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Organ Works

January 7, 2021 by Elizabeth and Elliott Hurwitt

Milhaud also wrote a small body of work for organ. A beautiful Pastorale, dated 1941, is played by Graham Barber on a Priory disc (PRCD 391, 1991) on the Sandtner organ of Villingen Minster. The same work appears on one of the new Praga label Milhaud centenary discs (PR 250 008) in a good 1981 […]

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Filed Under: Keyboard Music, Milhaud on CD Tagged With: Disques FY FYCD 916, George Baker, Graham Barber, Jaroslav Tvrzsky, Joachim Grubich, Neuf préludes (1942), Pastorale (1941), Petite suite (1955), Praga PR 250 008, Praga PR 250 013, Priory PRCD 391, Sonate (1931)

Piano Works – Scaramouche

January 7, 2021 by Elizabeth and Elliott Hurwitt

The famous piano duo Scaramouche (1937) was arranged from incidental music Milhaud had composed for Molière’s Le médecin volant. In the version Milhaud created for his friends Marcelle Meyer and Ida Jankelevitch, it soon became one of the cornerstones of the piano duo repertoire. On the aforementioned Ian Hobson CD there is an unexciting performance […]

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Filed Under: Keyboard Music, Milhaud on CD Tagged With: Antonio de Almeida, Christian Ivaldi, Claude Hobson, Eduard Brunner, Elena Winther, EMI (Pathé) CDM 7 69854-2, Hommage à Benny Goodman, Ian Hobson, Ida Jankelevitch, Katia and Marielle Labèque, Koch Schwann 3-1035-2, Le bal martiniquais (1944), Le carnaval d'Aix (1926), Marcelle Meyer, Margit Rahkonen, Molière's Le médecin volant, Noël Lee, Paris (1948), Pekka Savijoki, Philips 426 284-2, Scaramouche (1937), Seiji Ozawa, Suite française (1944), Suite provençale (1936), Vladimir Pleshakov

Music For Piano

January 7, 2021 by Elizabeth and Elliott Hurwitt

Milhaud’s piano music displays the same broad stylistic range as the rest of his opus. Especially in the earlier works, the gentle, eccentric Paris of Satie, Fauré and Ravel is audible, although Milhaud’s own robust personality always shines through. This is especially apparent in the brief selections played by Milhaud and his friend Marguerite Long […]

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Filed Under: Keyboard Music, Milhaud on CD Tagged With: Arcobaleno SBCD 5400, Billy Eidi, Capella Cracoviensis, Caramel Mou (1920), Elektra/Nonesuch 9 71316-2, Karl Anton Rickenbacher, Koch Schwann 3-1138-2, Martin Jones, Saudades do Brasil, Suite for Clarinet, Suite pour le piano (1913), Trois rag caprices (1922), Violin and Piano (1936), William Bolcom

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