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Gounod: The Complete Works For Pedal Piano & Orchestra

Roberto Prosseda; Howard Shelley: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDA67975

Release Date:  01 November 2013

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  034571179759

Genres:  Classical  Orchestral  

  • Description

    The Romantic Piano Concerto series reaches 62 and makes an interesting (although temporary) departure: these four works are for pedal piano (a piano which includes a separate keyboard for the feet, to be played rather in the manner of an organ). Gounod was inspired by the talent of the young and apparently very attractive Lucie Palicot (born circa 1860) whom he heard performing Alkan’s music for pedal piano in 1882. Gounod is far better known for his operatic and liturgical compositions: these works show a different side to this nineteenth-century luminary.
    Italian pianist Roberto Prosseda makes his debut on Hyperion. He gave the first modern performance of Gounod’s Concerto for pedal piano and orchestra. His pedal piano repertoire also includes the original works by Schumann, Boely and Alkan and new pieces written for him by Ennio Morricone, Michael Nyman and other contemporary composers.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. <b>Suite concertante in A major</b>
      • 2. <b>Concerto for pedal piano in E flat major</b>
      • 3. <b>Fantaisie sur lhymne national russe</b>
      • 4. <b>Danse roumaine</b>