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ID: SIGCD226 (EAN: 635212022627) | 1 CD | DDD Publi: 2010
- LABEL:
- Signum Records
- Collection:
- Instrumental
- Subcollection:
- Piano
- Compositeurs:
- DEBUSSY, Claude | LISZT, Franz | MUSSORGSKY, Modest Petrovich
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Interprètes:
- WILLIAMS, Llyr (piano)
- Pour plus amples dtails:
Llŷr Williams (piano)
These works are all evocative musical ‘pictures’ of different times and places: from Debussy’s decidedly Spanish Estampes to Mussorgsky’s vivid Pictures at an Exhibition.
Llŷr Williams brings an extraordinary musical intelligence to his interpretations and performances. The 2008-2009 season saw his recital debuts at the Lucerne Festival, in the Wigmore Hall's main recital series and at Carnegie Hall. He was one of the official accompanists for the Cardiff Singer of the World Competition and took part in three Proms concerts: a performance of Stravinsky’s Les Noces, a solo lunchtime recital and a chamber music concert celebrating 10 years of the BBC’s New Generation Artists. He also toured in Europe with Mitsuko Uchida, Christian Poltéra and Martin Fröst, as part of the Borletti-Buitoni Trust's celebration of its fifth anniversary, with venues including the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam and the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. In February, 2009 he gave a series of four concerts for BBC Radio 3 in Cardiff, to celebrate the opening of Hoddinott Hall: two solo recitals, one concert with the Leopold String Trio, and one with bass Shen Yang. During 2010 he is performing a Beethoven sonata cycle around the UK and giving recitals at the Wigmore Hall, Handelbeurs Concertzaal in Ghent as well as three concerts at the Aschau Festival with violinist Alexander Janiczek.
“few could have expected his performance of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition to be so overwhelming. There wasn’t a finger out of place all evening, and the dramatic plotting was spot on” The Guardian, 2 March 2009, Wigmore Hall Recital
Schumann/Schubert recital, Wigmore Hall
"…one of the truly great musicians of our time. … Those with ears to hear will have followed Williams’s playing as it has grown ever more secure and expansive. The hallmark of his Schumann Fantasy was its rare ability to take us deep into a very private world of dream, while at the same time creating a generously projected and truly virtuoso performance." The Times, 4 April 2007, Hilary Finch
| Pictures at an Exhibition | | | MUSSORGSKY, Modest Petrovich (1839-1881) | | | 1. | Promenade | 1:37 | | | 2. | Gnomus (The Gnome) | 2:49 | | | 3. | Promenade | 0:54 | | | 4. | Il Vecchio Castello (The Old Castle) | 5:35 | | | 5. | Promenade | 0:33 | | | 6. | Tuileries (The Tuileres) | 1:00 | | | 7. | Bydlo | 3:12 | | | 8. | Promenade | 0:51 | | | 9. | Ballet des pouissins dans leur coques (Ballet of Chicks in their Shells) | 1:08 | | | 10. | Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle | 2:23 | | | 11. | Limoges - Le Marché (Limoges - The Market Place) | 1:26 | | | 12. | Catacombae (The Catacombs) | 2:18 | | | 13. | Cum mortuis in lingua mortua | 2:22 | | | 14. | La Cabane sur des Pattes de Poule, 'Baba-Yaga' (The Hut on Fowls Legs) | 3:29 | | | 15. | La Grande Porte de Kiev (The Great Gate of Kiev) | 5:51 | | | Estampes | | | DEBUSSY, Claude (1862-1918) | | | 16. | Pagodes | 5:15 | | | 17. | La soirée dans Grenade | 5:50 | | | 18. | Jardins sous la pluie | 3:36 | | | 19. | Sposalizio | 8:27 | | | LISZT, Franz (1811-1886) | | | 20. | Les Jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este | 8:15 | | | 21. | Ave Maria, Die Glocken von Rom, S182 | 6:44 | | “the sheer musicality, clarity and rhythmic verve of Williams's playing come(s) across vividly.” The Guardian
“musically Llŷr Williams here displays a rewarding balance between heart and head, as well as presenting each work as a whole without denuding the various episodes that are essential facets to such completeness.”ClassicalSource.com
“… Williams comes into his own in the delicious pentatones of Debussy’s Estampes, followed by two Liszt travelogues and a Bach transcription, where he has much to say.” Norman Lebrecht
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