from Alkan: Esquisses Op 63 (CDA67377) 1 La vision [2'55] 74 minutes 30 seconds 49 tracks2 Le staccatissimo [1'10] 3 Le legatissimo [1'29] 4 Les cloches [0'51] 5 Les initiés [4'28] 6 Fuguette [1'25] 7 Le frisson [2'07] 8 Pseudo-naïveté [1'52] 9 Confidence [2'17] 10 Increpatio [1'25] 11 Les soupirs [1'59] 12 Barcarollette [1'34] 13 Ressouvenir [2'32] 14 Duettino [1'41] 15 Tutti de concerto dans le genre ancien [0'59] 16 Fantaisie [1'22] 17 Petit prélude a 3 [0'40] 18 Liedchen [0'48] 19 Grâces [1'43] 20 Petite marche villageoise [1'34] 21 Morituri te salutant [1'19] 22 Innocenzia [1'09] 23 L'homme aux sabots [0'30] 24 Contredanse [0'58] 25 La poursuite [0'41] 26 Petit air [0'43] 27 Rigaudon [1'01] 28 Inflexibilité [1'04] 29 Délire [0'58] 30 Petit air dolent [1'40] 31 Début de quatuor [1'02] 32 Minuettino [3'02] 33 Fais dodo [0'48] 34 Odi profanum vulgus et arceo [2'00] 35 Musique militaire [1'18] 36 Toccatina [1'11] 37 Scherzettino [0'54] 38 Les bons souhaits [1'23] 39 Héraclite et Démocrite [1'56] 40 Attendez-moi sous l'orme [0'42] 41 Les enharmoniques [1'52] 42 Petit air a 5 voix [0'49] 43 Notturnino – Innamorato [1'41] 44 Transports [0'37] 45 Les diablotins [2'55] 46 Le premier billet doux [0'58] 47 Scherzetto [2'09] 48 En songe [1'18] 49 Laus Deo [3'01] ‘A sensitivity, radiance and finesse rarely encountered from even the finest pianists … an invaluable disc’ (Gramophone) ‘These miniatures call for a pianist of great sensitivity, character and receptiveness to the music’s diverse, perfectly crystallised moods … Osborne is just the man … this is a revelatory d ... ‘A major keyboard musician … the music rather than his ego comes first’ (The Times) |