Pascal Rogé & Ami Rogé - Les Six & Satie (2020) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Pascal Rogé, long considered the greatest exponent of French piano repertoire is joined by his pianist wife Ami in a program devoted to Les Six – the group of composers brought together by Jean Cocteau in 1917 and who created a musical reaction to the suffocating influence of German romanticism upon French musical culture. Based in Montparnasse the name was inspired by Balakirev’s ‘The Five’ and the journalist Henri Collet’s 1920 article ‘Les cinq Russians, les six Français, et M.Satie’. Satie gets a look in on this album with his ‘Parade’ closing the programme. The album includes the 1920 L’Album des Six, Scaramouche by Milhaud, Cinq Bagatelles for piano 4 hands by Auric, Two Pieces for 4 hands op.7 by Durey and works by Honegger and Tailleferre.

Tracklist:
1. Cello Concerto in G Minor, RV. 416: I. Allegro (3:27)
2. Cello Concerto in G Minor, RV. 416: II. Largo (2:41)
3. Cello Concerto in G Minor, RV. 416: III. Allegro. (2:59)
4. "Sovvente il sole" (from Andromeda liberata, RV Anh. 117) (9:21)
5. Concerto for 2 cellos in G Minor, RV. 531: I. Allegro (3:35)
6. Concerto for 2 cellos in G Minor, RV. 531: II. Largo (4:05)
7. Concerto for 2 cellos in G Minor, RV. 531: III. Allegro. (3:00)
8. Concerto for cello and bassoon in E Minor, RV. 409: I. Adagio - Allegro molto (3:43)
9. Concerto for cello and bassoon in E Minor, RV. 409: II. Allegro (1:44)
10. Concerto for cello and bassoon in E Minor, RV. 409: III. Allegro. (2:28)
11. Concerto for violoncello piccolo in G Major, RV. 414: I. Allegro molto (3:25)
12. Concerto for violoncello piccolo in G Major, RV. 414: II. Largo (3:00)
13. Concerto for violoncello piccolo in G Major, RV. 414: III. Allegro (3:14)
14. Sinfonia for strings and basso continuo in C Major, RV. 112: I. Allegro (1:39)
15. Sinfonia for strings and basso continuo in C Major, RV. 112: II. Andante (2:25)
16. Sinfonia for strings and basso continuo in C Major, RV. 112: III. Presto (1:31)
17. Concerto for 2 violins and 2 cellos in D Major, RV. 575: I. Allegro (2:52)
18. Concerto for 2 violins and 2 cellos in D Major, RV. 575: II. Largo (2:18)
19. Concerto for 2 violins and 2 cellos in D Major, RV. 575: III. Allegro. (3:39)
20. Cello Concerto in B-Flat Major, RV. 788 "per Teresa" (2:41)
21. Concerto for violoncello piccolo in B Minor, RV. 424: I. Allegro non molto (3:44)
22. Concerto for violoncello piccolo in B Minor, RV. 424: II. Largo (2:40)
23. Concerto for violoncello piccolo in B Minor, RV. 424: III. Allegro non molto. (3:23)
24. "Di verde ulivo" ( from Tito manlio, RV. 738) (6:15)
25. Cello Concerto in D Minor, RV. 405: I. Allegro (2:39)
26. Cello Concerto in D Minor, RV. 405: II. Adagio (2:46)
27. Cello Concerto in D Minor, RV. 405: III. Allegro. (2:22)
28. Cello Concerto in A Minor, RV. 419: I. Allegro (2:03)

Personnel:
Pascal Rogé, piano
Ami Rogé, piano