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| Complete Recordings Of Grieg, Saint Saens, And Pugno | |||||
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Release Date: 03/12/2008 Label: Marston Catalog #: 52054 Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns, Various, Edvard Grieg, Jules Massenet, Claude Debussy, Domenico Scarlatti, George Frideric Handel, Carl Maria von Weber, Felix Mendelssohn, Frédéric Chopin, Raoul Pugno, Benjamin Godard, Louis Diémer Performer: Edvard Grieg, Camille Saint-Saëns, Gabriel Willaume, Meyriane Héglon, Georgette Leblanc, Jules Massenet, Mary Garden, Claude Debussy, Raoul Pugno, Louis Diémer
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I suspect this release is a dream come true for avid collectors of piano rarities. Although the complete flat disc recordings with Grieg, Saint-Saëns, and Debussy at the piano are not new to CD, Ward Marston's newly minted transfers unveil levels of tone color, presence, and definition that far surpass previous reissues. The same goes for the complete surviving recordings by noted French pianists Louis Diémer and Raoul Pugno, along with a unique test pressing that features Jules Massenet accompanying soprano Georgette Leblanc.
Those familiar with the Grieg, Debussy, Diémer, and Pugno sides are all too aware of the source material's pitch fluctuations causing an irritating vibrato-like "wow", as if the pianists had been recorded underwater. Thanks to a software program developed by Dimitri Antsos, the problem is at long last eliminated and the recordings sound better than ever. Consequently, we can experience Pugno's unusually slow, hypnotically sustained tempo for the Chopin F-sharp Nocturne Op. 15 No. 2 without getting seasick; and we can better ascertain Debussy's limpid tone as he accompanies Mary Garden in three of his Ariettes Oublées and Mes longs cheveux descendent from Pelléas et Mélisande Act 3. Listeners who think of Grieg's Lyric Pieces as lightweight fluff tinted in delicate pastels will be surprised, even startled by the composer's intensity, nervous energy, and headlong tempos. As for the Saint-Saëns and Diémer recordings, see my previous comments. Ward Marston and his colleagues deserve big bravos and heartfelt thanks for the care, intelligence, and expertise with which they present these important recorded documents to the public. --Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com |
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| 1. |
Sonata for Piano in E minor, Op. 7: 3rd movement, Alla Menuetto by Edvard Grieg | ||||
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Performer:
Edvard Grieg (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1865/1887; Norway |
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Date of Recording: 5/2/1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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Humoresques (4) for Piano, Op. 6: no 2, Tempo di Menuetto by Edvard Grieg | ||||
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Performer:
Edvard Grieg (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1865; Norway |
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Date of Recording: 5/2/1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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Pictures (3) from life in the country, Op. 19: no 2, The bridal procession passes by Edvard Grieg | ||||
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Performer:
Edvard Grieg (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: Norway |
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Date of Recording: 5/2/1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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Lyric Pieces (6), Book 3, Op. 43: no 1, Butterfly by Edvard Grieg | ||||
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Performer:
Edvard Grieg (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1886; Norway |
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Date of Recording: 5/2/1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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Lyric Pieces (6), Book 3, Op. 43: no 6, In Springtime by Edvard Grieg | ||||
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Performer:
Edvard Grieg (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1886; Norway |
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Date of Recording: 5/2/1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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Lyric Pieces (6), Book 5, Op. 54: no 2, Norwegian March by Edvard Grieg | ||||
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Performer:
Edvard Grieg (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1891; Norway |
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Date of Recording: 5/2/1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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Lyric Pieces (6), Book 8, Op. 65: no 6, Wedding day at Trolhaugen by Edvard Grieg | ||||
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Performer:
Edvard Grieg (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1897; Norway |
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Date of Recording: 5/2/1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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Lyric Pieces (7), Book 10, Op. 71: no 7, Remembrances by Edvard Grieg | ||||
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Performer:
Edvard Grieg (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1901; Norway |
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Date of Recording: 5/2/1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 22: Excerpt(s) by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||||
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Performer:
Camille Saint-Saëns (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1868; France |
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Date of Recording: 6/26/1904 Venue: Paris, France |
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Rhapsodie d'Auvergne for Piano and Orchestra in C major, Op. 73 by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||||
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Performer:
Camille Saint-Saëns (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1884; France |
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Date of Recording: 6/26/1904 Venue: Paris, France |
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| 11. |
Africa, Op. 89 by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||||
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Performer:
Camille Saint-Saëns (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1891; France |
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Date of Recording: 6/26/1904 Venue: Paris, France |
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| Notes: This selection is an improvised cadenza on "Africa." | |||||
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Valse mignonne in E flat major, Op. 104 by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||||
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Performer:
Camille Saint-Saëns (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1896; France |
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Date of Recording: 6/26/1904 Venue: Paris, France |
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Valse nonchalante in D flat major, Op. 110 by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||||
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Performer:
Camille Saint-Saëns (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1898; France |
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Date of Recording: 6/26/1904 Venue: Paris, France |
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Mazurka for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 21 by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||||
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Performer:
Camille Saint-Saëns (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1862; France |
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Date of Recording: 11/24/1919 Venue: Paris, France |
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Suite algérienne in C major, Op. 60: 3rd movement, Rêverie du soir by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||||
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Performer:
Camille Saint-Saëns (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1880; France |
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Date of Recording: 11/24/1919 Venue: Paris, France |
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| 16. |
Marche Militaire Française by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||||
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Performer:
Camille Saint-Saëns (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1880; France |
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Date of Recording: 11/24/1919 Venue: Paris, France |
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Valse mignonne in E flat major, Op. 104 by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||||
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Performer:
Camille Saint-Saëns (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1896; France |
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Date of Recording: 11/24/1919 Venue: Paris, France |
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Le déluge, Op. 45: Prelude by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||||
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Performer:
Gabriel Willaume (Violin),
Camille Saint-Saëns (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1875; France |
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Date of Recording: 11/26/1920 Venue: Paris, France |
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Elegie for Violin and Piano, Op. 143 by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||||
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Performer:
Gabriel Willaume (Violin),
Camille Saint-Saëns (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1915; France |
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Date of Recording: 11/26/1920 Venue: Paris, France |
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Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra in E major, Op. 83 by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||||
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Performer:
Camille Saint-Saëns (Piano),
Gabriel Willaume (Violin)
Period: Romantic Written: 1887; France |
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Date of Recording: 11/26/1920 Venue: Paris, France |
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Ascanio: La, la, la, la (Scozzone's Aria) by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||||
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Performer:
Camille Saint-Saëns (Piano),
Meyriane Héglon (Mezzo Soprano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1890; France |
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Date of Recording: 6/26/1904 Venue: Paris, France |
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Samson et Dalila, Op. 47: Printemps, qui commence by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||||
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Performer:
Meyriane Héglon (Mezzo Soprano),
Camille Saint-Saëns (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1877; France |
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Date of Recording: 6/26/1904 Venue: Paris, France |
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Rêverie by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||||
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Performer:
Meyriane Héglon (Mezzo Soprano),
Camille Saint-Saëns (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1851; France |
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Date of Recording: 6/26/1904 Venue: Paris, France |
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Mélodies persanes (6), Op. 26: no 3, La solitaire by Camille Saint-Saëns | ||||
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Performer:
Meyriane Héglon (Mezzo Soprano),
Camille Saint-Saëns (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1870; France |
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Date of Recording: 6/26/1904 Venue: Paris, France |
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Sapho: Pendant un au je fus ta femme by Jules Massenet | ||||
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Performer:
Georgette Leblanc (Soprano),
Jules Massenet (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1897/1909; France |
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Date of Recording: 1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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Pelléas et Mélisande: Mes longs chevaux by Claude Debussy | ||||
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Performer:
Mary Garden (Soprano),
Claude Debussy (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1893-1902; France |
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Date of Recording: 1904 Venue: Paris, France |
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Ariettes oubliées: no 2, Il pleure dans mon coeur by Claude Debussy | ||||
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Performer:
Mary Garden (Soprano),
Claude Debussy (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1885-1888; France |
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Date of Recording: 1904 Venue: Paris, France |
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Ariettes oubliées: no 3, L'ombre des arbres by Claude Debussy | ||||
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Performer:
Mary Garden (Soprano),
Claude Debussy (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1885; France |
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Date of Recording: 1904 Venue: Paris, France |
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Ariettes oubliées: no 5, Green by Claude Debussy | ||||
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Performer:
Mary Garden (Soprano),
Claude Debussy (Piano)
Period: 20th Century Written: 1886; France |
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Date of Recording: 1904 Venue: Paris, France |
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| 30. |
Sonata for Harpsichord in E major, K 495/L 426 by Domenico Scarlatti | ||||
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Performer:
Raoul Pugno (Piano)
Period: Baroque Written: 18th Century |
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Date of Recording: 1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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| 31. |
Arias (2) for Winds: no 2 in F, HWV 411: Gavotte Varie by George Frideric Handel | ||||
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Performer:
Raoul Pugno (Piano)
Period: Baroque Written: c125; London, England |
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| 32. |
Rondo brillante for Piano in E flat major, J 252/Op. 62 "La gaité" by Carl Maria von Weber | ||||
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Performer:
Raoul Pugno (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1819; Dresden, Germany |
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Date of Recording: 1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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| 33. |
Fantasies or Caprices (3) for Piano, Op. 16: no 2 in E minor, Scherzo by Felix Mendelssohn | ||||
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Performer:
Raoul Pugno (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1829; Germany |
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Date of Recording: 1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b: no 3, Molto allegro in A major "Hunting Song" by Felix Mendelssohn | ||||
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Performer:
Raoul Pugno (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1829; Germany |
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Date of Recording: 1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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Songs without words, vol 6, Op. 67: no 4, Presto in C major "Spinning Song" by Felix Mendelssohn | ||||
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Performer:
Raoul Pugno (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1841-1845; Germany |
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Date of Recording: 1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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| 36. |
Impromptu for Piano no 1 in A flat major, B 110/Op. 29 by Frédéric Chopin | ||||
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Performer:
Raoul Pugno (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1837; Paris, France |
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Date of Recording: 1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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| 37. |
Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57 by Frédéric Chopin | ||||
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Performer:
Raoul Pugno (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1844; Paris, France |
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Date of Recording: 1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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| 38. |
Nocturnes (3) for Piano, Op. 15: no 2 in F sharp major by Frédéric Chopin | ||||
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Performer:
Raoul Pugno (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1830-1831; Poland |
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Date of Recording: 1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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| 39. |
Waltzes (3) for Piano, Op. 34: no 1 in A flat major, B 94 "Valse brillante" by Frédéric Chopin | ||||
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Performer:
Raoul Pugno (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1835; Paris, France |
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Date of Recording: 1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, B 128/Op. 35 "Funeral March": 3rd movement by Frédéric Chopin | ||||
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Performer:
Raoul Pugno (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1837; Paris, France |
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Date of Recording: 1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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| 41. |
Valse lente by Raoul Pugno | ||||
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Performer:
Raoul Pugno (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: France |
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Date of Recording: 1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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| 42. |
Sérénade à la lune by Raoul Pugno | ||||
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Performer:
Raoul Pugno (Piano)
Period: Romantic |
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Date of Recording: 1903 Venue: Paris, France |
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Songs without words, vol 6, Op. 67: no 4, Presto in C major "Spinning Song" by Felix Mendelssohn | ||||
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Performer:
Louis Diémer (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1841-1845; Germany |
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Date of Recording: 1904 Venue: Paris, France |
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Nocturnes (2) for Piano, Op. 27: no 2 in D flat major, B 96 by Frédéric Chopin | ||||
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Performer:
Louis Diémer (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: 1835; Paris, France |
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Date of Recording: 1904 Venue: Paris, France |
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| 45. |
Valse chromatique by Benjamin Godard | ||||
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Performer:
Louis Diémer (Piano)
Period: Romantic Written: France |
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Date of Recording: 1904 Venue: Paris, France |
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| 46. |
Grand valse de concert for Piano in D flat major, Op. 37 by Louis Diémer | ||||
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Performer:
Louis Diémer (Piano)
Period: 20th Century |
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Date of Recording: 1904 Venue: Paris, France |
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| 47. |
Chant du nautonier, Op. 12: Caprice de concert in D major by Louis Diémer | ||||
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Performer:
Louis Diémer (Piano)
Period: 20th Century |
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Date of Recording: 1904 Venue: Paris, France |
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| 48. |
Grand valse de concert for Piano in D flat major, Op. 37 by Louis Diémer | ||||
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Performer:
Louis Diémer (Piano)
Period: 20th Century |
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Date of Recording: 1906 Venue: Paris, France |
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| 49. |
Chant du nautonier, Op. 12: Caprice de concert in D major by Louis Diémer | ||||
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Performer:
Louis Diémer (Piano)
Period: 20th Century |
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Date of Recording: 1906 Venue: Paris, France |
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