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The Marvellous Marcelle Meyer lossless

An episode of The Piano Files devoted to the magnificent French pianist Marcelle Meyer (1897-1958). A brilliant artist aligned with a great many major composers - Debussy, Ravel, Satie, Stravinsky, Poulenc - Meyer has only in the last few decades begun to gain international renown and her many hours of recordings, once virtually impossible to obtain, are at last easily accessible. Her fluid and supple phrasing, crystalline sonority, refined nuancing, and masterful pedalling serve her brilliantly 'alive' conceptions of music ranging from 18th century Baroque music through to the 20th century compositions created by her colleagues.

The photographs with this upload have been provided by Meyer's daughter Anne-Marie di Vieto.

One note of an error in my commentary: Stravinsky's Les Noces was premiered in 1923, not 1924.

Once I have produced some episodes about other pianists, I will be recording another episode about Marcelle Meyer featuring other recordings and a greater focus on biographical details.

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