Chabrier: Piano Music

Featuring

Angela Hewitt
Emmanuel Chabrier

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Performer Biography

Angela Hewitt began piano studies at age three, performed publicly at four, and won her first scholarship a year later.

Composer Biography

Emmanuel Chabrier, whose name means 'goat-herd', was born in the Auvergne in 1841 and worked as a civil servant in the Ministry of the Interior for almost twenty years.

Composer Biography

Chabrier was a passionate champion of Wagner in France, and the discovery of Wagner's music in 1880 prompted him to resign from his civil service job.

Performer Biography

Angela Hewitt, the pianist on this album, is known for her award-winning recordings for Hyperion, including a project to record all major keyboard works of Bach.

Recording & Production

This album was recorded in Das Kulturzentrum Grand Hotel, Dobbiaco, Italy, in June 2004, with a Fazioli piano.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Chabrier was deeply interested in painting and was friends with artists like Manet, Monet, and Renoir; his collection included masterworks by these painters, an interest that is reflected in his music.

Composer Biography

Chabrier's parents considered music merely a pastime, but a Spanish émigré piano teacher, Zaporta, likely instilled in him a lifelong taste for Iberian music.