Vierne – Complete Piano Works III

Vierne, LouisThe Last Works- Urtext Edition of Louis Vierne’s “Complete Piano Works” in three volumes- Critical edition based on all available sources- Includes two previously unpublished works- With an extensive foreword (Fr/Ger/Eng), Critical Commentary and facsimile pages
Louis Vierne is best-known as a famous organist and composer of organ music. Less well-known, as it was not part of his public life but was to a large extent reserved for private circles, was the fact that he was also an outstanding pianist.
His piano works were praised by his contemporaries for their compositional refinement, fine sonority as well as frequent virtuosic passages and are on the same artistic level as his organ works.
The third volume of the chronologically arranged edition of Vierne’s works includes “ Silhouettes d’enfants ” op. 43 in the tradition of 19th century children’s pieces and the major work of his later creative period, the four-movement cycle “ Solitude ” op. 44. It also includes two pieces which only survive in manuscript form, published here for the first time.
 
Contents
PrefaceTo the complete edition of the piano works of Louis Vierne·Louis Vierne – Biographical overview·Jean-Pièrre Mazeirat:·Louis Vierne and the piano·The works·Facsimiles:·Composer / Author:Vierne, Louis Silhouettes d’enfants op. 43Instrumentation:Piano·Composer / Author:Vierne, Louis[Pièce pour piano] op. 49Instrumentation:Piano·Composer / Author:Vierne, LouisLetter of 10 April 1925 to Jean HuréInstrumentation:Piano·Composer / Author:Vierne, LouisPoème des cloches funèbres op. 39 (December 1916):Instrumentation:Piano·Composer / Author:Vierne, Louis[1. Cloches dans le cauchemar (lost piece)]Instrumentation:Piano·Composer / Author:Vierne, Louis2. Le Glas (first edition)Instrumentation:Piano·Composer / Author:Vierne, LouisSilhouettes d’enfants op. 43 (May-June 1918):Instrumentation:Piano·Composer / Author:Vierne, Louis1. ValseInstrumentation:Piano·Composer / Author:Vierne, Louis2. ChansonInstrumentation:Piano·Composer / Author:Vierne, Louis3. DivertissementInstrumentation:Piano·Composer / Author:Vierne, Louis4. BarcarolleInstrumentation:Piano·Composer / Author:Vierne, Louis5. Gavotte (dans le style ancien)Instrumentation:Piano·Composer / Author:Vierne, LouisSolitude op. 44 (June-July 1918):Instrumentation:Piano·Composer / Author:Vierne, Louis1. HantiseInstrumentation:Piano·Composer / Author:Vierne, Louis2. Nuit blancheInstrumentation:Piano·Composer / Author:Vierne, Louis3. Vision hallucinanteInstrumentation:Piano·Composer / Author:Vierne, Louis4. La ronde fantastique des revenantsInstrumentation:Piano·Composer / Author:Vierne, Louis[Pièce pour piano] (August 1922) op. 49first editionInstrumentation:Piano·Critical Report:·I. Abbreviations·II. Editorial policies·III. Sources / Detailed references