Rossini: Piano Works Vol. 8 by Stefan Irmer - DeepRiffs

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Gioachino Rossini's Pêchés de Vieillesse (Sins of Old Age) generally show up as encores and the like. But playing them as a complete set, as German pianist Stefan Irmer is doing, shows that there's a good deal more than just salon humor in these little works. Rossini reveals himself as a late-life experimentalist, intrigued by the non-Western sounds that were beginning to become known in Paris -- sample here the Petite polka chinoise (Little Chinese Polka) and the Plein-chant chinois (a virtually untranslatable pun, which is just as well since the booklet translates Rossini's titles from French into German only). The titles are humorous indeed, with an anarchic, Satie-like streak (Valse anti-dansante), and music explores little harmonic byways left neglected as Romantic music underwent its headlong development -- the language runs from Beethoven to Chopin, but has a quirkiness and a melodic genius that is pure Rossini. Several sets of the Pêchés de Vieillesse are underway; Irmer's is distinguished by the use of a 1901 Steinway that has the light touch needed to pick up the music's eye-winks. This disc is subtitled "un peut de tout" (a little of everything); other discs in the series are devoted to specific aspects of Rossini's delightful late-life return to composition, but any one of them will convince you that there's more to this body of music than you may have suspected.
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1. Musique anodine: Prélude: Allegretto moderato

by Stefan Irmer

Primary Artist: Stefan Irmer; Main Performer
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini; Composer

2. Péchés de Vieillesse: Thème naïf et variations idem: Andantino mosso

by Stefan Irmer

Primary Artist: Stefan Irmer; Main Performer
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini; Composer

3. Péchés de Vieillesse: Plein-chant chinois: Andante - Allegretto moderato

by Stefan Irmer

Primary Artist: Stefan Irmer; Main Performer
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini; Composer

4. Péchés de Vieillesse: Petite polka chinoise: Allegro brillante

by Stefan Irmer

Primary Artist: Stefan Irmer; Main Performer
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini; Composer

5. Péchés de Vieillesse: Chansonette: Allegretto

by Stefan Irmer

Primary Artist: Stefan Irmer; Main Performer
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini; Composer

6. Péchés de Vieillesse: Une Bagatelle: Andante mosso

by Stefan Irmer

Primary Artist: Stefan Irmer; Main Performer
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini; Composer

7. Péchés de Vieillesse: Gymnastique d'écartement : Allegro brillante

by Stefan Irmer

Primary Artist: Stefan Irmer; Main Performer
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini; Composer

8. Péchés de Vieillesse: Échantillon de blague mélodique sur les noires de la main droite: Andantino mosso - Allegretto moderato

by Stefan Irmer

Primary Artist: Stefan Irmer; Main Performer
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini; Composer

9. Péchés de Vieillesse: Impromptu anodin: Allegretto moderato

by Stefan Irmer

Primary Artist: Stefan Irmer; Main Performer
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini; Composer

10. Péchés de Vieillesse: Fausse couche de polka-mazurka: Allegretto

by Stefan Irmer

Primary Artist: Stefan Irmer; Main Performer
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini; Composer

11. Péchés de Vieillesse: Petite pensée: Largo - Allegretto moderato

by Stefan Irmer

Primary Artist: Stefan Irmer; Main Performer
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini; Composer

12. Péchés de Vieillesse: Valse anti-dansante: Vivace

by Stefan Irmer

Primary Artist: Stefan Irmer; Main Performer
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini; Composer

13. Péchés de Vieillesse: Mélodie candide: Allegretto

by Stefan Irmer

Primary Artist: Stefan Irmer; Main Performer
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini; Composer

14. Péchés de Vieillesse: Valse boiteuse: Allegretto moderato

by Stefan Irmer

Primary Artist: Stefan Irmer; Main Performer
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini; Composer

15. Péchés de Vieillesse: Valse lugubre: Allegretto

by Stefan Irmer

Primary Artist: Stefan Irmer; Main Performer
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini; Composer

16. Péchés de Vieillesse: Petite valse de boudoir: Allegretto

by Stefan Irmer

Primary Artist: Stefan Irmer; Main Performer
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini; Composer

17. Péchés de Vieillesse: Une réjouissance: Allegretto moderato

by Stefan Irmer

Primary Artist: Stefan Irmer; Main Performer
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini; Composer

18. Péchés de Vieillesse: Un regret - Un espoir

by Stefan Irmer

Primary Artist: Stefan Irmer; Main Performer
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini; Composer

19. Péchés de Vieillesse: Petite fanfare à quatre mains: Allegretto

by Stefan Irmer

Primary Artist: Stefan Irmer; Main Performer
Composer: Gioacchino Rossini
Gioachino Rossini; Composer

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Pop/Rock, Chamber Music, Classical

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Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm (MDG)

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Germany

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Mar 31, 2007

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