Complete Decca Recordings
Pascal Rogé
Pascal Rogé: The Complete Decca Recordings is a 43-CD box set released by Decca Classics on April 3, 2026, issued to coincide with the French pianist's 75th birthday on April 6. It brings together the entirety of Rogé's recording output for the label, made during the period of his exclusive Decca contract stretching from the late 1960s through the 1980s — a body of work that established him as one of the defining interpreters of the French piano repertoire. Rogé was signed to Decca in 1969 at the age of 18, on the personal recommendation of his teacher Julius Katchen, following a Wigmore Hall debut that had already made an impression, and he went on to document the core French canon with a depth and authority that critics have long treated as benchmark recordings. The set spans solo piano music, concertos, chamber works, and song, encompassing Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc, Satie, Fauré, and Saint-Saëns as well as Mozart and Beethoven, all presented in original jacket artwork. Many of these recordings had been physically unavailable for a number of years prior to this release.
A particular draw for collectors is the inclusion of previously unpublished material: Brahms's Second Piano Sonata, which had been left unreleased at the time of recording for want of a suitable coupling; a selection of piano preludes by the Japanese composer Takashi Yoshimatsu; and a recording of Mozart concertos conducted by Raymond Leppard, issued on Decca for the first time. The set is accompanied by a newly commissioned essay by piano specialist Jeremy Nicholas, incorporating Rogé's own recollections of the sessions and the story of his early introduction to the label. The box was released simultaneously with a new all-Fauré album on which Rogé — now recording for Decca again — presents his first ever complete traversal of the 13 Barcarolles, making the pair of releases together a comprehensive statement of a career-long devotion to the French repertoire from one of its most distinguished living advocates.
Complete Decca Recordings
Pascal Rogé
Pascal Rogé: The Complete Decca Recordings is a 43-CD box set released by Decca Classics on April 3, 2026, issued to coincide with the French pianist's 75th birthday on April 6. It brings together the entirety of Rogé's recording output for the label, made during the period of his exclusive Decca contract stretching from the late 1960s through the 1980s — a body of work that established him as one of the defining interpreters of the French piano repertoire. Rogé was signed to Decca in 1969 at the age of 18, on the personal recommendation of his teacher Julius Katchen, following a Wigmore Hall debut that had already made an impression, and he went on to document the core French canon with a depth and authority that critics have long treated as benchmark recordings. The set spans solo piano music, concertos, chamber works, and song, encompassing Debussy, Ravel, Poulenc, Satie, Fauré, and Saint-Saëns as well as Mozart and Beethoven, all presented in original jacket artwork. Many of these recordings had been physically unavailable for a number of years prior to this release.
A particular draw for collectors is the inclusion of previously unpublished material: Brahms's Second Piano Sonata, which had been left unreleased at the time of recording for want of a suitable coupling; a selection of piano preludes by the Japanese composer Takashi Yoshimatsu; and a recording of Mozart concertos conducted by Raymond Leppard, issued on Decca for the first time. The set is accompanied by a newly commissioned essay by piano specialist Jeremy Nicholas, incorporating Rogé's own recollections of the sessions and the story of his early introduction to the label. The box was released simultaneously with a new all-Fauré album on which Rogé — now recording for Decca again — presents his first ever complete traversal of the 13 Barcarolles, making the pair of releases together a comprehensive statement of a career-long devotion to the French repertoire from one of its most distinguished living advocates.