Discography

Monsieur Satie, l'homme qui avait un petit piano dans la tête
Ed. Didier Jeunesse, 2006. Texts by Carl Norac, music by Érik Satie.
Recited by François Morel, piano by Frédéric Vaysse-Knitter, illustrated by Élodie Nouhen.

Grand Prix 2006 of the Academy Charles Cros, Prix Jeunesse ADAMI

Listen to some audio extracts (mp3):
Le réveil de la mariée
Petite Ouverture à danser
Manière de commencement (Morceaux en forme de poire 1) - with Alexandre Tharaud

Beethoven, Schumann, Debussy
Live recording, only available online - send us an [email]

Listen to the Symphonic Studies, op. 13 – (Study XI) (mp3 2.8 MB)

Joseph Haydn: Sonatas (Polskie Nagrania Edition 2005, distributed by Integral Classic.)

Listen to Sonata in D major Hob.XVI:37 (mp3 2.8 MB)

Does a space exist between the interpretative freedom of the rough and dry authentic pianoforte of a Paul Badura-Skoda (Astrée) and the rare, almost rigid, perfection, of an Alfred Brendel (Philips)?. A young French pianist of Polish origin, Frédéric Vaysse-Knitter, allows us to answer in the affirmative, from the very first notes of his interpretation of a selection of Haydn's Sonatas. ... [read more]

Chopin/ Liszt (Polskie Nagrania Edition)
selected by «Le Monde de la Musique» in its best recordings' Guide 1998.

Listen to the Mazurka Op. 50 Nº 2 in A Flat Major (mp3 2.9 Mb)

The young French pianist, Frédéric Vaysse-Knitter studied at the Paris Conservatory with Ventcislas Yankoff and Michel Béroff. At the age of twenty-one, he was already tackling one of the most well-known repertoires. After working under Dimitri Bashkirov and György Sebök, he is now under the counselling of Krystian Zimerman. ... [read more]