5.4.1869 Tourcoing - 23.8.1937 Royan
Many renowned musicians have performed world premieres by Albert Roussel, such as Alfred Cortot, Jane Bathori, Robert Casadesus, Serge Koussevitzky, Marthe Dron and Louis Fournier. Roussel's music had a great impact on subsequent generations of composers. Even Witold Lutosławski described the important influence of Roussel's 1st Symphony on his own music.
Roussel wrote a rather small but varied oeuvre for piano: a compact, gripping Piano Concerto (1927), some solo works and chamber music with piano. His short composition Acceuil des Muses (1920) in memoriam Claude Debussy is particularly moving.
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Concerto pour piano et orchestre (1927)
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Claude Helfer (piano), l’orchestre des Cento soli, Serge Baudo (dir)
1. Allegro molto (00:00) 2. Adagio (04:15) 3. Allegro con spirito (13:28)
Find more information about the piano concerto in a essay worth reading by Christoph Schlüren (D/E):
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Suite for Piano, Op. 14 (1909-1910)
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1. Prélude 2. Sicilienne 3. Bourrée 4. Ronde
Alain Raës - piano
(Recording 1979)
L'Accueil des Muses (in memoriam Debussy) pour piano (1920)
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Tomer Lev - Piano
Joueurs de flûte (1924) pour flûte & piano
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1. Pan - 2.Tityre - 3. Krishna - 4. Mr. de la Péjaudie
Jiří Válek- flute, Josef Hála - piano
Trio pour piano, violon et violoncelle op. 2 (1902; rév. 1927)
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1. Modéré, sans lenteur 2. Lent 3. Tres lent-Vif et gaîment
Jet Röling, piano; Jean-Jacques Kantorow, violin; Herre-Jan Stegenga, cello
(Recorded 1994)
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Albert Roussel: composer of the week No. 20 / June 2018