Raoul Pugno: Impromptu-Valse

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Channel: PSearPianist · 2017 · Music

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Phillip Sear plays a short piece from 1882 by the French composer and pianist Raoul Pugno (1852-1914).
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The French composer and pianist Raoul Pugno (1852-1914) trained at the Paris Conservatoire and later taught there himself,as well as developing a major career as a concert pianist (one of the first significant recording artists) - famed for his Mozart interpretations. He also found time to composer in many genres, and the works of his that I have seen (and I hope to record more) are lightly scored, rather in the restrained manner of the late chamber works of his friend Saint-Saens.  To read more about Pugno, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raoul_Pugno  .  The harmonies in the middle section of this piece seem to anticipate early Debussy.
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Played by Phillip Sear
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