LOUIS VIERNE / JEAN-PIERRE LEGUAY
Grandes Messes du XX siecle Philippe Lefebvre, Jean-Pierre Leguay (Grand Organ) / Maitrise Notre-Dame de Paris / Nicole Corti [ Editions Hortus / CD - released 15/Mar/2008 ] "Yet another highly stylish and well presented release from the French label, Editions Hortus. As with everything produced by Hortus this is highly recommendable." (MusicWeb) |
Pierre Akendengue
Goree [ Lusafrica / CD - released 30/May/2011 ] |
Pierre Akendengue
Verite D'Afrique [ Lusafrica / CD - released 30/May/2011 ] |
SCHOENBERG
Pelleas und Melisande / Variatione for Orchestra / Violin & Piano Concertos Pierre Amoyal & Peter Serkin / Chicago Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez [ Warner Apex / 2 CD - released 19/Mar/2007 ] "Boulez keeps the music moving, and brings welcome clarity to Pelleas's potentially murky orchestration. The more angular Variations and concertos aren't as comfortable, though both soloists are persuasive." (BBC Music |
Pierre Bensusan
Vividly [ CD ] |
Pierre Bernac
Essential Pierre Bernac [ Testament / 3 CD ] |
Pierre Boulez
Various: Coffrets Rtl Classiqu [ Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 28/Feb/2011 ] |
TCHEREPNIN / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / STRAVINSKY / SATIE / PROKOFIEV / BALAKIREV / etc
Diaghilev - Ballets Russes Pierre Boulez, André Cluytens, Igor Markevitch, Seiji Ozawa, André Previn, Sir Simon Rattle, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Jean Martinon, Charles Dutoit, et [ Warner Classics / 22 CD Box Set - released 11/Mar/2022 ] The Ballets russes was founded in Paris in 1909 by the visionary impresario Serge Diaghilev. Innovative and flamboyant, he had a genius for bringing together the most brilliant composers, dancers, choreographers and designers. |
WAGNER
Der Ring des Nibelungen (Complete Operas on 7 DVDs) (plus bonus DVD 'the Making of') Pierre Boulez, Bayreuther Festspiele with Donald McIntyre, Siegfried Jerusalem and Gwyneth Jones [ DG / Philips / 7 DVD - released 24/Jul/2005 ] Critics' Choice - Gramophone Magazine (2001) "This is the Patrice Chéreau centennial version of Wagner's masterwork, conducted by Pierre Boulez with a passion and intensity remembered still. Chéreau directs an outstanding cast" Observer |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Le voyage dans la lune (complete operetta) Violette Polchi, Sheva Tehoval, Matthieu Lécroart, Pierre Derhet / Chœur et Orchestre national Montpellier Occitanie, Pierre Dumoussaud [ Bru Zane / 2 CD/Book - released 27/May/2022 ] "With Offenbach's opéra féerie - Le Voyage dans la Lune Bru Zane has come up trumps." MusicWeb |
CLAUDE DEBUSSY
Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande Pierre Dumoussaud; Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine; Stanislas de Barbeyrac; Chiara Skerath; Alexandre Duhamel; Jérôme Varnier; Janina Baechle [ Alpha Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Sep/2021 ] "Alpha's recording may not be filled with star names but it reveals so much more about the work than before. It is particularly worth acquiring for those who wish to really get inside the orchestral details of this opera." MusicWeb Recommended |
Pierre Fouchenneret; Théo Fouchenneret; Jean Deroyer; Orchestre Régional De Normandie
Schumann Collection: Violin Works [ B Records / 2 CD - released 9/Jun/2023 ] Following the release of The Complete Chamber Music Works of Johannes Brahms which has received critical acclaim, Pierre and Théo Fouchenneret have laid the foundation stone of a Schumann Collection with this inaugural volume dedicated to the... |
Pierre Fournier
Boccherini/Vivaldi/Haydn [ Testament / CD ] |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Six (6) Suites for Solo Violoncello BWV 1007-1012 Pierre Fournier (cello) [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / 2 CD - released 24/May/2004 ] "Pierre Fournier gives memorably eloquent readings" - Gramophone |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Six (6) Suites for Solo Violoncello BWV 1007-1012 [CDs plus Blu-ray audio] Pierre Fournier (cello) [ Deutsche Grammophon Archiv 2 CDs + Blu-ray Audio / 3 CD/Blu-ray Disc - released 4/Mar/2022 ] Revisit these remarkable recordings again and listen afresh to them now at a higher resolution than we previously could in a new 24bit/192kHz remastering on Blu-ray Audio disc. |
BEETHOVEN
Complete Works for Cello and Piano Pierre Fournier (cello) / Friedrich Gulda (piano) [ DG Original Masters / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2006 ] The original recordings were released on 3 LPs and we described at the time as "A rare treat and an absolute must for every collector of choice chamber music" - Fono Forum (1960) |
BEETHOVEN
Complete Works for Cello & Piano Pierre Fournier, cello, Friedrich Gulda, piano [ Regis Records / 2 CD - released 23/Feb/2012 ] "Despite old-fashioned sound - clear and well-balanced but artificially spotlit - these performances remain alert, elegant and firmly etched." [Music Magazine] |
C.P.E. BACH / BOCCHERINI / BRAHMS / CHOPIN / COUPERIN / DVORAK / ELGAR / STRAVINSKY / etc
Aristocrat of the Cello Pierre Fournier (cello) with various orchestras and conductors [ DG Original Masters / 6 CD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] "A superb set with fine transfers and comprehensive documentation." (International Record Review March 2006) |
Pierre Fournier, Violoncello Franz Holetschek Piano
Sonate No.2F-Dur für Pianoforte und Violoncello op.99, Sonate für Violoncello solo op.8, Sonate pour violoncelle et pia [ ORFEO / CD - released 4/Sep/2009 ] |
PIERRE HAMON
Hypnos - Pierre Hamon Pierre Hamon (flûtes médiévales, flûtes doubles, flûtes et tambours, gaita de Colombie…) with Vivabiancaluna Biffi (vièles), Michael Grébil (cistres) [ Zig-Zag Territories / CD - released 10/Apr/2010 ] |