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Stravinsky: The Firebird (Solo Piano Versions); Song of the Nightingale / Lydia Jardon: piano

1 CD / Ar Re-Se / 2013-02-12

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for piano (reduction); Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for piano (reduction)
Performers: Jardon, Lydia

Lydia Jardon is a woman who loves a challenge; connoisseurs of French piano music are quite familiar with her taste for the impossible, her ability...continue...
Personnel: Shigeru Kawai (piano).

Recording information: La Batterie, Guyancourt, France (2012-03-05_2012-03-06&2012-)....continue...

Miaskovsky: Quartets 1, 5 & 13

1 CD / Ar Re-Se / 2010-05-11

Works: Nikolay Myaskovsky: Quartet for Strings no 13 in A minor, Op. 86; Quartet for Strings no 1 in A minor, Op. 33 no 1

"The Renoir Quartet maintains the standard. They are, indeed, a remarkably well-organized group, with perfectly matched bow strokes and tone colors, and complete unanimity of...continue...
Recording information: Saint-Marcel Lutheran Church, Paris, France (06/15/2009-06/17/2009)....continue...

Koechlin: Quintet & Quartet

1 CD / Ar Re-Se / 2009-09-01

Works: Charles Koechlin: Piano Quintet, Op. 80; Quartet for Strings no 3, Op. 72
Performers: Lavaud, Sarah [Piano]

In 2007, Ar Re-Se published the first two string quartets of Charles Koechlin, which were unanimously greeted with critical acclaim. So naturally, the label chose...continue...
Recording information: Tibor Varga Studio, Grimisuat, Switzerland (12/01/2008-12/05/2008)....continue...

Miaskovsky: Piano Sonatas 2 3 & 4

1 CD / Ar Re-Se / 2009-09-01

Works: Nikolay Myaskovsky: Sonata for Piano no 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 13; Sonata for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 19; Sonata for Piano no 4 in C minor, Op. 27
Performers: Jardon, Lydia

After graduating from the Paris Conservatoire and obtaining her Concert Diploma from the Ecole normale de musique in Paris by unanimous vote, Lydia Jardon was...continue...
Recording information: L'heure bleue, Salle de musique, La Chaux-de-Fond, Swit (2009-01-25_2009-01-27_2009-)....continue...

Enrique Granados: Goyescas

1 CD / Ar Re-Se / 2009-09-01

Works: Enriqué Granados: Goyescas for Piano, Op. 11; Pieces (6) on Spanish Folksongs, for piano, H. 125, DLR 5
Performers: Jardon, Lydia

Bacri: String Quartets no 3-6 / Psophos Quartet

1 CD / Ar Re-Se / 2009-09-01

Works: Nicolas Bacri: Quartet for Strings no 6, Op. 97; Quartet for Strings no 5, Op. 57; Quartet for Strings no 4, "Omaggio a Beethoven," Op. 42; Quartet for Strings no 3, "Esquisses pour un tombeau," Op. ...

"For those who like contemporary music in the "classic" twentieth century style, yet prefer it not too aerodynamic and abstract, nor too minimal and cloying,...continue...

Mulsant: Chamber Music

1 CD / Ar Re-Se / 2009-09-01

Works: Florentine Mulsant: Concert Sonata for solo violin in three movements, Op. 19; Sonata for piano and violin in one movement, Op. 21; Trio, for piano, violin & cello in 3 movements, Op. 23; Sonata, for...
Performers: Bourlet, Fabrice; Bourlet, Veronique; Demarquette, Henri; Schmit, Lyonel

"The Piano Trio, Op. 22, was written in tribute to Robert Schumann use incorporates some of his compositional nuance, and the Sonata for Solo Cello...continue...

Dvorak: Quartet no 14, etc / Ciocarlie, Psophos Quartet

1 CD / Ar Re-Se / 2009-09-01

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Quartet for Strings no 14 in A flat major, B. 193 (Op. 105); Quintet for Piano and Strings no 2 in A major, Op. 81/B 155
Performers: Ciocarlie, Dana

Dvorak's Quartet 14 is a Psophos favorite - the composer's profoundly moving final chamber work. It contrasts strongly with the exuberant, symphonic Piano Quintet, Op....continue...

Chopin: 26 Preludes / Jardon

1 CD / Ar Re-Se / 2009-09-01

Scriabin: Complete Etudes / Lydia Jardon

1 CD / Ar Re-Se / 2009-09-01

Works: Alexander Scriabin: Pieces (3) for Piano, Op. 2; Etudes (12) for piano, Op. 8; Etudes (8) for piano, Op. 42; Pieces (3) for Piano, Op. 49; Pieces (4) for Piano, Op. 56; Etudes (3) for piano, Op. 65
Performers: Jardon, Lydia

Lydia Jardon explores the evolution of Alexander Scriabin's musical language - and the evolution of his techniques fro bringing maximum intensity to sound, creating harmonies...continue...

Magnard, Lekeu: Violin Sonatas / Muresanu, Ciocarlie

1 CD / Ar Re-Se / 2009-09-01

Works: Guillaume Lekeu: Sonata for violin & piano in G major; Albéric Magnard: Sonata for violin & piano in G major, Op 13
Performers: Ciocarlie, Dana; Muresanu, Irina

Presented on this CD are two masterpieces of late French romanticism for violin and piano, played by the Boston Trio's violinist Irina Murseanu and pianist...continue...

Medtner: Mélodies oubliées / Elena Filonova

1 CD / Ar Re-Se / 2009-09-01

Works: Nikolay Medtner: Forgotten Melodies (8) for Piano, Op. 38; Forgotten Melodies (Vergessene Weisen) (6) for piano Volume 3 ("Tanzweisen"), Op. 40; Forgotten Melodies (5) for Piano, Op. 39; Arabesques (...
Performers: Filonova, Elena

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no 3; Gershwin / Jardon, et al

1 CD / Ar Re-Se / 2009-09-01

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue
Performers: Jardon, Lydia
Conductors: Penin, Jean-Paul

"This public recording of April 1997 in Bratislava demonstrates Lydia Jardon's daring in musical works which require important resources. In this range, she compares with...continue...

English Impressions / Lydia Jardon, Mireille Jardon

1 CD / Ar Re-Se / 2009-09-01

Works: Frank Bridge: Sonata for violin & piano in E flat major, H. 39; Benjamin Britten: Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 6; Alan Rawsthorne: Sonata for violin & piano
Performers: Jardon, Lydia; Jardon, Mireille

A captivating, well-conceive and interpreted program the Jardon sisters go straight to the spirit and heart of these pages which they avidly and thoroughly explore...continue...

Debussy: La Mer, etc; et al / Lydia Jardon

1 CD / Ar Re-Se / 2009-09-01

Works: Claude Debussy: La mer; L'isle joyeuse; Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l'océan, for orchestra; Louis Vuillemin: Soirs Armoricains (Armorican Evenings), for piano
Performers: Jardon, Lydia

Ohana: Intégrale des quatuors / Quatuor Psophos

1 CD / Ar Re-Se / 2009-09-01

Works: Maurice Ohana: Séquences (5), for string quartet (String Quartet no 1); Quartet for Strings no 2; Quartet for Strings no 3

"The young French Quartet, whose performance was being awaited, takes over this music with a feverish meticulousness, combining plenitude of sound and driving energy, iron...continue...

Rachmaninov: The Two Piano Sonatas / Lydia Jardon

1 CD / Ar Re-Se / 2009-09-01

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Sonata for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 28; Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36
Performers: Jardon, Lydia

"With music of this sort that is at a constant simmer, Lydia lardon brings a totally different approach as she joins her illustrious colleagues Weissenberg...continue...