Bernard Ringeissen

Bernard Marc Louis Édouard Ringeissen (15 May 1934 – 4 April 2025) was a French classical pianist.

Biography Ringeissen was born in Paris on 15 May 1934. His first teacher, at age seven, was Georges de Lausnay. He had further study with Marguerite Long and Jacques Février.

Discography His recordings include the complete piano works by Francis Poulenc (3 LP Adès-7090), Camille Saint-Saëns (5 LP Adès-7069) and Igor Stravinsky (4 LP Adès-7074), by Charles-Valentin Alkan Sonatina / Zorcico / Scherzo / Nocturne / Gigue / Marche / Barcarolle / Saltarelle (LP Harmonia Mundi France – HMA 190927), Symphonie / Ouverture / Etudes, Op.39 (CD Marco Polo – 8.223285) and 12 Études, Op. 35 / Le Festin d'Esope / Scherzo Diabolico (CD Marco Polo – 8.223351), by Frédéric Chopin Etude Op.25/11 / Mazurka Op.30/2 (78 rpm Muza – 2687), Etudes Op.10 [4,10] / Etudes Op.25 [2,6,11,12] / Ballade No.1 Op.23 / Scherzo No.3 Op.39 (LP Erato – EFM 42080), Berceuse Op.57 / Fantaisie-Impromptu Op.66 (EP Barclay – 79.015 M), Ballade No.4 Op.52 / Etude Op.10/4 / Nocturne Op.62/2 / Scherzo No.3 Op.39 (LP Polskie Nagrania Muza – L 0061), 24 Preludes Op.28 (LP Wifon–040), Andante Spianato et Grande Polonaise Op.22 / Barcarolle Op.60 / Écossaises Op.72 / Fantaisie Op.49 / Scherzo No.4 Op.54 / Berceuse Op.57 (LP Ades-14.012), selected piano works by Józef Wieniawski (MC Wifon-0186), selected piano works by Aminollah Hossein (LP Edici – ED 52724), a collection of 'Famous Studies for Piano' by Carl Czerny, Ignaz Moscheles, Moritz Moszkowski, Karol Szymanowski, Franz Liszt, Gabriel Pierné, Frédéric Chopin, Camille Saint-Saëns, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Alexander Scriabin (LP Columbia – SMC 95048), by Louis Abbiate Piano Sonatas Nos. 4, 5, 6 (LP Calliope – CAL 1873) and the 2 Cello Sonatas with Dimitry Markevitch, cello (LP Calliope – CAL 1862), Maurice Ravel's Gaspard de la nuit (LP Polskie Nagrania Muza – L 0061), the music for Two Pianos and Piano 4 hands by Claude Debussy with Noël Lee (2 LP Valois MB 1411–1412), a box with Russian music by the "Groupe des cinq" -Modest Mussorgsky, Mily Balakirev, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, César Cui and Alexander Borodin- (3 LP Adès-7081); together with Baritone Jean-Christophe Benoit 4 Song Cycles by Maurice Ravel (LP Adès-10.002), 5 Piano Pieces and 19 Mélodies by Reynaldo Hahn (LP Adès-14.003), and 16 Chansons by Joseph Kosma (LP Adès-14.001). Among others, his chamber music recordings include a 1957 Cello Sonatas disc with Leslie Parnas, cello (LP Pathé – ASTX 123), by Franz Joseph Haydn 12 Trios for piano (3 LP French Decca 7.317/319) and 8 Sonatas for violin and piano (3 LP French Decca 7.236/239) with Jacques-Francis Manzone, violin and Frédéric Lodéon, cello, by Ernest Chausson 'Concert' for Violin Piano and String Quartet with Jean-Pierre Wallez, violin (LP Adès-14.043). He also recorded Poulenc's Concerto in D minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra, with Gabriel Tacchino and the Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra under Georges Prêtre (LP EMI Pathé Marconi – 7473692).