https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozPePoWO1Tc
塞西莉·夏米娜德作品秋之圆舞曲 Op.169
这首圆舞曲在1927年所作，当时夏米娜德已年过七旬，这首似乎是她所作的最后一首钢琴独奏作品。
不得不说这位女作曲家所作的许多作品，上来第一句旋律都相当抓耳（包括这首，还有阿拉贝斯克Arabesuqe No.1 Op.61也是）。
（今晚还会介绍另外一位几乎不为人知的女作曲家。
作曲家介绍：
塞西莉·夏米娜德，法国女作曲家，钢琴家。出生于巴黎。小时候跟随母亲学习音乐，但由于父亲的阻挠未能进入音乐学院，只能私下师从戈达等人学习。比才对她的音乐天赋非常欣赏。夏米娜德18岁时以钢琴家身份登台演出，获巨大成功，后到欧洲各地巡演，还曾访问美国，广受欢迎。晚年很少作曲和演出，但录制了一批珍贵录音。1944年在蒙特卡罗去世。夏米娜德是最著名的女性作曲家之一，她的作品数量较多，以沙龙性质的钢琴曲为主，以动人优美的旋律为主要特点。她最著名的作品是“D大调长笛小协奏曲”。
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I often notice IV-I sequences (minor) in Chaminades compositions for piano (technically it's not a IV-I because it is f minor, I know.. but I just mean this relation of minor chords, given SOME tonic). This piece immediately starts with such a sequence, in the context of a falling bassline. This piece was composed 1927, at the age of 70, and seems to be her last composition for piano solo.
This is quite interesting I think, since she lived 16 years after that until she died. Wikipedia says she got ill at the end of her live, and maybe it dates back even as far as the end of 20s when she felt she couldn't write more for it.
I mean the compositions for piano definitely show that she fully understood what is possible (and convenient in her sight) to be played on a piano; her works are almost every time very pianistical. I never run into awkward figurations or so, which I definitely appreciate and actually also think when I compose music - it doesn't have to be necessary to write stupid figurations for the player. Recording this was... something! I really tend towards unedited performances, but it's so difficult to get that 'one' recording. Although I know basically every passage (well... one day of learning :D) and what to do with the fingers, sometimes a finger just slips or I forget suddenly the right note to play and .. start again. But the overall feel is so much better this way. So I apologize for the mistakes and hope you can enjoy this beautiful music.
