I borrowed Migot's largest piano work: "Le Zodiaque" (115 pages!!!) - but finally decided not to copy and scan it, simply because I found the music extremely boring, or, to put it more mildly, written in a typically french aesthetics I am unable to appreciate....sorry!I also have the Lemelin Migot recording and am not sold either. Migot's music (for me) doesn't reach the artistic level of Charles Tournemire's 'Préludes-Poemes' or many of Jehan Alain's small but intriguing works for the instrument.naturlaut wrote:Yes, it is a huge score. I have listened to Lemelin's recordings over and over again and I can't say that I am sold. However, I keep my faith because I believe there is something in it. There are a few good moments in it though. It's quite an acquired taste, either one likes it or adamantly not.
You might know already, but there's quite a bit of Ropartz piano music on IMSLP, and some of it isn't blocked. There's a bigger selection of works (including a good few piano works) on Walter Cosand's site.naturlaut wrote:Yes, it is a huge score. I have listened to Lemelin's recordings over and over again and I can't say that I am sold. However, I keep my faith because I believe there is something in it. There are a few good moments in it though. It's quite an acquired taste, either one likes it or adamantly not.
I was at BNP and found that Ropartz also wrote quite a bit of piano music when he was young. Most if not all of those early works are out-of-print, as Durand-Salabert only stocks his later works.
I've always blamed it on myself for not being able to appreciate Migot. There are some nice moments, but they are scarce...4candles wrote:I also have the Lemelin Migot recording and am not sold either. Migot's music (for me) doesn't reach the artistic level of Charles Tournemire's 'Préludes-Poemes' or many of Jehan Alain's small but intriguing works for the instrument.naturlaut wrote:Yes, it is a huge score. I have listened to Lemelin's recordings over and over again and I can't say that I am sold. However, I keep my faith because I believe there is something in it. There are a few good moments in it though. It's quite an acquired taste, either one likes it or adamantly not.
If I remember correctly, there ara a couple of earlier works that are not on IMSLP. I have scribbled down the titles somewhere, let me look for my notebook.Richard0428 wrote: You might know already, but there's quite a bit of Ropartz piano music on IMSLP, and some of it isn't blocked. There's a bigger selection of works (including a good few piano works) on Walter Cosand's site.
On the subject of Tournemire's Preludes-Poems, they're surely one of the great unknown French masterpieces for piano. The last movement is quite overwhelmingly beautiful I think. There's an excellent scan of the work floating around: Fred or Rob (if I remember rightly) was very kind to upload it on this site a few months ago when I asked.
