15 Improvisations, FP 63/113/170/176
Fifteen improvisations for piano composed over nearly thirty years (1932-1959). The first ten (FP 63) were composed 1932-1934; Nos. 11-12 (FP 113) in 1941; Nos. 13-14 (FP 170) in 1958; and No. 15 (FP 176, 'Hommage a Edith Piaf') in 1959. Despite the title, they are carefully crafted works ranging from the piquant and witty to the deeply lyrical. Together they form a revealing diary of Poulenc's pianistic imagination across three stylistic decades, and include some of his most beloved short pieces.
Works in this Collection (15)
- Improvisation No. 1 No. 1 Key B minor
- Improvisation No. 2 No. 2
- Improvisation No. 3 No. 3
- Improvisation No. 4 No. 4
- Improvisation No. 5 No. 5
- Improvisation No. 6 No. 6
- Improvisation No. 7 No. 7
- Improvisation No. 8 No. 8
- Improvisation No. 9 No. 9
- Improvisation No. 10 No. 10
- Improvisation No. 11 No. 11
- Improvisation No. 12 No. 12
- Improvisation No. 13 No. 13
- Improvisation No. 14 No. 14
- Improvisation No. 15 (Hommage a Edith Piaf) No. 15 Key C minor