Récital de piano à Paris, Cité de la musique

Featuring

Jean-Frédéric Neuburger
Franz Liszt
Jean Barraqué
Claude Debussy

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded live at the Cité de la musique in Paris on January 14, 2011, as part of the "Rising Stars" concert series.

Performer Biography

Jean-Frédéric Neuburger's 2008 album "Live at Suntory Hall," which included Liszt's Sonata, received a "CHOC du Monde de la Musique" award.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Jean Barraqué, composer of the Piano Sonata, was a friend of Michel Foucault and, due to his quest for the absolute, left only seven completed works.

Composition History

Liszt's "Funérailles" was written in October 1849 under the double impact of the Hungarian revolution of 1848 and the death of Frédéric Chopin.

Compositional Technique

Liszt's "Funérailles" pays homage to Chopin through its use of the 'Chopinesque' key of A-flat major and a left-hand octave motif similar to Chopin's 'Heroic' Polonaise.

Performer Biography

Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, the pianist on this album, began his performing career at age sixteen and is known for the wide variety of his repertoire, from Bach to 21st-century composers.