Roberto Prosseda – Gounod: Piano Works (2018) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Born in 1975, the Italian pianist Robert Prosseda is without equal when it comes to discovering rare works, like previously unseen pieces by Mendelssohn; or compositions for piano by Salieri, Rossini or Caetani. And here he is with Charles Gounod’s works for keyboards, after having exhumed the composer’s Concerto pour piano-pédalier et orchestre, which he first performed in concert in 2011.
Gounod’s music for keyboards makes up about fifty pages, or rather uneven importance. He wasn’t very interested in the piano, and many compositions are sketches or short pieces for his own use. For this album, Prosseda has selected the most substantial part of this corpus, with a charming Veneziana to open, followed by the equally famous Marche funèbre pour une marionnette in its excellent original version.
The six Romances sans paroles are a welcome discovery, as are the Préludes et fugueswhich served as preliminary studies for Bach’s Clavier bien tempéré and in which Gounod used “a clear writing for two voices, lifted by a chromatism that pushes the artist onward”, as Gérard Condé put it in his monumental biography of Gounod (Fayard). The Sonate pour piano à 4 mains (with Enrico Pompili) in a Schubertian style is a pleasant youthful work, probably written in 1839 at the age of 21, during his stay in Rome in the Villa Medici. – François Hudry

Tracklist:
Charles Gounod (1818 – 1893)
1. Gounod: La Veneziana (Barcarolle) In G Minor CG 593 03:24
2. Gounod: Impromptu In G Major CG 580 WP 02:10
3. Gounod: Souvenance (Nocturne) In E flat Major CG 590 WP 04:15
4. Gounod: Funeral March Of A Marionette CG 583 05:20
5. Six Romances Sans Paroles : No. 1: La pervence in B major CG585 02:52
6. Six Romances Sans Paroles : No. 2: Le ruisseau in G flat major CG 589 02:31
7. Six Romances Sans Paroles : No. 3: Le soir in E flat major CG 441a 03:10
8. Six Romances Sans Paroles : No. 4: Le calme (La nonne sanglante) in D flat major CG2e WP 04:06
9. Six Romances Sans Paroles : No. 5: Chanson de printemps in A flat major CG 359a 01:37
10. Six Romances Sans Paroles : No. 6: La lierre in B flat major CG 581 03:13
11. Gounod: Meditation sur le 1er Prelude de piano de J.S. Bach 04:59
12. Six Preludes et Fugues, CG 587 : Prelude in G major, a1 01:01
13. Six Preludes et Fugues, CG 587 : Fugue in G major, a2 01:30
14. Six Preludes et Fugues, CG 587 : Choral in E minor, b1 00:50
15. Six Preludes et Fugues, CG 587 : Fugue in E minor, b2 02:13
16. Six Preludes et Fugues, CG 587 : Prelude in C major, c1 01:20
17. Six Preludes et Fugues, CG 587 : Fugue in C major, c2 02:27
18. Six Preludes et Fugues, CG 587 : Prelude in D major, d1 01:17
19. Six Preludes et Fugues, CG 587 : Fugue in D major, d2 02:04
20. Six Preludes et Fugues, CG 587 : Choral in F major, e1 00:59
21. Six Preludes et Fugues, CG 587 : Fugue in F major, e2 02:09
22. Six Preludes et Fugues, CG 587 : Choral in A minor, f1 00:53
23. Six Preludes et Fugues, CG 587 : Fugue in A minor, f2 02:32
24. Sonate in E flat major for Piano Four Hands CG 617 : 1. Allegro 06:20
25. Sonate in E flat major for Piano Four Hands CG 617 : 2. Adagio 06:03
26. Sonate in E flat major for Piano Four Hands CG 617 : 3. Presto 04:19

Personnel:
Roberto Prosseda, piano

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