Pascal Rogé was an exclusive Decca artist in the 1970s and ’80s, extensively documenting the music of Ravel, Debussy, Satie, and Poulenc. Concertos, chamber music, solo piano music and song, Mozart, Beethoven, Saint-Saëns, and Fauré all feature in this comprehensive 43-CD box with original jackets.

Includes two previously unpublished works – Brahms’ Second Sonata, left unpublished for want of a suitable coupling, and a selection of preludes by the Japanese composer Takashi Yoshimatsu (b. 1953). Also published for the first time on Decca is a recording of Mozart concertos with Raymond Leppard.

The set is accompanied by a fascinating essay by piano specialist Jeremy Nicholas, incorporating reminiscences by Rogé about the background to these recordings, and his serendipitous introduction to Decca.

A 43-CD original-jackets collection with a booklet, housed in an attractive 2-piece box with lift-off lid.

Tracklist:

CDs 1-2 BARTÓK: Piano Concertos Nos. 1–3; Rhapsody.FRANCK: Variations symphoniques
CD 3 BEETHOVEN: Piano Quintet; SPOHR: Septet
CDs 4–5 BRAHMS: Four Ballades Op. 10; Handel Variations Op.24 (1977 & 1991 recordings); Two Rhapsodies Op. 79; Fantasias Op. 116; Piano Sonata No. 2* (*previously unpublished)
CD 6 BRAHMS: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1–3; Scherzo from ‘F-A-E’ Sonata
CD 7 CHAUSSON: Concert; FRANCK: Violin Sonata
CDs 8–12 DEBUSSY: Piano music
CD 13 FAURÉ: Piano works
CD 14 FAURÉ: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2; Berceuse Op.16; Romance in B flat Op.28; Andante in B flat Op.75; Morceau de lecture
CDs 15–16 FAURÉ: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2
CD 17 FRANCK: Variations symphoniques; Cello Sonata (after Violin Sonata); Piano Quintet (ASV recording)
CD 18 Liszt: Piano Sonata; Mazeppa; Vallée d'Obermann; Liebestraum S541/3.BONUS: Giordano: Fedora / Act 2: Se innocente sei davvero, crederà
CD 19 LISZT: Années de pèlerinage: Italie S161
CD 20 MOZART: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 25; Rondo K.386 (first release on Decca)Six Minuets K.1-5, K9a
CD 21 POULENC: Piano Concerto; Concerto for 2 Pianos; Concert champêtre
CD 22 POULENC: Aubade; Suite française; Le Bal masqué; Rapsodie nègre
CDs 23–25 POULENC: Piano works
CD 26 POULENC: Music for 2 pianos/4 hands; Violin Sonata
CD 27 POULENC: Sextet, Trio, Oboe Sonata, Clarinet Sonata, Flute Sonata
CDs 28–31 POULENC: Mélodies
CD 32 RAVEL: Piano Concertos; SAINT-SAËNS: Carnival of the Animals
CDs 33–35 RAVEL: Piano music
CD 36 RAVEL: Violin Sonata (1897); Violin Sonata; Tzigane; Berceuse; Kaddisch; Pièce en forme de habanera
CDs 37–38 SAINT-SAËNS: Piano Concertos Nos. 1–5
CDs 39–42 SATIE: Piano Music (including works for four-hands)YOSHIMATSU: 7 Pleiades Dances (previously unpublished)
CD 43 French Chamber Music – Saint-Saëns, d’Indy, Tansman, Francaix, Roussel, Poulenc, Milhaud