Bizet: The piano works

CDs

Composer

Georges Bizet

Artist

Roberto Prosseda piano

AMAZON PRESTO MUSIC

Label

Hyperion
in collaboration with the
Palazzetto Bru Zane

Release date

30/01/2026

Specifications

1 CD - booklet in English, French and German

Roberto Prosseda presents a collection of works by one of the most famous of all nineteenth-century composers and yet which remains paradoxically unknown. Bizet, a child prodigy, could have been a virtuoso pianist, had he not devoted most of his short life to opera. The stylistic variety of the music recorded here extends from two Caprices written in 1851 (the work of a twelve-year-old composer) to the much more challenging Variations chromatiques of 1868, with its startlingly severe theme.

Recorded in the Fazioli Concert Hall, Sacile, Italy, on 18–20 March 2025.

Tracklist

Variations chromatiquess HM140
1 Theme: Moderato maestoso
2 Variation 1: Un pochissimo più allegretto
3 Variation 2: A tempo rubato
4 Variation 3: A tempo risoluto
5 Variation 4: Con fuoco
6 Variation 5
7 Variation 6: Agitato
8 Variation 7
9 Variation 8: Con espressione
10 Variation 9: Un peu plus vite
11 Variation 10: Alla polacca
12 Variation 11: Andante
13 Variation 12: Plus animé
14 Variation 13: Mouvement des premières variations
15 Variation 14: Appassionato, espressivo assai
16 Coda: Semplice – Un peu plus lent, malinconico

Chants du Rhin « Lieder sans paroles » HM136
17 nº1 en ut majeur: L'aurore: Andante espressivo
18 nº2 en mi majeur: Le départ: Andantino quasi allegretto
19 nº3 en ré bémol majeur: Les rêves: Andante ma non troppo
20 nº4 en la mineur: La bohémienne: Allegro deciso
21 nº5 en mi majeur: Les confidences: Andante molto
22 nº6 en ré bémol majeur: Le retour: Allegro vivace

23 1^er Nocturne en ré majeur HM139
24 Marine HM138
25 Grande valse de concert HM131
26 1^er Nocturne en fa majeur HM132
27 Chasse fantastique HM137
28 Romance sans paroles HM129
29 1^er Caprice original HM124
30 2^ème Caprice original HM125
31 Valse HM128

4 Préludes HM126
32 nº 1 en ut majeur: Allegretto
33 nº 2 en la mineur: Andante espressivo
34 nº 3 en sol majeur: Andantino
35 nº 4 en mi mineur: Allegretto
36 Thème HM127

Bonus tracks (from Magasin des familles, 1855/6)
37 Méditation religieuse HM144
38 Romance sans paroles HM133
39 Casilda « Polka mazurka » HM134