Marcelle Meyer 7 Sonatas Scarlatti
CD - 11 - Scarlatti
01. Scarlatti - Sonate en ré majeur, Kk.478
02. Sonate en ré majeur, Kk.492
03. Sonate en mi majeur, Kk.380
04. Sonate en si mineur, Kk.27
05. Sonate en si mineur, Kk.245
14. Sonae en ré mineur, Kk.32
15. Sonate en la mineur, Kk.175
For a Budget Desert Island February 7, 2009, By Mark Arnest (amazon.com)
"Marcelle Meyer is one of the greatest pianists whose name is almost unknown in the US. This is a fantastic set - spontaneous, imaginative pianism, wide-ranging and marvelous repertoire, and decent sound (mostly from the early- to mid-1950s, though the 78s, most from the late 1940s, have also been extremely well remastered). She's most famous for her Debussy and Ravel, partly for the intrinsic value of her playing, and partly because she studied with Ricardo Vines, who premiered many of those composers' works. But just as wonderful are the generous helpings of Scarlatti, Bach, Chabrier (maybe the best on record), Schubert, Rameau, Stravinsky, Rossini and others.
What about those who have the previous EMI "Introuvables" reissues of Meyer? This set contains about 60 performances not available on the previous sets, but only four new pieces of repertoire - the Espla "Sonata del Sur para piano y orquesta," one Scarlatti sonata (K. 8), one Rameau miniature, and Haydn's Sonata #34 in E minor from a piano roll (which, given the unreliability of piano rolls, may not quite count). Quite a few of the performances, especially among the 78s, have had their pitch corrected. But the sound of the tape performances, which is most of the music, is virtually identical, and not necessarily better when it's different. I'm very glad I made the upgrade, but please note that I'm a fanatic..."
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Her gentle touch is so inspiring. It's as if she taught flowers to sing.
Comme la première lumière de l'aube, cette musique ouvre les yeux à de nouvelles promesses et à toutes les merveilles de la nature. Evocatrices de pouvoirs au-delà de l'observation, ces pièces tirent les ficelles du cœur, attirent les nostalgies et réveillent les amours, les vies écorchés et la torpeur des veilleurs endormis.
Ich liebe Marcelle Meyer.
This exposition was such a majestic and emotionally diverse experience on the hands of a virtuoso of the piano, as only Ms. Meyer can make it. This is a gem that have to be saved in the annals of the time to show how talented can be a person and how can express such an amplious variety of feelings through the music. I'm honored to find this compilation of good pieces of music
Oh my! Thank you for keeping this wonderful pianist alive, bringing joy, even now.
I’m in tears. Not heard this for years. So restrained and precise and beautiful. Thank you.
very sensative playing not too noisy as many pianists
I like her playing very much. Too many pianists just pound away. Here I hear music.
Thank you all... such marvelous music is life's delight.
K 27 is sublime.
Heavenly! What a treasure!
illegally sublime!!!
Utterly superb!!! What wonderful playing and such control! Thank you so very much for this delight!
0:00 Sonate en ré majeur, Kk.478 3:45 Sonate en ré majeur, Kk.492 7:04 Sonate en mi majeur, Kk.380 12:34 Sonate en si mineur, Kk.27 15:37 Sonate en si mineur, Kk.245 18:20 Sonate en ré mineur, Kk.32 19:33 Sonate en la mineur, Kk.175
@tele-marmotte
7 жыл бұрын
thanks !
Enchanting!
What a pleasure, what a contrast: many a pianist of the past 50 years or so rather steam ahead with Scarlatti. I'm not to compare or disregard any of these works. But Marcelle Meyer is superbly different. Thank you for sharing this gem with us!
Beautiful. Thanks for posting this jewel.
What a great pleasure to listen to this! Absolutely heavenly! ( I just saw that I wrote almost exactly the same thing a year ago. Ha!)
Que maravilla 👏👏👏
Wow! Thank you!
...Davvero conoscevano il "Pianoforte" questi grandi pianisti.... e sapevano collegare cervello cuore e leve.... nella più alta sinergia d'intenti. E oggi....?
Indeed , a fine sensitive pianist . We are lucky she was recorded . I read everything and have never seen he name mentioned that I can recall . Then again it is old-fashioned baroque playing but the music she makes - every utterance so musical. Nothing like her anywhere .
@TiticatFollies
9 жыл бұрын
John martin e + III What is "old-fashioned baroque playing"? It strikes a chord in this 21st century heart. It sounds completely "modern" to me. Because it is the truth, which is eternal.
@pamelafrancis4476
6 жыл бұрын
I understand the phrase to be lack of mannerism and self-consciousness a la Pletnev et al.
@rsjmd
2 жыл бұрын
Same experience, as an avid piano afficianado (Ha-I do play, however) I had never heard of her until a couple of years ago thanks to YT. There are very nice remastered sets of all of her studio recordings available. Her Scarlatti is as good as anyone IMO, and Bach aint bad either.
What a delightful find! Even the sound is decent for such an old recording!
@carmenaballi
2 жыл бұрын
Emi
once again there is one name behind such a good pianist like Marcelle Meyer and this name is ALFRED CORTOT. He was one of the very best teachers who ever existed. Cortot formed Lipatti Haskil and many many other famous pianists.
@pamelafrancis4476
6 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the information, his Chopin is an unrepeatable treasure.
Her K27 is the best i've heard.
@pamelafrancis4476
6 жыл бұрын
Yes, I love the evenness, the music is allowed to speak freely with no intrusion from the pianist.
@VJCZAJA
2 ай бұрын
@@pamelafrancis4476yes! Exactly as you say !
I don"t have any right for it. but I am very proud of her....
Listen also her marvelllous Rameau’s Suites. Exquisite
There is some fantastic pianistic color and recorded sound in there, muffled under EMI's sadly uniform approach to reengineering, and I would love to hear it come fully alive and re-bloom in the hands of somebody sensitive like Ward Marston of Marston Records.
Check out her Rameau!
@rsjmd
2 жыл бұрын
yes!
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12:34 K27
She caresses music out of the piano.