ANNE-LOUISE BRILLON DE JOUY (1744⁠–⁠1824)

THE PIANO SONATAS – REDISCOVERED

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NICOLAS HORVATH

‘Brillon's music is really amazing, full of life, drama, refreshing and with a dazzling virtuosity. She composed only for her own salon, which was one of the most famous ones and people came from all Europe to listen to her, and it was her salon that Benjamin Franklin chose when he stayed in Paris!

Contrary to what many think, this album demonstrates that salon music was not light or superficial but was rather like a musical laboratory highly inspired by all the latest operatic creations! Of the pieces recorded here, I particularly love the first movement of the Sixth Sonata, which reminds me so much of the second movement of Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto. I invite you to explore these exceedingly rare works and delight in their discovery, just as I did.’

– Nicolas Horvath