EARLY PIANO
CD1 JOHANN GOTTLIEB GRAUN (1703-1771) 1. 2. 3.
TRIO A CEMBALO, VIOLA DA GAMBA E BASSO IN C MAJOR, WENDT 87 I. ALLEGRO NON MOLTO II. (ANDANTE) III. ALLEGRO
5’37 5’28 5’57
CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH (1714-1788) 4. 5. 6. 7.
SONATA PER CEMBALO CONC(ERTATO) E VIOLINO IN D MAJOR (TRANSCRIPTION FOR VIOLA DA GAMBA), WQ 71 I. ADAGIO MA NON MOLTO II. ALLEGRO III. ADAGIO IV. MINUETTO I / MINUETTO II
3’17 2’34 3’41 2’26
CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH SINFONIA PER 2 VIOLINI E BASSO IN A MINOR (TRANSCRIPTION FOR OBBLIGATO KEYBOARD & VIOLA DA GAMBA), WQ 156 8. I. ALLEGRO ASSAI 9. II. ANDANTINO 10. III. LA COORL, TEMPO DI MINUETTO
5’38 3’26 2’20
ANONYMOUS, BERLIN SCHOOL
[ATTRIBUTED TO LUDWIG CHRISTIAN HESSE, 1716-1772]
SONATA FOR VIOLA DA GAMBA AND HARPSICHORD IN D MAJOR, AMALIEN-BIBLIOTHEK 585 11. I. ALLEGRETTO 12. II. POCO ADAGIO 13. III. POCO ALLEGRO
6’23 3’54 4’25
CARL PHILIPP EMANUEL BACH SONATA A 2 VIOLINI E BASSO (TRANSCRIPTION FOR OBBLIGATO KEYBOARD & VIOLA DA GAMBA), IN C MINOR, „GESPRÄCH ZWISCHEN EINEM SANGUINEUS UND MELANCHOLICUS“, WQ 161/1 14. I. ALLEGRETTO (MELANCHOLICUS) / PRESTO (SANGUINEUS) - DIALOGUE 15. II. ADAGIO 16. III. ALLEGRETTO TOTAL TIME: 71’52
LUCILE BOULANGER VIOLA DA GAMBA
François Bodart, 2006, based on Joachim Tielke, Seven-String bass viol
ARNAUD DE PASQUALE FORTEPIANO
Kerstin Schwarz, based on Johann Gottfried Silbermann, 1749 Kerstin Schwarz, based on Bartolomeo Cristofori, 1722 & 1726 (Sinfonia in A Minor)
LAURENT STEWART FORTEPIANO (1-3)
5’20 4’12 7’11
CD2 JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809) 1. 2. 3.
SONATA IN F MAJOR, HOB.XVI:23 I. ALLEGRO MODERATO II. ADAGIO III. FINALE. PRESTO
4.
IMPROVISED TRANSITION FROM F MAJOR TO E FLAT MAJOR
5. 6. 7.
SONATA IN E FLAT MAJOR, HOB.XVI:28 I. ALLEGRO MODERATO II. MENUETTO – TRIO III. FINALE. PRESTO
8.
IMPROVISED TRANSITION FROM E FLAT MAJOR TO C MAJOR
SONATA IN C MAJOR HOB.XVI:48 9. I. ANDANTE CON ESPRESSIONE 10. II. RONDO. PRESTO 11. IMPROVISED TRANSITION FROM C MAJOR TO F MAJOR 12. ADAGIO IN F MAJOR, HOB. XVII:9 13. ANDANTE CON VARIAZIONI IN F MINOR (1793), HOB. XVII:6 TOTAL TIME: 75’37
BOBBY MITCHELL FORTEPIANO
Anonymous, Vienna, 1799 – restauration Chris Maene
7’57 7’50 4’31 0’40
10’29 3’46 3’13 0’50
6’41 4’13 0’52 4’19 20’07
CD3 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827) 1. 2.
PIANO SONATA NO.30 IN E MAJOR, OP.109 I. VIVACE, MA NON TROPPO II. PRESTISSIMO III. GESANGVOLL, MIT INNIGER EMPFINDUNG. ANDANTE MOLTO CANTABILE ED ESPRESSIVO
3. 4. 5. 6.
PIANO SONATA NO.31 IN A FLAT MAJOR, OP.110 I. MODERATO CANTABILE MOLTO ESPRESSIVO II. ALLEGRO MOLTO IIIA. ADAGIO, MA NON TROPPO IIIB. FUGA. ALLEGRO, MA NON TROPPO
7. 8.
PIANO SONATA NO.32 IN C MINOR, OP.111 I. MAESTOSO – ALLEGRO CON BRIO ED APPASSIONATO II. ARIETTA. ADAGIO MOLTO SEMPLICE CANTABILE TOTAL TIME: 66’01
ALEXEI LUBIMOV FORTEPIANO Alois Graff, 1828
6’35 12’39
6’28 2’33 3’45 7’38
9’21 17’01
CD4 LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN 1.
32 VARIATIONS ON AN ORIGINAL THEME IN C MINOR WOO 80
2. 3.
PIANO SONATA IN G MINOR NO.19, ‘SONATE FACILE’, OP.49 NO.1 I. ANDANTE II. RONDO. ALLEGRO
3’38
4.
FANTASIA, OP.77
9’43
5. 6.
PIANO SONATA IN G MAJOR NO.20, ‘SONATE FACILE’, OP.49 NO.2 I. ALLEGRO MA NON TROPPO II. TEMPO DI MINUETTO
4’30 3’05
‘PROMETHEUS’ VARIATIONS, OP.35 (INTRODUCTION, 15 VARIATIONS AND A FUGUE IN E FLAT MAJOR ON AN ORIGINAL THEME)
25’26
7.
TOTAL TIME: 61’48
OLGA PASHCHENKO FORTEPIANO
Christopher Clarke (serial No.11) after Fritz, Vienna, c.1818
11’41
3’45
CD5 PIERRE-JEAN DE BÉRANGER (1780-1857) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
LES INFINIMENTS PETITS L’ALCHIMISTE LE SOIR DES NOCES MON HABIT LA MORT DU DIABLE LE PAPE MUSULMAN CE N’EST PLUS LISETTE LAIDEUR ET BEAUTÉ MON ENTERREMENT LE VIEUX CAPORAL LES GUEUX LE VIEUX VAGABOND LES CINQ ÉTAGES LA BONNE VIEILLE NOTRE GLOBE TOTAL TIME: 63’25
ARNAUD MARZORATI BARITONE YVES RECHSTEINER HARMONIUM FREDDY EICHELBERGER PIANINO PLEYEL 1845, collection Philippe Jolly
3’40 3’43 3’33 3’50 3’51 2’56 6’00 4’36 4’06 5’08 3’04 5’01 5’17 4’43 3’28
CD6 FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.
WINTERREISE, D.911 GUTE NACHT DIE WETTERFAHNE GEFRORNE TRÄNEN ERSTARRUNG DER LINDENBAUM WASSERFLUT AUF DEM FLUSSE RÜCKBLICK IRRLICHT RAST FRÜHLINGSTRAUM EINSAMKEIT DIE POST DER GREISE KOPF DIE KRÄHE LETZTE HOFFNUNG IM DORFE DER STÜRMISCHE MORGEN TÄUSCHUNG DER WEGWEISER DAS WIRTSHAUS MUT!
5’39 1’39 2’30 2’47 4’50 4’38 3’18 2’11 2’55 3’35 3’53 2’28 2’29 2’58 1’35 2’06 3’06 0’50 1’28 3’45 3’59 1’28
23. DIE NEBENSONNEN 24. DER LEIERMANN TOTAL TIME: 71’00
THOMAS BAUER BARITONE JOS VAN IMMERSEEL FORTEPIANO Christofer Clarke, 1988, Cluny
2’48 3’55
CD7 FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810-1849) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
POLONAISE IN C SHARP MINOR, OP.26 NO.1 TROIS ECOSSAISES, OP.72 NO.3 VALSE IN E MINOR, OP. POSTHUME TARENTELLE IN A FLAT MAJOR, OP.43 LÄNDLER & TRIO IN A FLAT MAJOR, OP. POSTHUME GRANDE VALSE BRILLANTE IN F MAJOR, OP.34 NO.3 POLONAISE IN E FLAT MINOR, OP.26 NO.2 CONTREDANSE IN G FLAT MAJOR VALSE IN D FLAT MAJOR, OP.64 NO.1 VALSE IN C SHARP MINOR, OP.64 NO.2 CANTABILE IN B FLAT MAJOR BOLÉRO IN C MAJOR, OP.19 GRANDE VALSE BRILLANTE IN A MINOR, OP.34 NO.2 4 MAZURKAS, OP.6 TOTAL TIME: 66’15
ARTHUR SCHOONDERWOERD PIANO Ignace Pleyel, 1836
8’35 2’44 3’46 4’06 3’16 3’05 9’44 1’43 2’22 3’52 0’57 7’35 5’11 9’05
CD8 ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856) 1. 2. 3. 4.
TRIO NO.1 IN D MINOR, OP.63 I. MIT ENERGIE UND LEIDENSCHAFT II. LEBHAFT, DOCH NICHT ZU RASCH III. LANGSAM, MIT INNIGER EMPFINDUNG IV. MIT FEUER
5. 6. 7. 8.
TRIO NO.2 IN F MAJOR, OP.80 I. SEHR LEBHAFT II. MIT INNIGEN AUSDRUCK III. IN MÄSSIGER BEWEGUNG IV. NICHT ZU RASCH TOTAL TIME: 60’19
GORDON NICOLITCH VIOLIN Christophe Coin cello
ÉRIC LE SAGE PIANO
Steinway 1875 – Private Collection, Chris Maene
12’30 4’51 7’01 8’21
7’50 7’49 5’31 5’54
CD9 ROBERT SCHUMANN 1. 2. 3. 4.
TRIO NO.3 IN G MINOR, OP.110 I. BEWEGT, DOCH NICHT ZU RASCH II. ZIEMLICH LANGSAM III. RASCH IV. KRÄFTIG, MIT HUMOR
5. 6. 7. 8.
FANTASIESTÜCKE IN A MINOR, OP.88 I. ROMANZE, NICHT SCHNELL, MIT INNIGEN AUSDRUCK II. HUMORESKE, LEBHAFT III. DUETT, LANGSAM UND MIT AUSDRUCK IV. FINALE, IN MARSCH – TEMPO
9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.
6 STUDIEN IN KANONISCHER FORM, OP.56 I. NICHT ZU SCHNELL II. MIT INNIGEN AUSDRUCK III. ANDANTINO IV. INNIG V. NICHT ZU SCHNELL VI. ADAGIO TOTAL TIME: 62’37
9’16 6’10 3’58 7’12
2’13 7’17 3’17 6’15
2’09 3’58 1’33 2’41 2’27 3’26
PAUL MEYER CLARINET [9-14] GORDON NICOLITCH VIOLIN [1-8] CHRISTOPHE COIN CELLO ÉRIC LE SAGE PIANO
Steinway 1875 – Private Collection, Chris Maene
CD10 FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886) 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24.
MAZEPPA HARMONIES POÉTIQUES & RELIGIEUSES III, S.173 : VII. FUNÉRAILLES ÉTUDES D’EXÉCUTION TRANSCENDANTE, S.139 : III. PAYSAGE ÉTUDES D’EXÉCUTION TRANSCENDANTE, S.139 : IV. MAZEPPA 6 POLISH SONGS, S.480: II. WIOSNA (SPRING) 6 POLISH SONG, S. 480: III. PIERŚCIEŃ (THE RING) I IV. HULANKA (MERRYMAKING) ANNÉES DE PÈLERINAGE II, S.161 : I. SPOSALIZIO ANNÉES DE PÈLERINAGE II, S.161 : II. IL PENSEROSO LIEBESTRÄUME, S.541: II. SELIGER TOD LIEBESTRÄUME, S.541: III. OH LIEB, SO LANG DU LIEBEN KANNST IMPROVISATION TOTAL TIME: 59’58
PATRICK SCHEYDER PIANO Ignace Pleyel, 1846
11’45 4’24 9’08 2’15 4’59 8’30 3’58 4’57 5’10 4’23
CD1
CD6
[ALPHA202]
[ZZT101102]
RECORDED IN DECEMBER 2014 AT THE STUDIO FLAGEY, BRUSSELS ALINE BLONDIAU RECORDING AND EDITING
RECORDED IN AUGUST 2009 AT CONCERTGEBOUW, BRUGGE STEPHAN SCHELLMANN – TRITONUS RECORDING AND EDITING
CD2 [ALPHA196]
CD7
RECORDED IN JANUARY 2014 AT CONCERTGEBOUW, BRUGGE RAINER ARNDT RECORDING AND EDITING
[ALPHA040]
CD3
RECORDED IN DECEMBER 2002 AT THE CHAPELLE DE L’HÔPITAL NOTRE-DAME DE BON SECOURS, PARIS HUGUES DESCHAUX RECORDING AND EDITING
[ZZT110103]
RECORDED IN JULY 2009 AT THE CHURCH DOOPSGEZINDE GEMEENTE, HAARLEM FRANCK JAFFRÈS RECORDING ALBAN MORAUD EDITING CD4
CD8 & CD9 [ALPHA158]
RECORDED IN AUGUST AND NOVEMBER 2009 AT THE SALLE PHILHARMONIQUE, LIÈGE JEAN-MARC LAISNÉ RECORDING AND EDITING
[ALPHA201]
CD10
RECORDED IN MAY 2014 AT THE TEMPLE SAINT-MARCEL, PARIS FRANCK JAFFRÈS RECORDING AND EDITING
[ALPHA119]
CD5
RECORDED IN AUGUST 2006 AND FEBRUARY 2007 AT THE THÉÂTRE DU CLOÎTRE, BELLAC PASCAL MONTORNES RECORDING AND EDITING
[ALPHA131]
VALÉRIE LAGARDE & AURORE DUHAMEL
RECORDED IN NOVEMBER 2007 AT THE CHAPELLE DE L’HÔPITAL NOTRE-DAME DE BON SECOURS, PARIS HUGUES DESCHAUX RECORDING AND EDITING
DESIGN & ARTWORK
ALPHA CLASSICS DIDIER MARTIN DIRECTOR LOUISE BUREL PRODUCTION AMÉLIE BOCCON-GIBOD EDITORIAL COORDINATOR
ALPHA 569