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Geoffroy Couteau's piano recital
Festival Virtuosity: Romantic studies

In France, the adventure of the Romantic piano began under the joint impetus of instrument making and the beginnings of virtuosity. From the Empire period onwards, Pleyel and Érard competed with each other to create fortepianos that were ever subtler and more sonorous. Simultaneously, the new “star system” isolated the virtuoso from all the other performers. Who, more than the pianist, could claim to embody the new Romantic hero, sometimes keenly involved in committed actions, sometimes withdrawn into melancholy isolation?

Concert programme:
1. Pierre-Alexandre Boëly: Étude op. 6 n° 15
2. Camille Saint-Saëns: Étude op. 52 n° 6
3. Charles-Valentin Alkan: Étude op. 35 n° 5, Allegro barbaro
4. Camille Saint-Saëns: Étude op. 52 n° 2
5. Camille Saint-Saëns: Étude op. 111 n° 6
6. Camille Saint-Saëns: Étude op. 135 n° 4
7. Franz Liszt: Étude d'exécution transcendante n° 8, « Wilde Jagd » (« Chasse sauvage »)
8. Hélène de Montgeroult: Étude n° 110
9. Frédéric Chopin: Étude op. 10 n° 12
10. Frédéric Chopin: Études op. 25 n° 1, n° 7, n° 12


In partnership with Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles / Tempo d’Orchestra (Mantua)
Video produced by A. Girard / Step by step / Mezzo (directed by Yan Proefrock)
Recorded at the Palazzetto Bru Zane, Venice / 19 November 2011
Technical means: TIGRE PRODUCTIONS
Executive producer: Pandore / Jean-Baptiste Jouy
© Step by step / Palazzetto Bru Zane