Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Claude Achille Debussy, Gabriel Urbain Fauré, Ferencz Liszt, Edward Alexander MacDowell, Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen, Charles Camille Saint-Saëns
Performer: Andrew von Oeyen
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 2173238078
Release: 2024
Size: 2.37 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Bach: 18 Chorale Preludes “Leipzig Chorals”
01. No. 9, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 (Transcr. Busoni for Piano)
Bach: French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV816
02. I. Allemande
03. II. Courante
04. III. Sarabande
05. IV. Gavotte
06. V. Bourrée
07. VI. Loure
08. VII. Gigue
MacDowell: First Modern Suite, Op. 10
09. V. Rhapsodie. In ritmo tenebre
10. Liszt: Mephisto-Waltz No. 1, S. 514 “The Dance in the Village Inn”
Debussy: Suite bergamasque
11. Clair de lune
Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974
12. II. Adagio (After Marcello’s Oboe Concerto)
Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
13. Act 3: Bacchanale (Piano Version)
MacDowell: 2 Fantasy Pieces, Op. 17
14. No. 2, Witches’ Dance
Messiaen: Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant-Jésus
15. No. 20, Regard de l’Église d’amour
Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48
16. VII. In paradisum (Transcr. von Oeyen for Piano)
“I have long imagined a recital program dedicated to the opposing themes of heaven and hell, spiritual and corporal, saints and sinners,” writes pianist Andrew von Oeyen of his album Angels and Demons. Combining works conceived for solo keyboard with transcriptions of music from the orchestral, operatic and choral repertoires, he takes the “angelic” route with Bach (transcribed in one instance by Busoni), Debussy, Fauré and Messiaen, and the “demonic” route with Liszt, Saint-Saëns and Edward MacDowell. As he leads the listener on a journey into the darkest corners of human emotion, but also towards rapture and catharsis, the American-born pianist proves an assured and inspiring guide. After all, in the words of the Chicago Tribune, “He leaves you convinced that he can do absolutely anything he likes with a keyboard.”