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GERMAINE LEROUX (PARIS, 2 APRIL, 1906 – DOURDAN, 1 JANUARY, 1989)

 

 

 

 

She was a pupil or Marguerite Long. She graduated from the Paris Conservatoire in 1924 with a first prize in piano performance.  She played in the Colonne Concerts as a soloist with Vincent D’Indy conducting his own works.  Her repertoire was expansive and she played everything from Bach to more contemporary French composers of the time. Along the way she met the Czech Diplomat and Musicologist Milos Safranek who was living in Paris in the early 1930’s.  She married Safranek in 1934.  The marriage was a turning point in her career as she began to absorb the music of contemporary Czech composers giving many their first performances of their works in France. Bohuslav Martinu wrote his 2nd Piano Concerto for her and dedicated the work to her in 1934. She also began to broadcast works of contemporary Czech composers on the radio station in 1937.  Moving backwards, in 1935 Leroux accompanied her husband to Prague and began to give recitals of contemporary French music to Czech audiences. In 1936 she accompanies French bass-baritone Charles Panzera in concerts in Czechoslovakia and also a few concerts with the Trio Pasquier that season.  The Trio concerts went so well they were all invited back in 1937 for a 10 concert tour.

 

 

TRACKLIST

 

 

Robert Schumann / Franz Schubert ― Germaine Leroux – Piano Sonata In B Major / Kinderszenen

Label: Supraphon – LPV 345

Format: Vinyl, LP, Mono

Country: Czechoslovakia

Genre: Classical

Style: Romantic

Piano Sonata B Major Op.147

Composed By – Franz Schubert

A1 I. Allegro

A2 II. Andante

A3 III. Scherzo

A4 IV. Allegro

Kinderszenen Op.15

Composed By – Robert Schumann

B1 Des Pays Mysterieux

B2 Curieuse Histoire

B3 Colin-Maillard

B4 L’Enfant Supplie

B5 Bonheur Parfait

B6 Un Grand Évènement

B7 Rêverie

B8 Au Coin Du Feu

B9 Chevalier Sur Le Cheval De Bois

B10 Presque Trop Sérieux

B11 Croquemitaine

B12 L’Enfant S’endort

B13 Le Poète Parle

Pressed By – Gramofonové Závody – VM 1017

Pressed By – Gramofonové Závody – VM 1018

Piano – Germaine Leroux

Made in Czechoslovakia

Matrix / Runout (Label A): VM 1017

Matrix / Runout (Label B): VM 1018

 

Germaine Leroux – Piano Pour Rêver

Label: Capri (2) – 655 024

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album

Country: France

Genre: Classical

A1 Reve D´Amour

A2 La Campanella

A3 Les Jeux D´Eaux De La Villa D´Este

A4 Dans Les Bois

B1 6ª Rapsodie Hongroise

B2 Consolation Nº3

B3 La Leggierezza

B4 Valse Oubliee Nº1