Description
OEuvres pour piano/Klaviermusik/Piano Music
Edition en 10 recueils/Edition in 10 Bänden/Edition in 10 volumes
Volume 5: Danses A
Instrumentation: piano
Edition: score
Editor: Eberhard Mayer/Ingrid Mayer
At the turn of the 19th to 20th centuries, classical composers wrote “light” music and publishers were happy to back this market niche to increase sales figures. As such, salon music flourished both in society and at home. The dance repertoire in Mel Bonis’ compositions consists mainly of these “salon pieces”, as does the collection of works for four hands which contains some of the same pieces. This volume once again illustrates that even those pieces considered as “light” are characterised by the elements of elegance and depth of expression.
Während die ersten drei Stücke (“Etiolles”, “Les Gitanos” und “Mazurka”) tatsächlich “nur” außergewöhnlich gute Salonmusik sind, stellt die “Suite en forme de valses” ein Werk dar, das jedem Recital mit französischer Musik zur Ehre gereichen dürfte und sich neben ähnlichen Werken von Fauré oder Saint-Saëns nicht schämen muss. (Piano News 5, September / Oktober 2013)
