Bruno Rigutto (piano)
Orchestre National de France
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Orchestre National de Monte-Carlo
Ensemble Instrumental de France
Grand Orchestre de Radio-Tele-Luxembourg

Conductors

Kurt Masur
Zdenek Macal
Yuri Ahronovitch
Jean Pierre Wallez
Louis de Froment

Works

Chopin, Frederic

Andante spianato and Grand Polonaise, op.22
Ballades (4)

» no.4 in F minor, op.52

Fantasy in F minor, op.49
Nocturnes (21)

» no.1 in B flat minor, op.9 no.1

» no.5 in F sharp major, op.15 no.2

» no.1 in E flat major, op.18 'Grande valse brillante'

» no.2 in A flat major, op.34 no.1

» no.3 in A minor, op.34 no.2

» no.4 in F major, op.34 no.3

» no.5 in A flat major, op.42

» no.6 in D flat, op.64 no.1 'Minute'

» no.7 in C sharp minor, op.64 no.2

» no.8 in A flat major, op.64 no.3

» no.9 in A flat major, op.posth.69 no.1

» no.10 in B minor, op.posth.69 no.2

» no.11 in G flat major, op.posth.70 no.1

» no.12 in F minor, op.posth.70 no.2

» no.13 in D flat major, op.posth.70 no.3

» no.14 in E minor, B56, KK IVa:15, P1:15

» no.15 in E major, op.posth

» no.16 in A flat major, op.post. B21 KKIVa/13 P1/13

» no.17 in E flat major, op.post. B46 KKIVa/14 P1/14

» no.18 in E flat major, op.post. B133 KKIVb/10

Dvorak, Antonin

Piano Concerto in G minor, op.33

Haydn, Franz Joseph

Piano Concerto no.4 in G major, Hob.XVIII:4
Piano Concerto no.11 in D major, Hob.XVIII:11

Liszt, Franz

Annees de Pelerinage, 2nd Year, S161

» no.6 Sonetto 123 del Petrarca

Concert Etudes (3), S144

» no.3 Un sospiro

Etudes d'execution transcendante (12), S139

» no.10 in F minor 'Appassionata'

Mephisto Waltz no.1

Prokofiev, Sergei

Piano Sonata no.7 in B flat major, op.83

Ravel, Maurice

Miroirs

» Alborada del gracioso

Sonatine

Schumann, Robert

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23

Artists

Bruno Rigutto (piano)
Orchestre National de France
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Orchestre National de Monte-Carlo
Ensemble Instrumental de France
Grand Orchestre de Radio-Tele-Luxembourg

Conductors

Kurt Masur
Zdenek Macal
Yuri Ahronovitch
Jean Pierre Wallez
Louis de Froment

About

Bruno Rigutto is an accomplished pianist, composer and conductor. Between 1968 and 1978 he recorded several recitals and concertos for Decca France. These recordings featured some of the great Classical and Romantic repertoire – Haydn, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Dvorak up to composers from the early 20th century – Ravel, Prokofiev.

All of his recordings, long absent from the catalogue, are now being made available again on CD in a handsome eight CD set at an attractive price.

Contents:
CD 1
Schumann: Concerto for piano, Konzertstück, Fantasie
Orchestre National de France / Kurt Masur

CD 2
Dvorak: Concerto for piano
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France / Zdeněk Mácal

Tchaikovsky: Concerto for piano No.1
Orchestre National de Monte-Carlo / Yuri Ahronovitch

CD 3
Haydn: Concerto for piano in D major, Concerto for piano in G major
Ensemble Instrumental de France / Jean Pierre Wallez

CD 4
Chopin: Concerto for piano No.2
Grand Orchestre de Radio-Télé-Luxembourg / Louis de Froment

Chopin: Ballade No.4, Fantasie, Sonata for piano No.2

CD 5
Schumann: Variations sur le nom Abegg, Toccata, Variations sur un thème de Clara Wieck, Arabesque, Scènes d’enfants
Liszt: Méphisto-Valse No.1, Etude de concert No.3, Etude d’exécution transcendente No.10, Sonnet No.123

CD 6
Prokofiev: Sonate pour piano
Ravel: Alborada del Graciosco (Miroirs), Sonatine

CD 7
Chopin: Andante Spianato et Grande polonaise brillante
Grand Orchestre de Radio-Télé-Luxembourg / Louis de Froment

Chopin: Polonaises Nos 1, 2, 8 & 10, Fantaisie, Nocturnes No.1 & 5

CD 8
Chopin: Valses Nos 1-18