(2017) Robert Schumann: The Complete Works for Piano, Vol. VI - Cédric Pescia Ralf Lukas The style and spirit of

The style and spirit of his compositions are of French inspiration

his models were Mozart and Saint-Saëns

has an extremely supple argument in the dances and the little dances and even manages to make a number of them sound even better than they appear from the score

which he wrote in 1947 as if 3 impelled by the desire to pay homage to the music and harmonies of Spain one last time before the shadow of death appeared (Collet died four years later in Paris on 23 November 1951)

(2017) Robert Schumann: The Complete Works for Piano, Vol. VI - Cédric Pescia Ralf Lukas The style and spirit ofDe tout nouveaux mondes souvrent (Schumann 1838) Dernier volet d'une intgrale consacre la musique pour piano de Schumann, ce disque propose un programme marqu par l'clectisme. Loin d'tre un dfaut, la runion dans un mme projet discographique d'oeuvres d'inspirations multiples, couvrant de surcrot toute la priode cratrice de Schumann, permet au contraire de mesurer l'ampleur de l'apport du compositeur au rpertoire pour piano et de rappeler les tendances