Mirage Op. 70 / Chaine Brisée op.87 / La Plainte Au Loin De Faune / Prélude Élégiaque Sur Le Nom De Haydn / L'Accueil Des Muses / Doute / Prélude Et Fugue Sur Le Nom De Bach

Released in 1975 by the French independent label Calliope, this recording features the pianist Annie d'Arco performing a selection of solo piano works by French composers Florent Schmitt, Paul Dukas, and Albert Roussel. The album reflects the mid-20th-century movement to preserve and promote the intricate, often overlooked neoclassical and impressionist piano repertoire of the early 1900s, serving as a significant scholarly document for the works of the 'Société Musicale Indépendante' era.

The album was produced during a period when the Calliope label was establishing a reputation for high-fidelity recordings of French music, often favoring atmospheric clarity to suit the complex harmonic language of composers like Dukas and Roussel. Annie d'Arco, a dedicated interpreter of this specific French canon, approached these pieces—which include tributes to Haydn and Bach—with a focus on structural precision and nuanced tone, an aesthetic choice that received steady, respectful attention from critics of the era who valued her technical fidelity to the written scores.