Emanuel Alexis Chabrier

In its original form, the Fete Polonaise from the Opera Le Roi Malgre, is scored for chorus and orchestra. Ever the artistic pragmatist, Chabrier turned the dance sequence into a glittering orchestral...

In its original form, the Fete Polonaise from the Opera Le Roi Malgre, is scored for chorus and orchestra. Ever the artistic pragmatist, Chabrier turned the dance sequence into a glittering orchestral...

In its original form, the Fete Polonaise from the Opera Le Roi Malgre, is scored for chorus and orchestra. Ever the artistic pragmatist, Chabrier turned the dance sequence into a glittering orchestral...

'Joyeuse Marche' by French composer Emmanuel Chabrier is the second half of a pair of orchestral pieces (the other was 'Prélude Pastoral') first performed on 4 November 1888 in Angers, conducted by th...

Joyeuse Marche by French composer Emmanuel Chabrier is the second half of a pair of orchestral pieces (the other was "Prélude Pastoral") first performed on 4 November 1888 in Angers, conducted by the...

Joyeuse Marche by French composer Emmanuel Chabrier is the second half of a pair of orchestral pieces (the other was "Prélude Pastoral") first performed on 4 November 1888 in Angers, conducted by the...

Riding on this success of 'España', Chabrier composed the 'Habanera' in 1885 which was met with equal enthusiasm. It's a beautiful example of the Spanish genre that was so popular with French composer...

Riding on this success of 'España', Chabrier composed the 'Habanera' in 1885 which was met with equal enthusiasm. It's a beautiful example of the Spanish genre that was so popular with French composer...

Riding on this success of 'España', Chabrier composed the 'Habanera' in 1885 which was met with equal enthusiasm. It's a beautiful example of the Spanish genre that was so popular with French composer...

Riding on this success of 'España', Chabrier composed the 'Habanera' in 1885 which was met with equal enthusiasm. It's a beautiful example of the Spanish genre that was so popular with French composer...

The fourteen pieces published here come from a small autograph album kept at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York. They are almost certainly a selection from among the pieces composed by Chabrier a...

Beethoven had promised his Horn Sonata op. 17 to one of the most famous horn players of his time, Johann Wenzel. Although, according to an anecdote from his pupil, he only composed the sonata on the d...

Twenty of the finest solo piano pieces by this rediscovered French master. Edited by pianist and musical scholar Roy Howat.