Complete Piano Works, Volume II: The First World War
Complete Piano Works, Volume II: The First World War
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With his 'Douze Préludes' Op. 36 and 'Trois Nocturnes' Op. 35 composed between 1914 and 1916, Vierne followed in the Romantic piano tradition, whilst lending the historic models that special sound between elegance and expressivity, as is characteristic for French music of the period.
- First critical Urtext edition based on all available autograph manuscripts and printed sources
- With a detailed foreword and critical commentary (Fr/Eng/Ger), complemented by numerous facsimiles
- Well-presented layout
The editor of the volume is the distinguished pianist Olivier Gardon. As a performer and scholar, he has researched Louis Vierne’s piano music for over twenty years of which he has an unparalleled knowledge.