Edouard Lalo : Piano Concerto in F minor (1889)

 

 

Édouard Lalo in 1891(engraving by Richard Paraire)

(27 January 1823 – 22 April 1892) was a French composer.Easily his most celebrated piece is his Symphonie espagnole, a popular work in the standard repertoire for violin and orchestra. 

〈스페인 교향곡 Symphonie espagnole〉과 명료한 관현악법으로 유명하다.

스페인계 군인집안에서 태어나 1839년 무일푼으로 파리로 가서 파리 음악원에서 프랑수아 아브네크에게 바이올린을 배웠고, J. 쉴로프와 크레브쾨르에게 작곡 개인교수를 받았다.

1848년 첫 작품을 출판했고, 1855년에는 아르맹고(Armingaud) 현악 4중주단에 비올라 연주자로 들어갔다. 바이올린과 관현악을 위한 〈스페인 교향곡〉을 사라사테가 1875년 초연하여 성공을 거두었고, 1876년에는 첼로 협주곡, 1882년에는 발레곡 〈나무나 Namouna〉로 성공을 거두었다. 이 곡은 안무솜씨보다는 수준 높은 음악이 더 돋보인다는 점에서 디아길레프의 발레 작품들을 예시했다. 뒤이어 1887년 〈교향곡 G단조 Symphony in G Minor〉를, 1888년에는 오페라 〈이스의 임금님 Le Roi d'Ys〉의 결정판을 발표했다.

역시 후대에 영향을 준 바 있는 실내악으로는 현악 4중주, 3개의 3중주, 피아노 소나타, 바이올린 소나타가 있고, 바이올린 협주곡과 피아노 협주곡도 작곡했다. 그의 음악은 슈만, 베버와 유사한 점이 있기는 하나 매우 독창적인 재능의 산물이다. [다음 백과]

Piano Concerto in F minor(1889)

Pianiste : David Gross
Dir : Nikos Athinaos

1- Lento - Allegro (11.29)
2- Lento (5.55)
3- Allegro (6.17)

 

 

0:00:00 1. Lento – Allegro
0:11:30 2. Lento
0:17:18 3. Allegro

 

Lalo was born in Lille, in the northernmost part of France. He attended that city's conservatoire in his youth. Beginning at age 16, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire under François Antoine Habeneck. Habeneck conducted student concerts at the Conservatoire from 1806 and became the founding conductor of the Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire in 1828.

For several years, Lalo worked as a string player and teacher in Paris. In 1848, he joined with friends to found the Armingaud Quartet, in which he played the viola and later, second violin. His earliest surviving compositions are songs and chamber works (two early symphonies were destroyed).

In 1865, Lalo married Julie Besnier de Maligny, a contralto from Brittany. She encouraged Lalo's early interest in opera and led him to compose works for the stage, most notably the opera Le Roi d'Ys. These works were never really popular, despite their originality, and incurred criticism for being too progressive and Wagnerian. This led Lalo to dedicate most of his career to the composition of chamber music, which was gradually coming into vogue in France, as well as works for orchestra.

Lalo's distinctive style has earned him a degree of popularity. The Symphonie espagnole for violin and orchestra still enjoys a prominent place in the repertoire of violinists, while the Cello Concerto in D minor is occasionally revived. His Symphony in G minor was a favourite of Sir Thomas Beecham and has occasionally been championed by later conductors. His music is notable for its strong melodies and colourful orchestration, with a Germanic solidity that distinguishes him from other French composers of his era. Such works as the Scherzo in D minor, one of his most colourful pieces, embody his distinctive style and strong expressive bent.

Poster for Le Roi d'Ys

 

Le Roi d'Ys, an opera based on the Breton legend of Ys, is Lalo's most complex and ambitious creation. (This same legend inspired Claude Debussy's La cathédrale engloutie.) Lalo became a member of the Legion of Honour in 1873. Le Roi d'Ys was not initially considered performable and was not staged until 1888, when Lalo was 65 years old. He died in Paris in 1892, leaving several unfinished works, including his opera La Jacquerie, completed by Arthur Coquard. He was interred at the Père Lachaise Cemetery.

Lalo's son Pierre (6 September 1866 – 9 June 1943) was a music critic who wrote for Le Temps and other French periodicals from 1898 until his death.