Legendary French Pianists ∙ The Swiss Recitals ∙ 2CD

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This marks the second joint release of Madeleine de Valmalète and Monique Haas in our ‘Legendary French Pianists’ series. Both received their education at the Paris Conservatory; however, they pursued different careers in terms of their level of renown and influence on subsequent generations of pianists. While Haas, who was ten years younger, had made extensive commercial recordings and was a regular presence on major concert platforms worldwide, as well as frequently appearing on radio broadcasts, Valmalète remained largely unnoticed by record companies and rarely appeared on radio. Few recordings were made for Polydor and Pathé Marconi, contributing to her failure to achieve the same level of fame as her colleague Haas. Valmalète has been unjustly overlooked, as demonstrated by the two recently discovered recording sessions for Swiss radio presented here for the first time. Among them is an intriguing interpretation of Schumann’s Carnaval. Additionally, Haas made several appearances at radio studios in Basel and Bern, and these recordings are also being made accessible to a wider audience for the first time.

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LEGENDARY FRENCH PIANISTS The Swiss Piano Recitals

CD 1

FAURÉ: Impromptu No 2 in F Minor, Op 31
FAURÉ: Impromptu No 5 in F-sharp Minor, Op 102
FAURÉ: Nocturne No 6 in D-flat Major, Op 63
SCARLATTI: Sonata in A Major, K 39
SCARLATTI: Sonata in E Major, K 380
LISZT: Hungarian Rhapsody No 10 in E Major, HS 244/10
Madeleine de Valmalète ∙ piano
Recorded · 07 January 1957 · Bern · Studio · Radio Bern · Radio Studio Recording

SCHUMANN: Carnaval, Op 9
Madeleine de Valmalète ∙ piano
Recorded · 11 January 1957 · Genève · Studio 2 · Radio Genève · Radio Studio Recording

HAYDN: Sonata in F Major, Hob XVI:23
HAYDN: Fantasia in C Major ‘Capriccio’, Hob XVII:4
Monique Haas ∙ piano
Recorded · 25 March 1974 · Bern · Studio · Radio Bern · Radio Studio Recording

CD 2

DEBUSSY: Images, Book 1, L 110
MILHAUD: L’Automne, three pieces for piano
MESSIAEN: Two Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus (Regard du Père & Noël)
Monique Haas ∙ piano
Recorded · 14 October 1960 · Basel · Studio M3 · Radio Basel · Radio Studio Recording

SCHUMANN: Kreisleriana, Op 16
RAMEAU: Le Rappel des Oiseaux
DEBUSSY: Étude No 7 ‘Pour les degrés chromatiques’, L 136
BARTÓK: Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm from Mikrokosmos
Monique Haas ∙ piano
Recorded · 02 December 1970 · Bern · Studio · Radio Bern · Live Recording

Article number: MC 1079
UPC barcode: 791154051115
Release date: 1 May 2024
Booklet: 12 Pages
Total timing: 71:06 CD1 ∙ 76:49 CD2
From the Original Masters ∙ © 2024 Meloclassic

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