RAOUL PUGNO WELTE-MIGNON PIANO ROLLS CDR

 

STÉPHANE RAOUL PUGNO (PARIS, FRANCE, 23 JUNE, 1852 – MOSCOW, RUSSIA, 3 JANUARY, 1914)

 

 

 

 

Raoul Pugno was born in Paris and was of Italian origin. He made his debut at the age of six, and with the help of Prince Poniatowski he was then able to study at the École Niedermeyer. He then went to the Paris Conservatoire at age 14, where he shone. He won First Prize in Piano in 1866 (his teacher being Georges Mathias, a pupil of Frédéric Chopin), First Prize in Harmony and First Medal for solfège in 1867 (his composition teacher being Ambroise Thomas), and First Prize in Organ in 1869 (his teacher was François Benoist). He was appointed Director of Music at the Opéra by the Paris Commune of March–May 1871. At the grand re-opening of the Opéra, two of his works were performed. He was organist at the Church of St. Eugène from 1872 to 1878, the church’s choirmaster from 1878 to 1892, professor of harmony at the Conservatory from 1892 to 1896, and professor of piano from 1896 to 1901. He was also known as a composer, writing opéras-comiques, ballets, songs, and piano pieces. Not until 1893 did he begin going on concert tours, making his English debut in 1894 and his American in 1897. In 1903 he made several recordings. It is for his performing that he is remembered; his teaching was more influential than his compositions. He died in 1914 in Moscow, while on a concert tour of Russia.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

WELTE-MIGNON 538 D. SCARLATTI – Sonatina, A

WELTE-MIGNON 539 FAURE – Nocturne No. 4, Op. 36, Eb

WELTE-MIGNON 540 HANDEL – Harpsichord Suite No. 14 Gavotte; Air variée

WELTE-MIGNON 541 CHABRIER – “Pièces pittorèsques”, No. 10 Scherzo-valse

WELTE-MIGNON 543 LISZT – Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11, a

WELTE-MIGNON 544 BACH – Prelude and Fugue, f (WTC – Book II, No. 12, S. 881)

WELTE-MIGNON 545 CHOPIN – Grande Polonaise Brilliante, Op. 22b, Eb

WELTE-MIGNON 546 BEETHOVEN – Piano Sonata, Op. 27, No. 2, c# “Moonlight” lst mvt.

WELTE-MIGNON 547 CHOPIN – Fantaisie-Impromptu, Op. 66, c#

WELTE-MIGNON 548 CHOPIN – Nocturne, Op. 15, No. 2, F#

WELTE-MIGNON 1307 GRIEG – To Spring, Op. 43, No. 6 “Lyric Pieces”

WELTE-MIGNON 1308 MOZART – Piano Sonata, K. 576, D 1st mvt.

WELTE-MIGNON 1309 MOZART – Piano Sonata, K. 576, D 2nd mvt.

WELTE-MIGNON 1310 MOZART – Piano Sonata, K. 576, D 3rd mvt.

WELTE-MIGNON 1311 WEBER – La Gaieté, Rondo, Op. 62, Eb

WELTE-MIGNON 1314 SCHUMANN – “Fantasiestücke”, Op. 12, No. 1 Des Abends (Evenings)

WELTE-MIGNON 1315 SCHUMANN – Faschingschwank aus Wien, Op. 26, Nos. 2 & 3

WELTE-MIGNON 1316 BACH – “Italian” Concerto, F, S. 971 2nd mvt.

WELTE-MIGNON 1317 F. COUPERIN – Le reveille-matin (The Morning Awakening), F

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