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Special offer. Bizet: The Piano Works

Roberto Prosseda (piano)

Bizet: The Piano Works
All in all, this is a highly recommendable, varied selection from Bizet's under-valued oeuvre with few duds included, and played by a master stylist.

Gramophone Magazine, March 2026

Special offer. Bizet: The Piano Works

Roberto Prosseda (piano)

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All in all, this is a highly recommendable, varied selection from Bizet's under-valued oeuvre with few duds included, and played by a master stylist.

Gramophone Magazine, March 2026

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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.

  • Release date: 30th Jan 2026
  • Label: Hyperion
  • Catalogue number: CDA68491
  • Length: 91 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Bizet: Variations chromatiques, WD 54
Work length14:04
Theme. Moderato maestoso
Track length1:02
Var. 1. Un pochissimo più allegretto
Track length0:39
Var. 2. A tempo rubato
Track length0:35
Var. 3. A tempo risoluto
Track length0:42
Var. 4. Con fuoco
Track length0:34
Var. 5
Track length0:45
Var. 6. Agitato
Track length0:48
Var. 7
Track length1:00
Var. 8. Con espressione
Track length0:50
Var. 9. Un peu plus vite
Track length0:32
Var. 10. Alla polacca
Track length0:32
Var. 11. Andante
Track length1:02
Var. 12. Plus animé
Track length0:47
Var. 13. Mouvement des premières variations
Track length0:51
Var. 14. Appassionato, espressivo assai
Track length0:46
Coda. Semplice – Un peu plus lent, malinconico
Track length2:39
Bizet: Chants du Rhin, WD 52
Work length21:01
I. L'aurore
Track length3:47
II. Le départ
Track length2:36
III. Les rêves
Track length3:30
IV. La bohémienne
Track length3:36
V. Les confidences
Track length4:49
VI. Le retour
Track length2:43
Bizet: 1er Nocturne in D Major, WD 55
Work length4:10
Bizet: Marine, WD 53
Work length3:56
Bizet: Grande valse de concert, WD 48
Work length6:52
Bizet: 1er Nocturne in F Major, WD 49
Work length7:45
Bizet: Chasse fantastique, WD 51
Work length5:57
Bizet: Romance sans paroles, WD 46
Work length3:56
Bizet: Caprice original No. 1 in C‑Sharp Minor, WD 45
Work length2:57
Bizet: Caprice original No. 2 in C Major, WD 47
Work length1:31
Bizet: Valse in C Major, WD 43
Work length2:06
Bizet: 4 Preludes, WD 42
Work length3:14
No. 1 in C Major. Allegretto
Track length0:47
No. 2 in A Minor. Andante espressivo
Track length1:11
No. 3 in G Major. Andantino
Track length0:40
No. 4 in E Minor. Allegretto
Track length0:36
Bizet: Thème brillant in C Major, WD 44
Work length2:16
Bizet: Méditation religieuse, HM 144
Work length4:21
Bizet: Romance sans paroles, HM 133
Work length4:26
Bizet: Casilda (Polka Mazurka), HM 134
Work length2:43

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March 2026

All in all, this is a highly recommendable, varied selection from Bizet's under-valued oeuvre with few duds included, and played by a master stylist.
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