Couperin (ed. Diemer) Le tic toc choc Risler Rec 1917
Both Risler and Cortot became pupils of Louis Diemer after completing the preparatory classes of Emile Descombes , a disciple and perhaps student of Chopin. Both won the coveted premier prix while they were Diemers students--Risler in 1889 and Cortot in 1896. In the 1890s, Diemer founded the Societe des Instruments Anciens and gave recitals on the harpsichord. Their teachers advocacy of Baroque (particularly French) music influenced both Risler and Cortot
The young Cortot wrote of Risler's playing,
"I immediately felt myself engulfed by the music; it -was not just a matter of-what
he was playing, but also his charm, his faculty to reveal - to communicate the
incommunicable. His unique way of making music overwhelmed me, it entered into
me, into my very flesh. Risler presented to me a magical -world -which previously I
had only known as an onlooker. He opened my soul to the appreciation of a music
that was born of spontaneous inspiration. His feeling for orchestral colour was
something that I had never associated with the piano. From that moment I
understood how the vocation of the interpreter could transcend the metier of the
pianist, I knew... I could see... I believed, and I was clear in my vision."
Risler speaks the introduction to Nous allons continuer si vous voulez bien avec Tic-toc-choc ou Les Maillotins de Couperin.