Alfor's Rarities

[Timtin]

Posted as an example for the piano style of this well-known but rarely played composer:

Francis POULENC
Five Impromptus

Poulenc 5 Impromptus.pdf

Performances of Poulenc's piano music ARE unreasonably rare for some reason but his chamber music is quite popular. The very first piece of Poulenc I learned, and still one of my favorites, is the little piece "Pastourelle" which really captivated me after hearing Rubinstein perform it--check it out on YouTube. Great fun to play the Impromptu's again.

I thought that his Trois Mouvements Perpetuels No1 was incredibly popular.

[porilo]

I love Poulenc's 1st Nocturne in C major. It was one of the grade 8 pieces around 10 years ago.

[alfor]

RLS scan:

Louis BRASSIN
Trois Morceaux d'apres D. Scarlatti
I Scherzo
II Andante
III Capriccio

Brassin 3 Morceaux d'apres Scarlatti.pdf

[alfor]

Posted as an example for the piano style of a forgotten French pianist and composer:

Lucien WURMSER (see: viewtopic.php?f=11&t=68&p=15662&hilit=wurmser#p15662)
Scenes Pittoresques
No. 1 Recueillement

Wurmser Scenes Pittoresques #1.pdf

(alfor scan!)

[alfor]

dito:

Lucien WURMSER
Scenes Pittoresques
No. 2 Scherzetto

Wurmser Scenes Pittoresques #2.pdf

[fleubis]

Alfor, today I must wax enthusiastic on the Brassin transcriptions of Scarlatti. That first piece is one I got to perform in concert some decades ago, but in the Scarlatti original. Wurmser little pieces are nice diversions and I note in the second one, an appearance of the famous "cross-relation" and explicitly pointed out in the score, too! Thanks for posting these.

I am glad to see some enthusiasm for Poulenc here in Pianophilia, a composer whose works will never go out of style

[alfor]

dito:

Lucien WURMSER
Scenes Pittoresques
No. 3 Spleen

Wurmser Scenes Pittoresques #3.pdf

[alfor]

dito:

Lucien WURMSER
Scenes Pittoresques
No. 4 Souvenir

Wurmser Scenes Pittoresques #4.pdf

[alfor]

dito:

Lucien WURMSER
Scenes Pittoresques
No. 5 Prière

Wurmser Scenes Pittoresques #5.pdf

[alfor]

dito:

Lucien WURMSER
Scenes Pittoresques
No. 6 Jeux

Wurmser Scenes Pittoresques #6.pdf