes roar, but conjures up delicate, impressionistic sounds. The pianist knows exactly how to create moods, how to distil refined tones, to let the music rest and reverberate inwardly, so that it also has an emotional effect. Sergio Monteiro plays with restraint, also – and especially in the Suite Bourguignonne – to avoid any postcard romanticism. Here it is about the light of Burgundy, about perfumes, about the people who make up the country. The interpreter sketches these watercolor outlines delicately. He is a sensitive and attentive observer and brings his impressions and reflections to the piano in fine tonal colors.” ****
Guy Engels – Pizzicato.lu – 11 November 2021
“A promising start to a project that is more than worthy – full of music to delight and please.”
Rob Barnett – MusicWeb-International.com – 28 October 2021
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