Charles Owen, Piano. This is Charles Owen’s second disc in the “New Horizons” series (see SOMMCD 028). After Debussy and Ravel, and before Messiaen, Poulenc’s is the most significant body of French solo piano music of the twentieth-century. He combined the Dadaesque qualities of Erik Satie with the deeper, more serious expression of his composition teacher, Charles Koechlin, alongside his own formidable performing mastery as a pianist. Charles Owen’s own words — “One of the great joys in playing this repertoire is the need to recapture the joie de vivre inherent in the music’s conception.”
“A brilliant player with a fantastic touch, flair and sense of style.” – Kultura, Moscow, 2003
On This Recording
- Les soirees de Nazelles: Preambule
- Les soirees de Nazelles: Cadence
- Les soirees de Nazelles: Variation 1: Le comble de la distinction
- Les soirees de Nazelles: Variation 2: Le coer sur la main
- Les soirees de Nazelles: Variation 3: La desinvoltue et la discretion
- Les soirees de Nazelles: Variation 4: La suite dans les idees
- Les soirees de Nazelles: Variation 5: Le charme enjoleur
- Les soirees de Nazelles: Variation 6: Le contentement de soi
- Les soirees de Nazelles: Variation 7: Le gout du malheur
- Les soirees de Nazelles: Variation 8: L'alerte vieillesse
- Les soirees de Nazelles: Cadence
- Les soirees de Nazelles: Finale
- Napoli: I. Barcarolle
- Napoli: II. Nocturne
- Napoli: III. Caprice Italien
- Melancolie: Melancolie, FP 105
- 2 Novelettes: Novelette No. 1 in C Major: Modere sans lenteur
- 2 Novelettes: Novelette No. 2 in B-Flat Minor: Tres rapide et rythme
- 2 Novelettes: Novelette No. 3 in E Minor: Andantino tranquillo
- Improvisations: Improvisation No. 1 in B Minor
- Improvisations: Improvisation No. 2 in A-Flat Major
- Improvisations: Improvisation No. 3 in B Minor
- Improvisations: Improvisation No. 4 in A-Flat Major
- Improvisations: Improvisation No. 5 in A Minor
- Improvisations: Improvisation No. 6 in B-Flat Major
- Improvisations: Improvisation No. 7 in C Major
- Improvisations: Improvisation No. 8 in A Minor
- Improvisations: Improvisation No. 9 in D Major
- Improvisations: Improvisation No. 10 in F Major, "Eloge des gammes"
- Improvisations: Improvisation No. 11 in G Minor
- Improvisations: Improvisation No. 12 in E-Flat Major, "Hommage a Schubert"
- Improvisations: Improvisation No. 13 in A Minor
- Improvisations: Improvisation No. 14 in D-Flat Major
- Improvisations: Improvisation No. 15 in C Minor, "Hommage a Edith Piaf"
