Dutilleux, Henri

[Mandryka]

I'll kick off with a question.

Which are the most successful recordings of the op 1 piano sonata?

[smittims]

Ha! Well, that's not the question I was expecting. I'm afraid I don't know Dutilleux' piano music, though I do have Claire-Marie Leguay's 2000 recording (which I will have heard once), and I think John Ogdon recorded it inthe early '80s as part of a curious 5-LP set caled 'Pianistic Philosophies'.

I'm more familiar with his orchestral music: the symphonies and the 'starry night' piece.

[Pulcinella]

I'll kick off with a question.

Which are the most successful recordings of the op 1 piano sonata?

These two recordings listed on Presto's site won awards, so might be worth investigating:

https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/works/51478--dutilleux-piano-sonata/browse?award_winner=true&size=10&view=large&sort=relevance

[Serial_Apologist]

A fine work in itself, deserving of worthy[placement in the 20th century piano oeuvre, for anyone interested beyond the question of which recording etc, - and one of the few Dutilleux was later prepared to accept among his early output. in it he might be seen as preoccupied with blending in various influences of its time and prior to its composition into a personal consistency - mainly Roussel, Debussy, Poulenc and Prokofiev, with some common interest exhibited in Messiaen's modal-harmonic methods.

[Mandryka]

I asked about the piano sonata because I've been enjoying this CD of early works -- you can hear the Koechlin influence especially in the duos -- it's just relaxing and very easy to listen to.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Youthful-Pages/dp/B000X3BBMA/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?crid=24YO7QXWOVZDG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.e5zC7iKOqCuym8Ly1ifmKPSfqOOoEwLfdGz5ugI56Y9BFxN0Q_aKW8Dfi8WEv19sPCBtV--bYn8R6s2hsN9SOCD-FIx1NmLLYxqR9J_oTeGJO8bjeTfvEO2Goe5Suw1P.zdJxcDFNN2vok8AQ5H0NPfBjbICvwMGQk4D6PWQVI2Y&dib_tag=se&keywords=dutilleux+jeunesse+cd&nsdOptOutParam=true&qid=1731691606&sprefix=dutilleux+jeunesse+cd%2Caps%2C67&sr=8-1-fkmr0

[Mandryka]

I'm on the cello concerto now - Tout un monde lointain. Quite special!

[smittims]

Yes, I think that's one of his best works. Funny how a cello concerto tends to bring out the best in a composer: Dvorak, Elgar, Milhaud, Barber, Honegger. I wish Mozart had written one!