CD 1:
Domenico Scarlatti:
Sonatas Kk 9, 13, 14, 23, 27, 96, 125, 198, 377, 430, 533

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491
Piano Concerto No 26 in D major ‘Coronation’, K537

CD 2:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Rondo in D major, K485

Ludwig van Beethoven:
Sonata No 26 in E flat major ‘Les adieux', Op. 81a

Franz Schubert:
Sonata in A major, Op. 120, D664
Deutsche Tänze, Op. 71, D790 (Nos 1, 3-8 & 11)

Carl Maria von Weber:
Konzertstück in F minor, Op. 79

Robert Schumann:
Études symphoniques, Op. 13
Waldszenen, Op. 82 - Vogel als Prophet No. 7

CD 3:
Frederic Chopin:
Ballades 1-4
Mazurka in A minor, Op. 17/4

Emmanuel Chabrier:
Impromptu
Dix Pieces pittoresques - Scherzo-valse

Gabriel Fauré:
Prélude in D minor, Op. 103/5
Impromptu No. 5, Op. 102
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15

CD 4:
Déodat de Séverac:
Cerdana - Le retour des muletiers

Claude Debussy:
Sonata for cello and piano

André Caplet:
L ’Epiphanie - Danse des petits negres

Maurice Ravel:
Jeux d’eau

Georges Martin Witkowski:
Mon lac

Robert Casadesus:
Sonata for flute and piano, Op. 18

Robert Casadesus (1899-1972) is today almost considered an American pianist – he based himself there from the Second World War onwards and he is known today through the huge number of recordings he made for US Columbia from 1940 until his death, but as a musician and pianist he was French to the core. He had studied at the Paris conservatoire with Isidor Philipp and Louis Diémer and his combination of immaculate technique, a light and brilliant touch and the refined elegance of his interpretations reveal why he was considered one of the greatest French pianists of the century.

Casadesus began his recording career for French Columbia in 1928 and all his recordings for that label, until he left for the USA, are included here for the first time. Particularly noteworthy is a previously unpublished studio recording of Mozart’s ‘Coronation’ concerto. He excelled in Mozart and Chopin and in French repertoire and all are well-represented in this collection. There are also noteworthy chamber collaborations in the Debussy cello sonata and Fauré Piano Quartet.

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Recordings: 1928-1939.