Composer: Johannes Brahms, Maurice Ravel, Dmitri Shostakovich
Performer: Orion Weiss
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: First Hand
Catalogue: FHR128
Release: 2022
Size: 1.14 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Ravel: Le Tombeau de Couperin
01. I. Prélude
02. II. Fugue
03. III. Forlane
04. IV. Rigaudon
05. V. Menuet
06. VI. Toccata
07. Brahms: Variations on a theme by Schumann in F sharp minor, Op. 9
Shostakovich: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B minor, Op. 61
08. I. Allegretto
09. II. Largo
10. III. Moderato con moto
Brahms: Chorale Preludes, Op. 122
11. No. 10, Herzlich tut mich verlangen
12. No. 11, O Welt, ich muß dich lassen
This album strives to understand the varying ways composers comprehend grief, loss and death. How did they cope, their hearts broken, their peace gone? And how can we cope? In this combination of works Weiss has tried to follow the paths these great composers walked in their own grief. Their tracks lead us from death back towards life, from horror to hope.
Of his Arc album series, Orion Weiss explains: ‘The arc of this recital trilogy is inverted, like a rainbow’s reflection in water. Arc I’s first steps here head downhill, beginning from hope and proceeding down to despair. The bottom of the journey, Arc II, is Earth’s centre, grief, loss, the lowest we can reach. The return trip, Arc III, is one of excitement and renewal, filled with the joy of rebirth and the anticipation of a better future.’