Gabriel Pierné : Paysages franciscains, Three Pieces for Orchestra Op. 43 (1919)

[@HassoBenSoba]

Thanks for posting; I somehow missed this LP when it was released (LOVE the cover design). Pierne was a brilliant guy, and this performance and recording are excellent. The Procession (III) is based on the ancient Gregorian tune "Vexilla Regis".

[@cescodini]

I've always found Pierné's music fascinating, they seem like sound spirals that envelop the listener and leave him suspended in a world of many lights and few chiaroscuro. This work, in particular, is quietly glorious, shining of a Mediterreanean light filtered by the dew of early morning... there are aspects of Gregorian chant, indeed, as someone correctly said and this made me think of another music masterpiece like Respighi's Gregorian Concerto, which I recommend, too. Pierné hasn't left too many works, but the ones I've listened insofar, are so very well crafted and intense, they would deserve a wider audience. Well done Maestro!

[@sobermadman2367]

I just discovered this, by happy accident. The first movement in particular is just gorgeous. The cuckoo calling at a distance is almost (but not quite) too much :-)

[@maxmerry8470]

Very Debussyan opening to this lovely triptych; the closest, I suppose, Pierne came to musical Impressionism (if that is truly an acceptable word to describe Debussy's oeuvre). Indeed, the composition might well have been a tribute of sorts to his friend, who'd died in 1918. The influence (together with aspects of Gregorian Chant) continues throughout, Pierne's grasp of delicate orchestral textures being very assured, as in Crepuscule d'Automne. Simply beautiful music that is wonderful to wake up to......

[@remixuereb]

Here you are truth but Pierné is not all the time follower of Debussy style, he prefers other kind of inspiration and developped his own style in "Cydalise et chèvre pied" almost different.

[@maxmerry8470]

Yes, I agree, which is why I wrote "the closest (he) came to musical impressionism". Few, if any, of his other works show parallels with Debussy.

[@debjahdo1889]

We heard this for the 1st time on KFCD, BIG SUR radio, driving north to Santa Cruz on the ocean road. The melody & the moon were hella hypnotic Really

[@faith.sophie.beatrice]

I - 0:00 II - 5:35 III - 12:20

[@mancomortijch]

0:00 Au jardin de Sainte Claire - Couvent de Saint Damien 5:35 Les olivaies de la plaine d'Assise - Crépuscule d'automne 12:20 Sur la route de Poggio-Bustone - Procession

[@scronx]

It's gorgeous -- thank you. What are Franciscan landscapes?

[@catchoupiote]

It's an evocation of italian lanscapes linked to the story of Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint Claire, founder of the franciscan and Clare's order of monks and nuns.