Paul Dukas: Oeuvres pour piano

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Dukas's single Piano Sonata remains among the most formidable peaks of the repertoire…Hervé Billaut is fully equal to his Herculean task [and] he is finely recorded. — Gramophone Magazine, August 2015 More…

Release Date: 29th Jun 2015
Catalogue No: MIR242
Label: Mirare
Length: 63 minutes

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Dukas: La plainte, au loin, du faune...

Work length4:38

Herve Billaut

Dukas: Sonate en Mi Mémol Mineur

Work length36:17

Herve Billaut

I. Modérément vite

Track length10:37

II. Calme - un peu lent - très soutenu

Track length3:25

III. Vivement, avec légèreté

Track length8:52

IV. Très lent - Animé

Track length13:23

Dukas: Variations, Interlude et Finale sur un Thème de Rameau

Work length17:59

Herve Billaut

I. Menuet et Variations de I à XI

Track length11:05

II. Interlude

Track length2:24

III. Finale

Track length4:30

Dukas: Prélude élégiaque sur le nom de Haydn

Work length4:55

Herve Billaut

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For the 150th anniversary of Paul Dukas, Herve Billaut's new CD focusses on his piano music. Out of the 14 works composed by Paul Dukas (only 14!), 6 were written for the piano. The two most substantial works are the Sonata of 1899-1900, and 'Variations, interlude et finale sur un thème de Rameau', which are masterpieces. Billaut completes his recording with the 'Prélude élégiaque sur le nom de Haydn': a moment of meditation. Worth seeking out if your only encounter with this great composer has been the 'Sorcerer's Apprentice'; worth seeking out anyway. Robert Maycock, from BBC Music Magazine, gave 5 * to Hervé's Albéniz CD [for Lyrinx]

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August 2015

Dukas's single Piano Sonata remains among the most formidable peaks of the repertoire…Hervé Billaut is fully equal to his Herculean task [and] he is finely recorded.

November-December 2015

measured and thoughtful, the product of great familiarity and understanding of the notes … Billaut’s shaping of the music’s flow is subtle and nicely judged.

November 2015

He [Hervé Billaut] has superb technical command but also a rarer quality: he can tell a story through the music so he drew me irresistibly on. I was reminded of the late Charles Rosen, another pianist with a fine technique and a real intellectual grip on the works he played. Billaut has apparently been playing the sonata, and no doubt the other works here, for years, so these are also deeply considered and mature interpretations

2nd July 2015

[Billaut] plays [the Sonata and Variations] with just the right combination of rigour and flair, bringing out every colour in the more virtuosic Rameau variations...But most intriguing and touching of all is the shortest piece here, La Plainte, au Loin, du Faune.

Paul Dukas: Oeuvres pour piano

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