Emmanuel Despax - Apres Un Reve Belle Epoque Nights at the Piano - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Après un rêve is an ode to the French Belle Époque repertoire, depicting the beauty of dreams and the night. The album is an opportunity to hear and perhaps discover rarely played / rarely recorded wonderful works (Chaminade Nocturne, Duparc Aux étoiles, Poulenc Les soirées de Nazelles), alongside central pillars of the repertoire, and includes a world premiere of Despax's arrangement of Après un rêve. The album is attributed to his grandfather, Jacques Charpentreau, a French poet who adored this repertoire and frequently drew inspiration from the night in his works. Despax has curated some of his poetry, as well as works by other poets he admired to complement this music, taking the listener on an immersive poetic and musical journey through this noctur- nal landscape Album Tracks 1. Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 2. Soirées de Nazelles, FP 84~Préambule 3. Soirées de Nazelles, FP 84~Le comble de la distinction 4. Soirées de Nazelles, FP 84~II. Le coeur sur la main 5. Soirées de Nazelles, FP 84~III. La Désinvolture et la discrétion 6. Soirées de Nazelles, FP 84~La suite dans les idées 7. Soirées de Nazelles, FP 84~Le charme enjôleur 8. Soirées de Nazelles, FP 84~Le contentement de soi 9. Soirées de Nazelles, FP 84~Le goût du malheur 10. Soirées de Nazelles, FP 84~L'alerte vieillesse 11. Soirées de Nazelles, FP 84~Cadence 12. Soirées de Nazelles, FP 84~Final 13. Suite bergamasque, L. 75 III. Claire de lune 14. Danse macabre, Op. 40 15. Nocturne, Op. 165 16. Gaspard de la nuit~I. Ondine 17. Gaspard de la nuit~II. Le Gibet 18. Gaspard de la nuit~III. Scarbo 19. Aux étoiles