Performer: Cédric Pescia, Gregorio Zanon
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Claves
Release: 2019
Size: 1.6 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Sonata B
01. I. Rubato – Souple mais précis
02. II. Sérieux
03. III. Elégiaque
04. IV. Allegro con gioia
Jours de janvier
05. I. Souvenir
06. I. Fugue
07. II. Carillon
08. II. Ricercar
09. III. Délire
10. III. Toccata
11. IV. Carrousel
12. IV. Epilogue
13. Dans les bois éternels
3 Etudes Goldberg
14. I. Hommage
15. II. Rêve de Keyserling
16. III. Jeux d’Oiseau
17. Hyperion
Recollected Pieces, Pt. 1
18. I. Light Prayer
19. II. Wrath
20. III. Earth Prayer
21. IV. Ecstasy
22. V. Peace Prayer
Recollected Pieces, Pt. 2
23. I. Slow Dance
24. II. Old Tune
25. III. Blue Canon
26. IV. Lullaby
Recollected Pieces, Pt. 3
27. I. Bird Dance
28. II. Candle Fugue
29. III. Impetus
30. IV. Star
Anima
31. I. Toccata
32. II. Variations sur un choral automnal
33. III. Molto rubato
It’s been twenty years since the first public performance of Gregorio Zanon’s music. It was in 1999, in Geneva. The pianist Xavier Dami, who had encouraged Zanon’s early attempts at composition and helped him understand the expressive resources of the instrument, was at the piano performing Prayer Suite.
Seven years later, a first album was released by Claves. This snapshot of an initial creative period brought together musicians who were essential in helping the composer develop his artistic personality: the Quatuor Terpsycordes and cellist Mark Drobinsky.
This new recording traces the history of the composer’s piano works through his meetings with the Swiss pianist Cédric Pescia. They share this double album, which bears witness to the impression of time on a free spirit who, instead of advancing along the ruts in the road of tradition, takes inspired risks to reveal himself to his interpreters and listeners. …
“Even if the dance is simple and honest, the dancers’ personalities remain subtle.” (Gregorio Zanon)
“Hearing Gregorio play – live! – his music was an extraordinary discovery.” (Cédric Pescia)