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Composer: Gabriel Pierné
- Paysages franciscains, Op. 43: I. Au jardin de Sainte Claire (Couvent de Saint Damien)
- Paysages franciscains, Op. 43: II. Les Olivaies de la plaine d'Assise (Crépuscule d'automne)
- Paysages franciscains, Op. 43: III. Sur la route de Poggio-Bustone (La Procession)
- Les Cathédrales (Prélude pour le poème dramatique de M. Eugène Moraud)
- Scherzo-Caprice, Op. 25 (Valse symphonique for piano and orchestra)
- Poème symphonique, Op. 37 (for piano and orchestra)
- Fantaisie-Ballet, Op. 6 (for piano and orchestra)
- Nocturne en forme de valse, Op. 40 No. 2
- Étude de concert, Op. 13
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Juanjo Mena, conductor
Date: 2015
Label: Chandos
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At the heart of this disc lie three works that Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937) composed for piano and orchestra: the Scherzo-Caprice (1890), the Poème symphonique (1901) and the Fantaisie-Ballet (1886). Pierné was one of those composers whose importance in his own day was far greater than his posthumous reputation might suggest. He was a Prix de Rome winner, and in his youth he was more highly regarded even than his near-exact contemporary, Debussy. None of his works, however, has achieved anything like core repertoire status. Even these three piano and orchestra works, which are all short (eight, 11 and 13 minutes) and would work well in concert as foils to either of the Ravel concertos, have made no lasting impact.
Pierné was a piano virtuoso himself, a factor that colours the spirited writing of all three works. At the same time, his creative pedigree comes clearly to the fore. A little way into the Poème symphonique there is a particular hue to the harmony in a chorale-like passage that instantly conjures up images of César Franck, one of Pierné’s teachers and an inescapable influence on all younger French composers other than those who studiously avoided him. With that Franck connection in mind, the Scherzo-Caprice begins to recall the Symphonic Variations. Nor was Pierné oblivious to the music of Liszt, as is evident in the inflated pomp at the start of the Fantaisie-Ballet.
They all repay hearing, especially in these dynamic performances by Jean Efflam Bavouzet and the BBC Philharmonic, but perhaps even more interesting is the way Pierné’s creative stance shifted from gifted though fairly anonymous works towards more personal Impressionist tendencies in Paysages franciscains of 1919, a work that merits much wider attention.
-- Geoffrey Norris, Gramophone
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Gabriel Pierné (16 August 1863 – 17 July 1937) was a French composer, conductor, pianist and organist. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire; his teachers included Antoine François Marmontel, Albert Lavignac, Émile Durand, César Franck and Jules Massenet. He succeeded Franck as organist at Sainte-Clotilde Basilica in Paris from 1890 to 1898. Pierné wrote several operas, choral and symphonic pieces as well as a good deal of chamber music. He also made a few electrical recordings for Odeon Records, from 1928 to 1934. Pierné was also known for his discovery and promotion of the work of Ernest Fanelli.
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Jean-Efflam Bavouzet (born 17 October 1962) is a French classical pianist. He grew up in Metz and started his music studies there, encountering composers including Iannis Xenakis, Olivier Messiaen, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Pierre Boulez. Moving to the Conservatoire de Paris, he studied under Pierre Sancan, among others. Bavouzet won first prize in the Beethoven International Piano Competition in Cologne in 1986. A recording artist for Chandos, he has received several Gramophone Awards, as well as numerous other awards, including the BBC Music Magazine Award, the Choc de la Musique and the Diapason d'Or.
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Juanjo Mena (born 21 September 1965 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain) is a Spanish conductor. He began his music studies at the Vitoria-Gasteiz Conservatory, and later attended the Madrid Royal Conservatory. He also studied conducting with Sergiu Celibidache in Munich. Mena was artistic director and principal conductor of the Bilbao Symphony Orchestra (from 1999 to 2008), chief conductor of the BBC Philharmonic (from 2011 to 2018), and principal conductor of the Cincinnati May Festival (from 2017 to 2023). He has commercially recorded for Naxos Records and the Chandos label.
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