Scholarly-critical Urtext edition based on all available sourcesFirst publication of previously unknown compositionsComprehensive critical commentary (Fr/Ger/Eng) including numerous facsimile pagesDetailed foreword (Fr/Ger/Eng) on the genesis of the works and on performance practiceLouis Vierne was a celebrated organist but throughout his life he was also a keen pianist and composer of piano music. He had a particular feeling for the tonal finesse and riches the instrument offered. The pieces in this volume which include some works published for the first time date from Vierne’s early years and are in the tradition of the Romantic character piece. In both their harmoniclanguage and their elegant feeling for sonority they reveal Vierne’s individual musical language. These pieces are mainly of medium technical difficulty and are therefore suitable for a broader spectrum of pianists.The editor Brigitte de Leersnyder is a pianist and piano teacher. She has researched Louis Vierne’s piano music for many years and has published a comprehensive and highly-regarded monograph on the composer.

The War Years (1914-1916)-First critical Urtext edition based on all available autograph manuscripts and printed sourcesWith a detailed foreword and critical commentary (both Fr/Eng/Ger) complemented by numerous facsimilesWell-presented layoutWith his Douze Préludes Op.36 and Trois Nocturnes Op.35 composed between 1914 and 1916 Vierne followed in the Romantic piano tradition whilst lending the historic models that special sound between elegance and expressivity as is characteristic for French music of the period. The editor of the volume is the distinguished pianist Olivier Gardon. As a performer and scholar he has researched Louis Vierne?s piano music for over twenty years of which he hasan unparalleled knowledge. This can be convincingly heard on Olivier Gardon?s complete CD recording of 1995.