- Artist:
- Pascal Rogé
Complete Decca Recordings
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Release date: 3 April 2026
Renowned French pianist Pascal Rogé celebrates his 75th birthday on April 6, 2026. To mark the occasion, a box set containing all of the artist's Decca recordings will be released on 43 CDs in the original cover design. His recording career began early: as an exclusive artist in the 1970s and 1980s, he played the solo part in a highly acclaimed recording of Giordano's opera “Fedora” and recorded a magnificent Liszt album at the age of 18. He then devoted himself intensively to the music of Ravel, Debussy, Satie, and Poulenc. Concertos, chamber music, solo piano music, and songs by composers such as Mozart, Beethoven, Saint-Saëns, and Fauré are part of his repertoire. Many of these recordings have not been physically available for years. Collectors can also look forward to two previously unreleased works: Brahms' Second Piano Sonata and a selection of preludes by Japanese composer Takashi Yoshimatsu. Also released for the first time by Decca is a recording of Mozart concertos with Raymond Leppard conducting. The booklet contains a fascinating essay by piano specialist Jeremy Nicholas, which also includes the pianist's memories of the making of these recordings.
Tracklisting:
CDs 1-2:
BARTÓK: Piano Concertos Nos. 1–3; Rhapsody.
FRANCK: Variations symphoniques
CD 3: BEETHOVEN: Piano Quintet; SPOHR: Septet
CDs 4–6: BRAHMS: Four Ballades Op. 10; Handel Variations Op.24; Two Rhapsodies Op. 79; Fantasias Op. 116; Piano Sonata No. 2
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1–3; Scherzo from ‘F-A-E’ Sonata
CD 7: CHAUSSON: Concert; FRANCK: Violin Sonata
CDs 8–12: DEBUSSY: Piano music
CD 13-16: FAURÉ
Piano works
Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2; Berceuse Op.16; Romance in B flat Op.28; Andante in B flat Op.75; Morceau de lecture
Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2
CD 17: FRANCK: Variations symphoniques; Cello Sonata (after Violin Sonata); Piano Quintet
CD 18: LISZT: Piano Sonata; Mazeppa; Vallée d'Obermann; Liebestraum S541/3.
BONUS: GIORDANO: Fedora / Act 2: Se innocente sei davvero, crederà*
CD 19: LISZT: Années de pèlerinage: Italie S161
CD 20: MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 25; Rondo K.386
Six Minuets K.1-5, K9a
CD 21: POULENC: Piano Concerto; Concerto for 2 Pianos; Concert champêtre
CD 22: POULENC: Aubade; Suite française; Le Bal masqué; Rapsodie nègre
CDs 23–25: POULENC: Piano works
CD 26: POULENC: Music for 2 pianos/4 hands; Violin Sonata
CD 27: POULENC: Sextet, Trio, Oboe Sonata, Clarinet Sonata, Flute Sonata
CDs 28–31: POULENC: Mélodies
CD 32: RAVEL: Piano Concertos; SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals*
CDs 33–35: RAVEL: Piano music
CD 36: RAVEL: Violin Sonata (1897); Violin Sonata; Tzigane; Berceuse; Kaddisch; Pièce en forme de habanera
CDs 37–38: SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concertos Nos. 1–5
CDs 39–42
SATIE: Piano Music
YOSHIMATSU: 7 Pleiades Dances
CD 43: French Chamber Music – Saint-Saëns, d’Indy, Tansman, Francaix, Roussel, Poulenc, Milhaud
