Bizet: The Piano Works

The piano works of Georges Bizet will come as an agreeable discovery to many listeners-here is a body of work by a major composer which has never established itself on record or in the concert hall. Who knew that the twelve- and thirteen-year-old Bizet won prizes for his piano playing from the Paris Conservatoire? Or that composing for the piano only ceased to be a concern following his success in winning the Prix de Rome in 1857. Roberto Prosseda guides us through an hour and a half of piano music which sheds new light on its composer.