Composer: Claude Achille Debussy, Ferencz Liszt
Performer: Christian Erny
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Solo Musica
Catalogue: SM238
Release: 2016
Size: 922 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Liszt: Années de pèlerinage II “Italie”, S. 161
01. No. 1, Sposalizio
02. No. 2, Il penseroso
Debussy: Concerto nach Italienischen Gusto, F dur, BWV 971
03. No. 1, Danseuses de Delphes
04. No. 2, Voiles
05. No. 3, Le vent dans la plaine
06. No. 4, Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir
07. No. 5, Les collines d’Anacapri
08. No. 6, Des pas sur la neige
09. No. 7, Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest
10. Liszt: Unstern, S. 208
Debussy: Concerto nach Italienischen Gusto, F dur, BWV 971
11. No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin
12. No. 9, La sérénade interrompue
13. No. 10, La cathédrale engloutie
14. No. 11, La danse de Puck
15. No. 12, Minstrels
16. Liszt: En rêve, S. 207
The first professional CD release is a decisive step in a young musician’s career. Nowadays, when the shelves are already filled with recordings of almost the entire traditional piano repertoire, it is especially important to see a debut CD as an artistic achievement that illustrates the musician’s personality, strong points and intentions. Conceiving this album has therefore taken me a long time. In choosing the repertoire, Claude Debussy’s first book of Preludes moved increasingly to the forefront, being a work which I had spent a great deal of time on and which awoke in me the urge to express myself. It was nonetheless soon clear that the album also needed an aspect that added interest and that it would not solely contain Debussy’s music. I duly chose Franz Liszt, a composer who has been very important to me since I took up my studies and whose music could be combined very harmoniously with that of the French composer. After a detailed perusal of the repertoire, I chose four works to frame and annotate the Debussy cycle. I decided to order the works in accordance with a dramatic scheme that revealed musical connections between the two composers and invited the listener to embark on a journey through an innovative and colourful world.