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Recordings

Saint-Saëns Duos For Harmonium and Piano

1
Guilmant
Scherzo capriccioso, Op. 36
7:51
2
Guilmant
Pastorale, Op. 26
4:39
Saint-Saëns
Six Duos, Op. 8
35:43
3
V.Scherzo3:48
4
Franck
Prelude, Fugue & Variation, Op. 18
10:41
Saint-Saëns
Six Duos, Op. 8
35:43
5
IV.Capriccio4:02
6
Guilmant
Prière, Op. 16
4:02
Saint-Saëns
Six Duos, Op. 8
35:43
7
III.Choral4:24
8
Guilmant
Final alla Schumann, Op. 83
3:45
Saint-Saëns
Six Duos, Op. 8
35:43
9
II.Cavatina6:22
10
I.Fantasia e fuga9:15
11
Guilmant
Elégie-Fugue, Op. 44
6:21
Saint-Saëns
Six Duos, Op. 8
35:43
12
VI.Finale7:52
Recording date6-8 December 2021
Recording locationWyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, UK
ProducerAdrian Farmer
EngineerAdrian Farmer & Simon Callaghan
Release date3 February 2023
LabelNimbus Records
Catalogue numberNI8111
Duration72:54
Cover artworkCharles Courtney Curran (1861-1942): Lotus Lilies (1889)
NI1811 COVER

With Miloš Milivojević (accordion)

The harmonium's rise in the second half of the nineteenth century brought a large chamber repertoire with it, especially in France, where the instrument had been developed and refined — and the pairing of harmonium with piano proved particularly popular. On these recordings the accordion takes the harmonium's role: it produces its sound in a near-identical way, and the performers' hope is that the shift from a nineteenth-century French harmonium to a modern classical accordion will allow these delightful pieces to be played more often and to reach the widest possible audience.