Claude Debussy believed that Johann Sebastian Bach, whom he esteemed as a master, preferred the free play of sonorities over harmonic formulas.
Pierre Max Dubois, a composer featured on this album, stated that for him, music is an entertaining and natural affair, and he loved humor.
Pierre Max Dubois composed his Piano Sonata in 1984 and dedicated it to his student, pianist Alain Lefèvre, who performs it on this album.
César Franck, a leading figure of 19th-century French music, taught composers like Vincent d'Indy and Ernest Chausson.
Pianist Alain Lefèvre's album, "Paris Memories," is a sequel to his 2019 Warner Classics album, "My Paris Years," both dedicated to French music.
Pierre Max Dubois, a pupil of Darius Milhaud, followed in the footsteps of the 'Groupe des Six' and was a spiritual successor of Érik Satie.
