Bizet: Complete Piano Music

Georges Bizet’s popular L’Arlésienne Suites are seldom heard in the composer’s own piano transcriptions. Indeed, his delightful compositions and arrangements for this instrument remain to be discovered by many listeners. Bizet was himself an accomplished pianist, whose solo piano works range across many different genres and styles from the Chopinesque lyricism of the Nocturnes and Chansons sans paroles to the virtuosic Caprices and Chasse fantastique and the highly dramatic Variations chromatiques.

Contents Bizet: Nocturne in F major Bizet: Grande valse de concert Bizet: 3 Esquisses musicales (No.1 Ronde turque, No.2 Serenade, No.3 Caprice) Bizet: Nocturne in D major Bizet: Variations chromatiques Bizet: Valse in C major Bizet: 4 Preludes (Prelude No.1 in C major, No.2 in A minor, No.3 in G major, No.4 in E minor Bizet: Caprice No. 1 in C sharp minor Bizet: Caprice No. 2 in C major Bizet: Thème brillant Bizet: L’arlesienne Suite No. 1 (arr. for piano) Bizet: Chants du Rhin (L’aurore, Le depart,Les reves, La bohemienne, Les confidences, Le retour) Bizet: Magasin des familles Bizet: Venise Bizet: Romance sans paroles in C major Bizet: Marine Bizet: Chasse fantastique Bizet: L’arlesienne Suite No. 2 (version for piano)