Yvonne Loriod: The Complete Vega Recordings 1956-1963 (CD Album) – Yvonne Loriod

13 CDs collecting together Yvonne Loriod’s complete Vega recordings (1956-1963): many either available for the first time on CD, or released for the first time internationally on CD – including a new remastering of the ‘Turangalila-Symphonie’ with Maurice Le Roux. Presenting a survey of Loriod’s vast piano repertoire from Mozart to Chopin to Schumann, Liszt, Albeniz and De Falla, through Berg, Barraque and Webern, to Messiaen and Boulez; and including no fewer than eleven world premiere recordings. Featuring recordings with Olivier Messiaen, Pierre Boulez, Jeanne Loriod, Rudolf Albert, Maurice Le Roux, Orchestre National de la RTF, Les Concerts Du Domaine Musical. 64pp booklet (English/French) includes original cover art, rare photos; a retrospective by journalist, broadcaster and Loriod’s friend and Vega producer, Claude Samuel; biography and repertoire notes by musicologist and Messiaen biographer, Nigel Simeone; and a touching tribute by Loriod’s student Roger Muraro.