Aline Piboule - Dutilleux: Piano Sonata - Fauré: Ballade & Thème et variations (2017)

Aline Piboule offers us a journey to the country of light. For her first solo album, she brings together three fundamental French piano works, Fauré’s Ballade and Theme and Variations and Dutilleux’s Sonata, which has become one of her favourite pieces. The programme is made up of a succession of insistent variations on the theme of light, contrasting aesthetics which very often oscillate between shadows, sound and silences. Aline Piboule’s playing has a fairly typical French charm, fluctuating between robustness and tender sensuality.

Tracklist
01. Ballade in F-Sharp Major, Op. 19 (Andante cantabile-Lento-Allegro moderato-Andante)
02. Piano Sonata: I. Allegro con moto
03. Piano Sonata: II. Lied. Assez lent-Un poco più mosso
04. Piano Sonata: III. Choral et Variations (Choral. Large-Variation I. Vivace-Variation II. Un poco più vivo-Variation III. Calmo-Variation IV. Prestissimo-Più vivo-Poco allargando)
05. Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Thème. Quasi Adagio
06. Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation I. Lo stesso tempo
07. Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation II. Più mosso e leggiero
08. Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation III. Un poco più mosso
09. Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation IV. Lo stesso tempo
10. Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation V. Un poco più mosso
11. Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation VI. Molto adagio
12. Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation VII. Allegretto moderato
13. Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation VIII. Andante molto moderato
14. Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation IX. Quasi adagio
15. Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation X. Allegro vivo
16. Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation XI. Andante molto moderato espressivo