Lekeu: Complete Piano Works

Featuring

Jacopo Salvatori
Guillaume Lekeu

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Composition History

Most of Lekeu's piano compositions survived only in manuscript form, scattered across various archives and libraries, and were traced and transcribed for this recording by Jacopo Salvatori.

Critical Reception

Claude Debussy, a renowned French composer, considered Lekeu one of the most remarkable representatives of the 'Belgian school' and a musician truly inspired by Beethoven.

Composer Biography

Guillaume Lekeu, a Belgian composer, died suddenly in January 1894 at the age of 24, cutting short a promising career.

Composition History

Lekeu's death was caused by contaminated water in a dessert he ate at a restaurant in October 1893, leading to his health worsening until his passing.

Composer Biography

Lekeu was the last pupil of César Franck, a prominent French composer, who took Lekeu to Bayreuth to experience Richard Wagner's operas.

Performer Biography

Jacopo Salvatori, the pianist on this album, is also a composer whose operas and ballets have been premiered in major European cities, and his recordings have reached millions of listeners.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Lekeu wrote a series called 'Morceaux égoïstes' (egoist pieces), which, as the eccentric title suggests, may have been intended solely for his own benefit and not for publication.