Ralph Rousseau - Gambomania - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Ralph Rousseau - Silence [COMPACT DISCS] O-Card Packaging date 02/14/2012

A pupil of Massenet and Faure, the prolific French composer and teacher Charles Koechlin expanded traditional harmonies and compositional techniques and was much admired by his contemporaries. Les heures persanes was inspired by Vers Ispahan, Pierre Loti'.

John Adams vast and varied output has earned him a wide audience, uncommon among contemporary classical composers. The works on this disc span his entire career to date, and illustrate his many different styles of writing for the piano.