Fauré & Poulenc: Works for Piano & Orchestra Romain Descharmes, Malmö Opera Orchestra & Michael Halász

• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924): Ballade in F-Sharp Major, Op. 19 (Version for Piano & Orchestra):
• 1 Fauré: Ballade in F-Sharp Major, Op. 19 (Version for Piano & Orchestra) 15:06
• Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, FP 146:
• 2 Fauré: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, FP 146: I. Allegretto 09:46
• 3 Fauré: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, FP 146: II. Andante con moto. Commencer très calmement 05:25
• 4 Fauré: Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, FP 146: III. Rondeau a la française. Presto giocoso 04:10
• Fantaisie in G Major, Op. 111:
• 5 Fauré: Fantaisie in G Major, Op. 111 14:59
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963): Aubade, FP 51:
• 6 Poulenc: Aubade, FP 51: Toccata 02:29
• 7 Poulenc: Aubade, FP 51: Les Compagnes de Diane 01:36
• 8 Poulenc: Aubade, FP 51: Diane et compagnes - Entrée de Diane - Sortie de Diane 03:00
• 9 Poulenc: Aubade, FP 51: Toilette de Diane 01:23
• 10 Poulenc: Aubade, FP 51: Introduction à la Variation de Diane 02:04
• 11 Poulenc: Aubade, FP 51: Variation de Diane 02:32
• 12 Poulenc: Aubade, FP 51: Désespoir de Diane 00:38
• 13 Poulenc: Aubade, FP 51: Adieux et départ de Diane 04:22
• Total Runtime 01:07:30

Info for Fauré & Poulenc: Works for Piano & Orchestra

Gabriel Fauré and Francis Poulenc: the works for piano and orchestra by these two French composers present fruitful contrasts. Fauré's ‘Ballade’ in F sharp major is graceful and cheerful, but ends with a Liszt-like climax, while his neglected ‘Fantaisie’ is unmistakable and full of character, although it makes do with only a modest orchestration. Poulenc, himself a gifted pianist, wrote his Piano Concerto for the Boston Symphony Orchestra during his second American tour in 1949, full of seductive melodies and beguiling orchestral colours. The ballet ‘Aubade’ was composed for piano and 18 instruments with a scenario by Poulenc himself. The work foreshadows the concerto and at the same time reveals the influence of Stravinsky.

Romain Descharmes, piano
Malmö Opera Orchestra
Michael Halasz, conductor

Romain Descharmes
Since his noteworthy debut with the Orchestre de Paris in May 2012, Romain Descharmes has established himself as one of the foremost French pianists of his generation. Highly regarded by his fellow musicians, he is in demand for concerts with orchestras and also for recitals and chamber music.

Winner of the Dublin International Piano Competition, he has appeared in concerts in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan, China and elsewhere, collaborating with the Orchestre de Paris (Paavo Järvi and Ingo Metzmacher), Orchestre symphonique de Québec (Enrique Mazzola), Malmö Symphony Orchestra and Aarhus Symphony Orchestra (Marc Soustrot), Orchestre National de Lyon (Leonard Slatkin), Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse (Tugan Sokhiev) and Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.

He has been the guest of several renowned festivals and venues, including La Roque d’Anthéron, Piano aux Jacobins, Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall and the Philharmonie Berlin.

Descharmes has made around 20 recordings of solo piano, spanning orchestral and chamber music. He also teaches, and is a professor at the Conservatoire à rayonnement régional in Paris.

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