Research Catalog

Title

The music for solo piano, duo & duet / Jean Françaix.

Author

Françaix, Jean, 1912-1997.

Publication

[Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, Wales] : Wyastone Estate Ltd., [2012], ℗2012.

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Additional Authors

• Jones, Martin, 1940-
• McMahon, Richard (Pianist)
• Farmer, Adrian

Description

3 audio discs : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Piano music

Alternative Title

• Piano music
• Music for solo piano, duo and duet

Subject

• Piano music
• Piano music (4 hands)
• Piano music (4 hands), Arranged
• Piano music (Pianos (2))

Note

• Works for piano solo, piano 4-hands, and 2 pianos ; the 10th originally for orchestra.
• Compact discs.
• Program and biographical notes in English (23 p. : ports.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

• Recorded Feb 14-15, June 22, Oct. 31, and Nov. 1, 14-15, 2011, Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, U.K.

Contents

Disc 1. Scherzo (1932) (2:16) ; Cinq portraits de jeunes filles (1936) (12:56) ; Eloge de la danse. Six épigraphes de Paul Valéry (1947) (11:22) ; Sonate pour piano (1960) (9:29) ; Cinq "bis" (1955) (9:35) ; Danse de trois arlequins (1959) (1:57) ; Huit variations sur le nom de Johannes Gutenberg (1982) (7:30) ; Nocturne (1994) (4:23) -- Disc 2. Huit danse exotiques pour deux pianos (1957) (with Richard McMahon) (10:36) ; 15 portraits d'enfants d'Auguste Renoir (1972) (with Adrian Farmer) (14:19) ; Trois esquisses sur les touches blanches (posth) (4:37) ; La promenade d'un musicologue eclectique (1987) (18:43) ; "De la musique avant tout chose" (1975) (8:46) ; Pour Jacqueline (1922) (7:27) -- Disc 3. Si Versailles m'était conté...suite pour piano (1953) (15:43) ; Napoléon. Suite pour piano a 4 mains (1954) (with Adrian Farmer) (26:39) ; Scuola di ballo sur des thèmes de Boccherini (1933 arr. 1966) (with Richard McMahon) (24:26).

LCCN

0710357588020

OCLC

• ocn810936407
• 810936407
• SCSB-8408060

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries