10 Solos-Composed between 1920 and 1921  Histoires is a suite of ten short movements by Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) a neoclassical composer who won the Prix de Rome in 1919. Written for Piano this publication was commissioned by Alphonse Leduc editor and increased Jacques Ibert’s popularity. The ten pieces are as follows: 1. La meneuse de tortures d’or (The golden Turtle's leader) 2. Le petit âne blanc (The little white donkey) 3. Le vieux mendicant (The old beggar) 4. “A Giddy girl” 5. Dans la maison triste (In the sad house) 6. Le palais abandonné (Theabandoned palace) 7. Bajo la mesa (Under the table) 8. La cage de cristal (The crystal cage) 9. La marchande d’eau fraiche (The fresh water merchant) 10. Le cortège de Balkis (Balkis’ march) It is believed that the pieces 1 2 4 8 and 10 were initially composed for 4-hand Piano. Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) also composed many symphonic suites operas and seven orchestras including 'Angelique' (1926) and 'Divertissement' (1930). He also was in charge of the French Academy in the Villa Médicis (Roma) and was later administrator for the Paris Opera.

La référence AL20411 de l'éditeur Leduc dont l'auteur célèbre est Ibert Jacques, qui a pour titre Chevalier Errant, a été écrite et composée pour Chant/Vocal/Choeur et plus particulièrement pour Chant Et Piano. Cette partition musicale appartient à la catégorie Classique. / Chant Et Piano / Partition

Forme de l'absence (8e) (18') pour piano 2 mains. Par Boeuf aux éditions Leduc. Partition / Livre de chansons pour Piano

Around 1960 Olivier Messiaen began a large-scale concerto based on the birds of the Hérault region (?Oiseaux de l?Hérault?) for piano various soloists and orchestra. Although the project remained unfinished the solo piano part was quite developed. The Olivier Messiaen Foundation entrusted Roger Muraro a renowned interpreter of Messiaen?s piano works with organizing the sketches and manuscripts found in the composer?s archives. This new publication emerged from Muraro?s research. The study that opens the volume describes his methods in detail discussing among other issues the relationship of this work to the later Sept Haïkaï. Richly illustrated with a number of facsimiles musical examples and photographs Muraro?s introduction retraces the origins and historic context of the work invites the reader to enter the composer?s workshop and offers suggestions for performance. Fauvettes de l?Hérault ? Concert des garrigues for solo piano is a ?concerto without orchestra? that blends reference to Claude Debussy a thinly veiled homage to Yvonne Loriod new birdsong from the Hérault region and the vast palette of rhythm timbre and colour that are typical of Olivier Messiaen?s musical universe. Around 1960 Olivier Messiaen began a large-scale concerto based on the birds of the Hérault region (?Oiseaux de l?Hérault?) for piano various soloists and orchestra. Although the project remained unfinished the solo piano part was quite developed. The Olivier Messiaen Foundation entrusted Roger Muraro a renowned interpreter of Messiaen?s piano works with organizing the sketches and manuscripts found in the composer?s archives. This new publication emerged from Muraro?s research. The study that opens the volume describes his methods in detail discussing among other issues the relationship of this work to the later Sept Haïkaï. Richly illustrated with a number of facsimiles musical examples and photographs Muraro?s introduction retraces the origins and historic context of the work invites the reader to enter the composer?s workshop and offers suggestions for performance. Fauvettes de l?Hérault ? Concert des garrigues for solo piano is a ?concerto without orchestra? that blends reference to Claude Debussy a thinly veiled homage to Yvonne Loriod new birdsong from the Hérault region and the vast palette of rhythm timbre and colour that are typical of Olivier Messiaen?s musical universe.

Allain Gaussin a pupil of Olivier Messiaen at the CNSM in Paris and a veritable alchemist of sound created a sensual and sparkling work that aims to induce in listeners the sort of “internal awakening” that the Japanese refer to as Satori – the title given to a piece for solo clarinet he wrote in 1998. Composed a decade later Tokyo-City for solo Piano draws on the same inspiration fuelled by several stays in Japan. Gaussin sets out to reproduce the various sensations he experienced during his walks around the Japanese megalopolis: a fear of being swallowed up by its vastness gives way to a bedazzlement in theface of a buzzing universe awash with harmonies and colours. The work follows a dual symmetrical structure (in terms of register and tempo): after an enigmatic start entrusted to the low notes of the piano a musical figure gradually emerges from “floating polyphonies” producing a veritable toccata which is slowly deformed like an ana­morphosis. Then only a glimmering of crystal-clear harmonies remains and the work ends sparsely on the highest notes of the piano.

Jacques Ibert (1890-1962) studied at the Paris Conservatoire before embarking upon a successful composing career. Stories increased his popularity when it was published in the mid-1920s and it remains significant in the advanced pianist's repertoire. This edition contains the eigth movement of Stories  La Cage De Cristal. It is marked 'a bit fast' and begins staccato and at a high tessitura. The movements of Ibert's Stories including La Cage De Cristal contain significant influences of Debussy and impressionism. Addressing a variety of musical aspects andtechniques Ibert's La Cage De Cristal is an exciting addition to the Piano repertoire.

The Buzzard The Black Wheatear and the Curlew-Catalogue D'Oiseaux by Olivier Messiaenis a set of 7 books with 13 pieces for Piano composed between 1956 and 1958. Each volume refers to a special bird and to the French region where the bird is typically from. The piece does not only describe the bird it also depicts its surroundings such as other birds the landscape of its area the colours and the temperature. Book 1 - Le Chocard des Alpes (Alpine Chough) - Le Loriot (Golden Oriole) IH Le Merle Bleu (Blue Rock Thrush) Book 2 - Le Traquet Stapazin (Black-Eared Wheatear) Book 3 - La Chouette Hulotte (Tawny Owl) - L'AlouetteLulu (Wood Lark) Book 4 - La Rousserolle Effarvatte (Reed Warbler) Book 5 - L'Alouette Calandrelle (Short-Toed Lark) - La Bouscarle (Cetti's Warbler) Book 6 - Le Merle de Roche (Rock Thrush) Book 7 - La Buse Variable (Buzzard) - Le Traquet Rieur (Black Wheatear) - Le Courlis Cendré (Curlew) As mentioned above this 7th Volume focuses on the buzzard the black wheatear and the curlew. The first one the Buzzard represents “La matheysine” in the Dauphiny area the Black Wheatear the area of Roussillion and the Curlew the west coast of Brittany. The interpretation of these pieces requires a strong level of ability on Piano (upper advanced) due to some complex techniques required. Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was a French organist and composer passionate about Ornithology and one of the most important composers of his century. Inspired by Japanese music he had a very special way of composing and his work can be identified by its complexity its diatonic aspect its harmony with limited transposition its colour and its additive rhythms. He composed many works related to ornithology and birdsong including the 'Treatise on rhythm colour and ornithology' in 7 volumes.

?Sing your country sing your land!? Such was the advice of Déodat de Séverac to the young Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (1879-1957) when the latter shared his dismay at the petty squabbles taking over the Parisian music scene in the Belle-Epoque. Although Canteloube had started collecting folk songs from his native Cantal in 1895 he only began the harmonisation of Baïlero in 1923 thus inaugurating the first of the five Chants d?Auvergne series that would bring him fame. Renowned baritone François Le Roux chose to begin his anthology with a famous shepherd song recorded near Vic-sur-Cère(in the Haute Auvergne) in which the baïles (shepherds in pasture commons) call to each other from hilltops soaring their vocals across rivers valleys and hills. Singers who wish to immerse themselves in one of the ten melodies that compose this tender picturesque musical landscape can use the Piano accompaniment audio file accessible through a download card. Contents: Baïlèro (Shepherd Songs from the Cantal) ? Bourrées: N?aï pas iéu de mîo (Loved by no woman) and Lo Calhé (The Quail) ? L?Antouèno (The Antoine) ? Lou Boussu (The Hunchback) ? Lo Fiolaire (The Spinner) ? Là-haut sur le rocher ? Uno jionto Postouro (The Pretty Shepherdess) ? Pour l?enfant (Lullaby from Auvergne)

Recueil Piano-1.Les Bouquetières; 2.Les Créoles; 3.Les Mignardes; 4.Les Bergères; 5.Les Bavardes