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eflect the eclecticism of the musician’s literary taste - from Theocrite to Verlaine passing<br />
through Mme Sévigné, Goethe and even Baudelaire whose «Infinis bercements du loisir<br />
embaumé» embellish the frontispiece of La Rose de Blida (CD 2 - tr. 5).<br />
The <strong>Reynaldo</strong> Hahn’s best piano compositions negate the clichéd label of being a «Salon<br />
<strong>Music</strong>ian interested only in being a success in society». Piercing his exterior as a charming<br />
dandy from within is an artistic temperament tormented by a ferocious perfectionist streak.<br />
Only meticulous writing and the desire to sculpt each form down to the least of its nooks and<br />
crannies allows an overwhelming inspiration to be transformed into a musical work and to<br />
crystallize the allure of ineffable impressions, which without this, given their very nature,<br />
would quickly disappear. Far from showing off, his untiring quest for true beauty, makes him<br />
a searcher for the absolute, too.<br />
Jean-Christophe Etienne<br />
Association <strong>Reynaldo</strong> Hahn<br />
www.reynaldo-hahn.net<br />
1. As a consequence of this recording, the publisher Heugel has promised to publish that part of his compositions which have been unjustly<br />
forgotten, collecting them all under the title Pieces d’amour et outré inedits pour piano. These fresh and spontaneous compositions should make<br />
those pianists in love with discovering new things happy.<br />
2. Title of a book of memories <strong>Reynaldo</strong> Hahn dedicated to Sarah Bernhardt in 1930.<br />
Translation: Jean-Suzanne Chalouy
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