LÉLIA GOUSSEAU plays Liszt, Brahms and Fauré
Liszt: Piano Concerto No 1 in E-flat Major, HS 124
Lélia Gousseau ∙ piano
Orchestre National de la RT
Pierre Dervaux ∙ conductor
Recorded ∙ 05 November 1953 ∙ Paris ∙ Salle Gaveau ∙ Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française ∙ Live Recording
Brahms: Piano Concerto No 1 in D minor, Op 15
Lélia Gousseau ∙ piano
Orchestre National de la RT
Manuel Rosenthal ∙ conductor
Recorded ∙ 24 January 1955 ∙ Paris ∙ Théâtre des Champs-Élysées ∙ Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française ∙ Live Recording
Fauré: Thème et variations, Op 73
Lélia Gousseau ∙ piano
Recorded ∙ 24 March 1959 ∙ Paris ∙ Studio RTF ∙ Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française ∙ Radio Studio Recording
Article number: MC 1028
UPC barcode: 791154054048
Recording dates: 1953-1959
Release date: March 2015
Total timing: 78:46
Booklet: 8 Pages
From the Original Masters ∙ © 2015 Meloclassic
September 2016 ∙ Classical Source ∙ Colin Anderson ∙ Lélia Gousseau plays Liszt, Brahms and Fauré
Another French pianist is the Parisian Léila Gousseau (1909-97), heard here in Concertos, the respective No.1s of Liszt and Brahms, both with Orchestre National de la RTF (sic), the Liszt conducted by Pierre Dervaux in 1953 in the Salle Gaveau, with Manuel Rosenthal leading the Brahms two years later in the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. Gousseau’s playing of Liszt is of consideration and panache without quite reaching the greatest heights; and the nasal-sounding oboe and strident trumpets may not be universally appealing. The Brahms (with the orchestra better blended) is similarly confident, a respectful reading but not completely compelling, and the pitch may be questioned at isolated moments. As a solo encore, albeit a lengthy one, is Fauré’s Theme & Variations (Opus 73), which Gousseau essays with sympathy and insight.
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