FRENCH PIANIST JEAN DOYEN (1907-1982) CDR

 

JEAN DOYEN (PARIS, FRANCE, 8 MARCH, 1907 – PARIS, FRANCE, 21 APRIL, 1982)

 

 

He graduated from the Conservatoire de Paris as pianist in 1922. He began learning the instrument with Jeannine Barbulée (teacher of Samson François and Yvonne Lefébure), then studied with Louis Diémer (1919) and finally with Marguerite Long. In 1924, he made his solo debut with the Concerts Colonne. He also participated in Jacques Ibert’s ballet Les Rencontres, at the Opera Garnier. In 1926 he worked at the Radiodiffusion Française, but at the same time he returned to the Conservatoire in counterpoint class with Georges Caussade and music composition with Paul Vidal and Henri Büsser. From 1941 to 1977, he was professor of piano at the Conservatoire de Paris, succeeding Marguerite Long. Among his pupils were Idil Biret, Roger Boutry, Philippe Entremont, Marie-Thérèse Fourneau, Claude Kahn, André Krust, Arthur Moreira Lima, Bernard Job, Dominique Merlet and Chantal Riou. Doyen is best known for his interpretations of 19th and 20th century French music, notably in the works of Gabriel Pierné, Reynaldo Hahn and Vincent d’Indy and is considered one of the great interpreters of this repertoire and above all, of Maurice Ravel and Gabriel Fauré. He also enjoyed playing Vincent d’Indy’s Fantaisie sur un vieil air de ronde française and Samazeuilh’s Trois Danses. However, he recorded Chopin’s waltzes, and premiered the Variations sur un thème de Don Juan. As composer, he published one Requiem, a piano concerto, a suite in B, Marine for string quartet and female vocal quartet. His daughter, Geneviève Doyen (1944-2004) was also a pianist. However, there is no relationship with Ginette Doyen (alias Geneviève Fournier, 1921-2002), married to and musical collaborator of violinist Jean Fournier, himself Pierre Fournier’s brother.

TRACKLIST

 

Apres un reve (Faure) with Maurice Marechal (cello) Columbia J5217 WL1778B

Ballade no. 2 op. 38 in F major (Chopin) Voix de son maître DB5146 2LA 3445

Bourrée fantasque, 1ère partie (E. Chabrier) Ultraphone BP1440 77226

Bourrée fantasque, 2e partie (E. Chabrier) Ultraphone BP1440 77227

Caprices poétiques il Lamento, 1ère partie (Liszt) Gramophone W1569

Caprices poétiques il Lamento, 2e partie (Liszt) Gramophone W1569

Caprices poétiques la leggierezza (Liszt) Gramophone W1569

Caprices poétiques un sospiro (Liszt) Gramophone W1569

Concerto no20 en ré mineur pour piano et orchestre 1er mvt, 1ère partie (Mozart) Gramophone W1524

Concerto no20 en ré mineur pour piano et orchestre 1er mvt, 2e partie (Mozart) Gramophone W1524

Concerto no20 en ré mineur pour piano et orchestre 1er mvt, 3e partie (Mozart) Gramophone W1524

Concerto no20 en ré mineur pour piano et orchestre 2e mvt, 1ère partie (Mozart) Gramophone W1525

Concerto no20 en ré mineur pour piano et orchestre 2e mvt, 2e partie (Mozart) Gramophone W1526

Concerto no20 en ré mineur pour piano et orchestre 3e mvt, 1ère partie (Mozart) Gramophone W1526

Concerto no20 en ré mineur pour piano et orchestre 3e mvt, 2e partie (Mozart) Gramophone W1527

Fantaisie en ré mineur (Mozart) Gramophone W-1324

Images – Book I; Reflets dans l’eau; Mouvement (Debussy) Voix de son maître W1503 2LA 4016

Nocturne n°6 1ère partie (Fauré) Gramophone DB 5029

Nocturne n°6 2e partie (Fauré) Gramophone DB 5029

Déodat de Séverac Les naïades et le faune indiscret Les Muletiers Devant Le Christ De Llivia… Le Retour Des Muletiers (Extraits de Cerdana) Erato STU 70471A