French Piano Music

[fleubis]

Nice to see something different from Mereaux. Some of Mereaux's "60 Etudes" are enough to drive people to drink. I will never forget my encounter with Etude No.24 "Bravura" from that set which I regard as the worst etude ever written. Watch this performance and see why:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k57Tl7qAGFs

But this Sonata is quite a substantial work and I've been enjoying playing through it. I like the last movement of this Sonata, "A la douleur". Thanks for posting this rare work, Alfred.

[musiclife217]

Nice to see something different from Mereaux. Some of Mereaux's "60 Etudes" are enough to drive people to drink. I will never forget my encounter with Etude No.24 "Bravura" from that set which I regard as the worst etude ever written. Watch this performance and see why:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k57Tl7qAGFs

But this Sonata is quite a substantial work and I've been enjoying playing through it. I like the last movement of this Sonata, "A la douleur". Thanks for posting this rare work, Alfred.

yes, seconded - you may want to see also the Mereaux selection from the "Method of Methods" series ... not a bad piece ...

[4candles]

Thanks for this Alfor.
It was I, in fact, who requested this scan from the BNF as I had heard it was one of his best works.

Fleubis, it is true that Méreaux's Etudes are, for the most part, very academic, pedantic and uninspiring, but there are a few here and there that display something more.
As musiclife217 points out, number 13 is perhaps the strongest of the lot.

[fleubis]

Thanks, 4candles for pointing out the Mereaux piece. That particular piece escaped my notice in that collection--which is a rather nice assemblage.

[Dani_area_51]

Actually, in my honest opinion I do believe all of these pieces that were selected by Katsaris are of some value, and number 13 is included.
Also, I think it's a very fine recording.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG1ucL58e9U

Regards.

[fleubis]

Katsaris did a wonderful job in picking the best pieces and his performances of these etudes is breathtaking--No.2 took my breath away.

Credit needs to be given to Mereaux for his notation which is really top drawer and makes his intentions crystal clear.

[alfor]

Francis COYE (18??-1925)
Pupil of Isidor Phillipp
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Coye Sonate op.28.pdf

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[fleubis]

Coye's sonata is a substantial but disjointed beast of 5 movements. I agree, Alfred, in that it seems very much like an academic exercise. The 5th movement is an interesting rollick, though.

Thanks for sharing this, Alfred.

[alfor]

You are welcome, dear fleubis!!!

[alfor]

Simone BLANCHARD (1893-19??)
Flots nocturnes (Waves at night; Nightly waves; Nighly waters; Floods at night) op. 14

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Blanchard Flots nocturnes op.14.pdf

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