Gabriel Pierné: Complete Works for Piano
Gabriel Pierné, Pierre Dervaux, Diane Andersen
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Featured artists:
Jeanne-Marie Darré, Jean Hubeau, Lily Laskine, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Francois Leleux, Olivier Charlier, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, André Cluytens, Jean Martinon, Pierre Barbizet, Jean-Baptiste Mari, Michel Lasserre de Rozel, Marcel Moyse, Jean-Pierre Jacquillat, Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Orchestre Philharmonique des Pays de Loire, Orchestre des Concerts Colonne, Orchestre National de l’O.R.T.F, Quatuor de saxophones Deffayet, Quatuor de saxophones de la Garde Républicaine†, Quatuor Via Nova, Quatuor Viotti, Trio Pasquier, André Baugé, Kalevi Kiviniemi, Henry Merckel, Louis Cahuzac, Vanessa McKeand, Annie Challan, Emmanuel Strosser,
Gabriel Pierné – French composer, pianist, organist, and conductor – was born and raised in a family of musicians. At the Paris Conservatoire, he formed a stimulating musical friendship with Debussy, one year his senior, and was led by masters such as Massenet and Franck to the Prix de Rome, which he won in 1882. Celebrated as a performer – he succeeded Franck at the great Cavaillé-Coll organ in the Basilica of Saint Clotilde and took over from Mr. Colonne at the head of his eponymous orchestra – Pierné was also honoured as a composer, leaving an inventive and witty body of work with more than fifty opus numbers. This edition presents his compositions in dazzlingly diverse performances, with the composer himself at the piano and baton, inviting the listener on an exciting exploration of his marvellous career.
