Rodolphe Menguy - A Fairy Tale: A Travers Le Miroir (CD)

With touching sincerity, Rodolphe Menguy opens himself up to the ambivalent world of childhood. The selected pieces reawaken his joys and fears, and the supple, direct playing style metamorphoses along with the trials experienced by the fairy tale heroes. The tones of the piano, able to grasp the sense of intimacy just as it breaks into the dances of an imaginary ballet, make it the genie through which the pianist fulfils his vow: to recover and share the emotions of earlier times.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Pabst: Concert Paraphrase on "La Belle Au Bois Dormant" After Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2. Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 62 No. 6: Vers la Patrie
3. Bonis: Viviane, Op. 80
4. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, CD 131 No. 4:... "Les Fées Sont D'exquises Danseuses"
5. Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 54 No. 3: Marche Des Nains
6. Bonis: Omphale, Op. 86
7. Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39 No. 6: Allegro in a Minor
8. Medtner: 4 Tales, Op. 26 No. 3 in F minor
9. Bonis: Phoebé, Op. 30
10. Dukas: La Plainte, Au Loin, Du Faune
11. Korngold: Märchenbilder, Op. 3 No. 7: Das Märchen Spricht Den Epilog
12. Stravinsky: The Firebird, K010 (Transc. for Solo Piano By Guido Agosti) I. Danse Infernale
13. Stravinsky: The Firebird, K010 (Transc. for Solo Piano By Guido Agosti) II. Berceuse
14. Stravinsky: The Firebird, K010 (Transc. for Solo Piano By Guido Agosti) III. Finale
15. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Suite), Op.71A (Transc. for Solo Piano By Mikhail Pletnev) I. Marche
16. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Suite), Op.71A (Transc. for Solo Piano By Mikhail Pletnev) II. Danse de la Fée Dragée
17. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Suite), Op.71A (Transc. for Solo Piano By Mikhail Pletnev) IV. Intermezzo
18. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Suite), Op.71A (Transc. for Solo Piano By Mikhail Pletnev) VII. Andante Maestoso (Pas de Deux)