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Monique Haas
Debussy, Ravel and Bartok
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (24) - Disc #1
1. Preludes (Book I): 1. Danseuses de Delphes
2. Preludes (Book I): 2. Voiles
3. Preludes (Book I): 3. Le vent dans la plaine
4. Preludes (Book I): 4. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir
5. Preludes (Book I): 5. Les collines d'Anacapri
6. Preludes (Book I): 6. Des pas sur la neige
7. Preludes (Book I): 7. Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest
8. Preludes (Book I): 8. La fille aux cheveux de lin
9. Preludes (Book I): 9. La serenade interrompue
10. Preludes (Book I): 10. La cathedrale engloutie
11. Preludes (Book I): 11. La danse de Puck
12. Preludes (Book I): 12. Minstrels
13. Preludes (Book II): 1. Brouillards
14. Preludes (Book II): 2. Feuilles mortes
15. Preludes (Book II): 3. La Puerta del Vino
16. Preludes (Book II): 4. 'Les Fees sont d'exquises danseuses'
17. Preludes (Book II): 5. Bruyeres
18. Preludes (Book II): 6. General Lavine-eccentric
19. Preludes (Book II): 7. La Terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
20. Preludes (Book II): 8. Ondine
21. Preludes (Book II): 9. Hommage a S.Pickwick Esq.P.P.M.P.C.
22. Preludes (Book II): 10. Canope
23. Preludes (Book II): 11. Les Tierces alternees
24. Preludes (Book II): 12. Feux d'artifice
Track Listings (10) - Disc #2
1. Concerto 'pour la main gauche' pour piano et orchestre en re majeur: 1. Lento-Andante-Allegro-Tempo I - Maurice Ravel
2. Concerto pour piano et orchestre en sol majeur: 1. Allegramente - Maurice Ravel
3. Concerto pour piano et orchestre en sol majeur: 2. Adagio Assai - Maurice Ravel
4. Concerto pour piano et orchestre en sol majeur: 3. Presto - Maurice Ravel
5. Concerto no.3 pour piano et orchestre: 1. Allegretto - Bela Bartok
6. Concerto no.3 pour piano et orchestre: 2. Adagio religioso - Bela Bartok
7. Concerto no.3 pour piano et orchestre: 3. Allegro vivace - Bela Bartok
8. Sonatine sur des themes paysans de Transylvanie: 1. Les joueurs de cornemuse Allegretto - Allegro - Bela Bartok
9. Sonatine sur des themes paysans de Transylvanie: 2. Danse de l'ours - Moderato - Bela Bartok
10. Sonatine sur des themes paysans de Transylvanie: 3. Finale - Allegro vivace - Attacca - Bela Bartok

CD Details

All Artists: Monique Haas
Title: Debussy, Ravel and Bartok
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Polygram Records
Release Date: 4/11/1995
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Concertos, Sonatas, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Instruments, Keyboard
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPC: 028943966627

CD Reviews

Right Touch

Dennis G. Voss Jr. | Lexington, KY USA | 06/22/2006

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Monique Haas recorded work by many different composers but she owned French impressionism. Her solo-piano recordings for Erato may be the best evidence of this artistry, but the preludes featured here on Disc 1 also stand out because of how well Haas was able to convey Debussy's submerged lyricism. The preludes show off her lovely sense of timing. Disc 2 is headlined by Ravel's two piano concertos, and both are worth repeat visits. What you may find stunning, though, is how successfully Haas was able to integrate both a Bartok concerto and Bartok's Sonatine into her musical universe. Compare her performance of either piece with the version recorded by, say, Zoltan Kocsis. It's hard to recognize that they're by the same composer, so thoroughly has Haas made them her own. Even if you own other performances of everything in this two-disc set, therefore, the package still wouldn't be redundant."