Good Night! Bertrand Chamayou

• Leoš Janáček (1854 - 1928):
• 1 Janáček: On an Overgrown Path, Book I: No. 7, Good Night! 03:19
• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886):
• 2 Liszt: Wiegenlied, S. 198 03:09
• Sergei Lyapunov (1859 - 1924):
• 3 Lyapunov: 6 Morceaux faciles, Op. 59: No. 2, Berceuse d'une poupée 02:03
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849):
• 4 Chopin: Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57 04:47
• Sergei Lyapunov:
• 5 Lyapunov: 12 Études d'exécution transcendante, Op. 11: No. 1, Berceuse 03:15
• Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887 - 1959):
• 6 Heitor Villa-Lobos: A prole do bebê No.1, W140: No. 6, A pobrezinha 01:37
• Mel Bonis (1858 - 1937):
• 7 Bonis: Miocheries, Op. 126: No. 13, La toute petite s'endort 01:34
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907):
• 8 Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Book 2, Op. 38: No. 1, Berceuse 02:20
• Bryce Dessner (b. 1976):
• 9 Dessner: Song for Octave 03:17
• Ferruccio Busoni (1866 - 1924):
• 10 Busoni: Elegien: No. 7, Berceuse 04:14
• Franz Liszt:
• 11 Liszt: Berceuse, S. 174 (1862 Version) 09:01
• Helmut Lachenmann (b. 1935):
• 12 Lachenmann: Wiegenmusik 03:32
• Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897):
• 13 Brahms / Transcr. Reger: 5 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 4, Wiegenlied 01:41
• Bohuslav Martinů (1890 - 1959):
• 14 Martinů: Film en miniature: No. 3, Berceuse 03:10
• Mily Balakirev (1837 - 1910):
• 15 Balakirev: Berceuse in D-Flat Major 05:11
• Charles-Valentin Alkan (1813 - 1888):
• 16 Alkan: 25 Preludes, Op. 31: No. 13, J'étais endormie, mais mon cœur veillait... 02:54
• Total Runtime 55:04

Info for Good Night!

The sixteen lullabies – or berceuses – that pianist Bertrand Chamayou has chosen for Good Night! form a captivatingly varied album. His programme embraces a diversity of eras and musical cultures: Chopin, Liszt, Grieg and, of course, Brahms through Balakirev, Lyapunov, Alkan, Bonis, Busoni, Janáček, Martinů and Villa-Lobos to Helmut Lachenmann and a world premiere, Bryce Dessner’s Song for Octave. “The lullaby’s place is halfway between dream and reality,” says Chamayou, “There is that special moment as you are falling asleep and you experience all kinds of emotions.”

Bertrand Chamayou, piano

Bertrand Chamayou
has established himself as a personality of the highest level on the international music scene, performing in venues like the Théâtre des Champs Elysées, New York’s Lincoln Center, the Herkulessaal, Musikfest Bremen, Wigmore Hall, New York’s Mostly Mozart Festival, Lucerne Festival, Rheingau Festival, Rotterdam Gergiev Festival, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, and orchestras like the Orchestre de Paris, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, the Deutsche Kammer Philharmonie, the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, the Hessischer Rundfunk Sinfonieorchester, the WDR Sinfonie Orchester, the SWR Sinfonie Orchester, the Orchestre National de France, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec. Bertrand has worked with conductors such as Pierre Boulez, Leonard Slatkin, Neville Marriner, Semyon Bychkov, Michel Plasson, Louis Langrée, Fabien Gabel, Joshua Weilerstein, Jérémie Rhorer, Stéphane Denève, Ludovic Morlot, Andris Nelson.

In the 2013/14 season, Bertrand will debut with the Deutsche Sinfonie Orchester at Berlin’s Philharmonie with Stéphane Denève the NDR Sinfonie Orchester in Hamburg with Semyon Bychkov and the Oregon Symphony Orchestra, ; he will return with the Hessischer Rundfunk Orchester in Frankfurt’s Alte Oper, will tour with Ludovic Morlot and his Orchestre de la Monnaie de Bruxelles, will return for an evening recital at Théâtre des Champs-Elysées and be given a residency with the Orchetsre National de Bordeaux in their brand new auditorium including several orchestral performances, recitals and a tour. He will also tour in the United-States and play a recital at New York’s Lincoln Center.

Bertrand Chamayou released a very successful César Franck CD in March 2010, which was awarded several prizes including Gramophone’s Editor’s Choice. In 2008 his Mendelssohn CD had also been a wide success. He had released in 2006 a very successful Liszt live CD (Transcendental Etudes) for Sony Classical. In 2011, he celebrated Liszt’ 200th anniversary recording the complete Years of Pilgrimage for Naive which he also performed in several venues throughout the world. The album received raving reviews worldwide and got several prizes including Gramophone ‘s Choice. He played the same year with Pierre Boulez and the Orchestre de Paris at Salle Pleyel,. In February 2011, he won a Victoire de la Musique as “Soloist of the Year”.

At 20, Bertrand was a prize-winner at the international Long- Thibaud competition . Born in 1981, Bertrand was very soon remarked by pianist Jean-François Heisser who was later to become his professor at Paris Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique. Bertrand Chamayou completed his training then with Maria Curcio in London and was given precious advice by such great masters as Leon Fleisher, Dimitri Bashkirov and Murray Perahia.

Betrrand has been a regular chamber music player with partners including Renaud and Gautier Capuçon, Quatuor Ebène, Antoine Tamestit, Baiba Skride, Sol Gabetta, Nicolas Baldeyrou. He now regularly performs throughout the world with Sol Gabetta.

Booklet for Good Night!