Études Poétiques

P. Lemoine analyse quelques fables de J. de La Fontaine en mettant en avant les arguments moraux qu'elles soulèvent à propos de la vie, de l'amour, de la mort, de la nature, etc. …

Quel compositeur n'a, au moins occasionnellement, écrit pour la voix, le plus humain des instruments de musique, et n'a cherché à y exprimer le plus intime de lui-même, ses amours et ses nostalgies? Qui n'a fredonné telle mélodie, tel lied? Qui n'a éprouvé les joies musicales les plus raffinées à ces noces mystérieuses du verbe et des sons? Ce guide nourrit l'ambition de " donner à entendre " en même temps que d'enrichir la connaissance et de susciter la réflexion sur un répertoire extrêmement riche. …

Many collectors would agree that Sviatoslav Richter was the greatest pianist of the 20th century. His enormous recorded legacy hides hundreds of treasures, many of which are included in this beautiful 51CD set. Released to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth (20th March 2015), the edition encompasses his complete Decca, Philips and DG recordings, including his Sofia Recital as well as his collaborations with Rostropovich, Karajan and Benjamin Britten.

Although Claudio Arrau had impressive credentials as a Liszt player - his only teacher was Martin Krause, who was a student of Liszt - and he performed many of the composer's works early in his career, he neither exploited this association, nor became known as a Liszt specialist. Perhaps this was because Krause warned him not to become a specialist in the music of any one composer, urging him instead to embrace all music. Consequently, the younger Arrau's repertoire was very large; however, as he grew older he concentrated on fewer composers, moving as it were from the universal to the particular applying almost prophetic insight into certain scores, especially those of Beethoven and Liszt.