Anne Queffélec Essentials

French pianist Anne Queffelec is beloved in her homeland in part due to an abiding affinity for composers of the Belle Époque (1870-1914), particularly the work of Erik Satie. Her voluminous discography is rich with music from this prolific period, and she’s often programmed works from the era to draw perceptive connections between Satie and associates like Debussy and Ravel. But over a storied career that began in the mid-'60s, she’s also demonstrated a mastery of other periods, including the Baroque repertoire of Scarlatti and solo pieces of Mozart—her playing was even featured on the soundtrack to the popular biopic Amadeus.