Farrenc: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2 - Variations brillante - Maria Stratigou

Highly respected in the 19th-century Parisian music scene, Louise Farrenc was acclaimed as a pianist and admired by Robert Schumann for her compositions. The Theme and Variation sets are among her most significant works for piano. Their content ranges from the humour and playfulness of the Op. 7 set, to the intimacy and melancholy of Op. 6 on the popular aria ‘O ma tendre musette!’ Maria Stratigou’s recording of the Études (GP912–13) was considered ‘beguiling piano music’ in BBC Music Magazine, confirming once again that Farrenc has been unjustly neglected as a composer.

Farrenc, Louise

 Variations brillantes sur un thème d'Aristide Farrenc, Op. 2

 Grandes variations sur l'air Le premier Pas, Op. 4 (version for piano)

 Variations brillantes sur un thème (air) de La Cenerentola de Rossini, Op. 5

 Variations sur l'air favori O ma tendre musette!, Op. 6

 Air suisse varié, Op. 7

 Variations brillantes sur un thème du Colporteur de G. Onslow, Op. 10

 Adieux à la Suisse. Thème de Bruguière, varié

 Theme and Variations in F Major

 Theme and Variations in G Major