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While it isn't unusual to construct a recital program from similarly themed pieces of music, it is usual to do it with a majority of unknown works by unknown composers, as Jean-Pierre Ferey has done with Musiques de la Mer. Only four of the pieces here -- three by Debussy, one by Ravel -- are well-known. The rest are a mixture of late Romantic to contemporary pieces, including a few by the pianist himself. They all work together to produce an exhibit of seascapes, so to speak, most with a view from or on the shore. There are similarities between pieces, especially in the moodiness of them and a translucency and sparseness in their textures, but there is just enough variety to outweigh those. Jean Cras was a naval officer who composed while on shipboard. His two pieces here, Maritime and Au Fil de l'eau, are very much in the vein of Debussy and Ravel, naturally evocative of water and the sea. Léon Boëllmann's Sur la Mer has the rolling waves, a foreboding melody, and the passion of a more Romantic era. The Koechlin and Malipiero works are more modal in tonality and are like pensive improvisations. The newest pieces, by Ferey and the excerpts from Aubert Lemeland's Les Ballades du Soldat, are less tonal than the rest of the works here, but the emotional tones and the uncomplicated textures fit perfectly with the other pieces. Ferey finishes the program with a brilliant reading of Debussy's L'Isle joyeuse. What's disappointing about this recital is the all too brief notes and the sound. Because most of the composers are not well known, more information about them would have been welcome. As for the sound, it feels stunted, as if it were recorded in a small, airtight studio, which contradicts the expanse of the sea. Ferey's captivating program and thoughtful performance deserves more room to breathe.
© TiVo
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2 Paysages (Jean Cras)
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Jean Cras, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
Paysages et marines, Op. 63 (Charles Koechlin)
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Charles Koechlin, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Charles Koechlin, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Charles Koechlin, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Charles Koechlin, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
Sur la mer (On the Sea), Op. 38 (Léon Boëllmann)
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Leon Boellmann, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
5 Poemes intimes (Jean Cras)
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Jean Cras, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
Preludes, Book 1 (Claude Debussy)
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Claude Debussy, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Claude Debussy, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
La Siesta (Gian Francesco Malipiero)
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Gian Francesco Malipiero, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Gian Francesco Malipiero, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Gian Francesco Malipiero, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Gian Francesco Malipiero, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
Miroirs (Maurice Ravel)
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Maurice Ravel, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
L'appel de la mer (The Call of the Sea) (Jean-Pierre Ferey)
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Jean-Pierre Ferey, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
En plongee (Jean-Pierre Ferey)
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Jean-Pierre Ferey, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
Mouettes (Seagulls) (Aubert Lemeland)
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Aubert Lemeland, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
Convoi en mer (Convoy) (Aubert Lemeland)
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Aubert Lemeland, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
Greenland (Aubert Lemeland)
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Aubert Lemeland, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
Grande baie au sud (Great South Bay) (Aubert Lemeland)
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Aubert Lemeland, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
Voici l'Alaska (This Is Alaska) (Aubert Lemeland)
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Aubert Lemeland, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
Une crique en Inde (Indian Creek) (Aubert Lemeland)
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Aubert Lemeland, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
L'isle joyeuse (Claude Debussy)
Jean-Pierre Ferey, Performer - Claude Debussy, Composer
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
Album review
While it isn't unusual to construct a recital program from similarly themed pieces of music, it is usual to do it with a majority of unknown works by unknown composers, as Jean-Pierre Ferey has done with Musiques de la Mer. Only four of the pieces here -- three by Debussy, one by Ravel -- are well-known. The rest are a mixture of late Romantic to contemporary pieces, including a few by the pianist himself. They all work together to produce an exhibit of seascapes, so to speak, most with a view from or on the shore. There are similarities between pieces, especially in the moodiness of them and a translucency and sparseness in their textures, but there is just enough variety to outweigh those. Jean Cras was a naval officer who composed while on shipboard. His two pieces here, Maritime and Au Fil de l'eau, are very much in the vein of Debussy and Ravel, naturally evocative of water and the sea. Léon Boëllmann's Sur la Mer has the rolling waves, a foreboding melody, and the passion of a more Romantic era. The Koechlin and Malipiero works are more modal in tonality and are like pensive improvisations. The newest pieces, by Ferey and the excerpts from Aubert Lemeland's Les Ballades du Soldat, are less tonal than the rest of the works here, but the emotional tones and the uncomplicated textures fit perfectly with the other pieces. Ferey finishes the program with a brilliant reading of Debussy's L'Isle joyeuse. What's disappointing about this recital is the all too brief notes and the sound. Because most of the composers are not well known, more information about them would have been welcome. As for the sound, it feels stunted, as if it were recorded in a small, airtight studio, which contradicts the expanse of the sea. Ferey's captivating program and thoughtful performance deserves more room to breathe.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 23 track(s)
- Total length: 01:04:30
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Jean-Pierre Ferey
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Skarbo
- Genre: Classical
2013 Skarbo 2013 Skarbo
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