En Blanc et Noir – pianist Noël Lee plays the black and white keys. A five-part mini series, compiled by Evert Jan Nagtegaal. Noël Lee as part of an ensemble, as a composer, solo pianist and song pianist. Part 5: Introduction
Noël Lee was a productive artist with over 200 albums under his belt, 14 of which received the Grand Prix du Disque. His body of work includes all piano sonatas by Schubert, the complete sonatas by Beethoven, all piano works by Debussy and Ravel, and numerous works by Ives, Bartók, Stravinksy, Copland, Elliott Carter and more.
He dedicated several albums entirely to music for four hands and works for two pianos, working with Christian Ivaldi and Jeff Cohen and some albums with piano-violin duos with Gérard Poulet. And then there is the staggering amount of recordings of Noël Lee working with singers.
Compiler Evert Jan Nagtegaal himself has had the priviliege of singing on two albums with Noël Lee on the keys, but there are mostly many recordings with François Le Roux, Bernard Kruysen, Udo Reinemann and Anne Marie Rodde which are still at beautiful as ever.
Playlist:
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- Charles Marie Widor – Aimons toujours. Anne Marie Rodde, soprano and Noël Lee, piano
Anne Marie Rodde en Noël Lee
- Noël Lee – from: Quatre Etudes pour le piano (1961), Aux sons aigus, Noël Lee, piano (Disques Circé 87114 LD)
- Charles Marie Widor – Aimons toujours. Anne Marie Rodde, soprano and Noël Lee, piano
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- Igor Stravinsky – Tango (1940), Noël Lee, piano (Nonesuch H-71212 LP)
- Igor Stravinsky – Tango (1940), Noël Lee, piano (Nonesuch H-71212 LP)
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- Gabriël Fauré – Violin sonata no.2 in E minor third op.108 (part 3 Allegro non troppo), Gerard Poulet, violin and Noël Lee, piano (Arion ARN 68174)
- Gabriël Fauré – Violin sonata no.2 in E minor third op.108 (part 3 Allegro non troppo), Gerard Poulet, violin and Noël Lee, piano (Arion ARN 68174)
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- Franz Schubert – from: Fantaisie in F minor third. D.940, Christian Ivaldi and Noël Lee, piano (Arion ARN 268038)
Mademoiselle Boulanger
- Franz Schubert – from: Fantaisie in F minor third. D.940, Christian Ivaldi and Noël Lee, piano (Arion ARN 268038)
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- Gabriël Fauré uit: La Bonne Chanson op.61 – Une Sainte en son auréole, Puisque l‘aube grandit, Bernard Kruysen, bariton en Noël Lee, piano (Valois SAT 2254)
Bernard Kruysen
- Gabriël Fauré uit: La Bonne Chanson op.61 – Une Sainte en son auréole, Puisque l‘aube grandit, Bernard Kruysen, bariton en Noël Lee, piano (Valois SAT 2254)
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- Frédéric Chopin – Ballade no. 3 in As gr.t. op. 47, Noël Lee, piano (Valois LP MB 837)
- Frédéric Chopin – Ballade no. 3 in As gr.t. op. 47, Noël Lee, piano (Valois LP MB 837)
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- Claude Debussy – uit: Etude no. 1 – Pour les cinq doigts, en: Pour les huit doigts (Telefunken/ Valois LP SMA 25110-T/1-3), Noël Lee, piano
- Claude Debussy – uit: Etude no. 1 – Pour les cinq doigts, en: Pour les huit doigts (Telefunken/ Valois LP SMA 25110-T/1-3), Noël Lee, piano
- Claude Debussy – Caprices en blanc et noir, Werner Haas en Noël Lee, piano
Aflevering 2 van deze 5-delige serie programma’s over Noël Lee wordt op zondag 4 december 2016 om 18.00 uur uitgezonden.
