Arthur Honegger – Complete Piano Music (Timpani, 2008)

Compared with his symphonies, tone poems, and oratorios, Arthur Honegger’s piano music is all but unknown, a condition that is understandable. A violinist himself, Honegger wrote few pieces for the piano, the majority of which are relatively early works and thus not representative of mature "modernist with an attitude" style. But there are still many gems in his keyboard catalog — the brilliantly virtuosic Toccata et Variations, the wryly neo-classical Pr�lude, Arioso et Fughette, and the ironically sentimental Souvenir de Chopin, among others — and it is good to hear them so well presented on this 2008 Timpani disc. Performed with �lan, virtuosity, and whole-hearted sympathy by pianist Jean-Fran�ois Antonioli joined by Ju-Ying Song in the one piece for two pianos, Honegger’s piano music comes alive here. With keen sensitivity, Antonioli brings out the wit in the Scenic Railway, the tenderness in the Berceuse, the poetry in the Sept Pi�ces br�ves, and the no-holds-barred sensuality in the Deux..

Arthur Honegger (1892-1955)

Oeuvres pour piano

Toccata et variations (1916)
Sept Pieces breves (1919-20)
No. 1. Souplement
No. 2. Vif
No. 3. Tres lent
No. 4. Legerement
No. 5. Lent
No. 6. Rythmique
No. 7. Violent
Prelude, Arioso et Fughette sur le nom de Bach (1932)
Deux Esquisses en notation Obuhov (1943)
I. Large et rapsodique
II. Allegretto malinconico
Le Cahier romand (1921-23)
I. Calme
II. Un peu anime
III. Calme et doux
IV. Rythme
V. Egal
Trois pieces (1919)
1. Prelude
2. Hommage a Ravel
3. Danse
Sarabande (de l’album des six) (1920)
Hommage a Albert Roussel (1928)
Berceuse, pour le Bal des petits lits blanc (1935)
Petite piece en sol h.213 ?
Scenic railway (1938)
Souvenir de Chopin (1947)
Matamore, H. 166B (1943)
Partita pour deux pianos, H.139 (1940)*

Jean-Francois Antonioli, piano
*Ju-Ying Song, 2 piano
71′ 05

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This is my first time listening to Honegger’s piano music. Many parts sound like an interesting mix between late Debussy and Prokofiev with a unique *bite*

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Fantastic stuff, thank you! If anybody is interested in Honegger’s film music, four CDs of it can be found here: Thread 164517

Honegger best of all French film music! This collection I have long downloaded from your great post – there is my thanks)

Akashi San , I can hear in his music by Debussy and Ravel, and Bach, and modern harmony, light irony and nostalgic imitation of classical and contemporary

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