Pierre Barbizet: The Complete Erato Recordings (14 CDs)

Best known as the duo partner of violinist Christian Ferras, Pierre Barbizet was notable for bringing integrity, vitality and generosity to all his music-making. Born in Chile in 1922, he trained at the Marseille Conservatory and later returned to the institution as it's director. Among his students was Hélène Grimaud, who has said: "He only had to sit at the piano and play for a few minutes to widen your horizons." In addition to Ferras, Barbizet's colleagues in this collection include his good friend Samson François, Jean-Pierre Rampal, André Cluytens (conducting the Piano Concerto No 1 by Serge Nigg, a pupil of Messiaen and Leibowitz), and members of the Quatuor Parrenin, who join him in Schumann's Piano Quartet, an interpretation making it's first appearance on CD. Another CD premiere is Barbizet's 1979 reading of Beethoven's 'Appassionata' Sonata, while, in the words of Gramophone magazine, his 1982 recording of Chabrier's piano works is "graced with playing that combines vivacious characterization with great interpretative subtlety".

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 5 in F major, Op. 24 'Spring'
Christian Ferras (violin), Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Brahms: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Christian Ferras (violin), Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Franck, C: Violin Sonata in A major
Christian Ferras (violin), Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
Christian Ferras (violin), Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-10
Christian Ferras (violin), Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Enescu: Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 25 'dans le caractère populaire roumain'
Christian Ferras (violin), Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Debussy: Violin Sonata in G minor
Christian Ferras (violin), Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Ravel: Tzigane
Christian Ferras (violin), Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
Christian Ferras (violin), Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Fauré: Violin Sonata No. 2 in E minor, Op. 108
Christian Ferras (violin), Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Chausson: Chanson perpétuelle, Op. 37
Pierre Barbizet (piano), Quatuor Parrenin, Andrée Esposito (soprano)

Chausson: Concert in D major for piano, violin and string quartet, Op. 21
Pierre Barbizet (piano), Quatuor Parrenin, Christian Ferras (violin)

Franck, C: Flute Sonata in A major
Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Pierné, G: Flute Sonata, Op. 36
Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute), Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57 'Appassionata'
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, Op. 81a 'Les Adieux'
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27 No. 2 ‘Moonlight'
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Chabrier: Pièces pittoresques (10)
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Chabrier: Bourrée Fantasque
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Chabrier: Ballabile
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Chabrier: Feuillet d'album
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Chabrier: Aubade
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Chabrier: Caprice
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Chabrier: Ronde Champêtre
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Chabrier: Marche des Cipayes
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Chabrier: Impromptu
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Chabrier: Habanera
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Chabrier: Joyeuse Marche
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Chabrier: Cortege burlesque
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Chabrier: Souvenirs de Munich
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Chabrier: Trois Valses Romantiques
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Chabrier: Air de Ballet
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Chabrier: Souvenirs de Brunehaut
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Chabrier: Petite valse
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Chabrier: Suite de valses
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Chabrier: Capriccio
Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Beethoven: Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1
Christian Ferras (violin), Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Berg: Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments
Christian Ferras (violin), Pierre Barbizet (piano)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Georges Prêtre

Chopin: Rondo in C major for two pianos, Op. 73
Samson François (piano), Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Ravel: Ma Mère l'Oye
Samson François (piano), Pierre Barbizet (piano)

Schumann: Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op. 47
Pierre Barbizet (piano), Quatuor Parrenin

Nigg: Piano Concerto No. 1
Pierre Barbizet (piano)
Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
André Cluytens