Composer: Claude Achille Debussy, Maurice Ravel
Performer: Ilja Hurník
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Supraphon
Catalogue: SU41192
Release: 2012
Size: 255 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Deux arabesques
01. Andantino con moto
02. Allegretto scherzando
Estampes
03. Pagodes
04. La soirée dans Grenade
05. Jardins sous la pluie
Images
06. Reflets dans l´eau
07. Hommage á Rameau
08. Mouvement
09. Cloches a travers les feuilles
10. Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut
11. Poissons d´or
Chidren´s Corner
12. Doktor Gradus ad Parnassum
13. Jimbo´s Lullaby
14. Serenade for the Doll
15. The Snow is Dancing
16. Shepherd Boy
17. Colliwogg´s Cake-Walk
Valses nobles et sentimentales
18. Modéré – trés franc
19. Assez lent – avec une expression intense
20. Modéré
21. Assez animé
22. Presque lent – dans un sentiment intime
23. Assez vif
24. Moins vif
25. Épilogue. Lent
After recently terminating his career as a pianist, Ilja Hurník has gained more scope for devoting to composing and writing. Hurník studied the piano with pedagogues of such renown as V. Kurz, I. Štěpánová-Kurzová and V. Novák and has given numerous concerts abroad (including a four-hand performance with Pavel Štěpán), with his interpretations of Debussy and Janáček being particularly captivating. He has given back to Janáček the earthiness and crispness resulting from the Lachian dialect and purged Debussy of the “Impressionistic mist” and accumulated layers of brush strokes, turning the audience’s attention to the compositions’ subtle drawing and structure. When listening to the presented recordings, one will be hard pressed indeed to believe that they were made a full half-century ago. Hurník’s ninetieth birthday is an appropriate opportunity to recall them: this reissue in a carefully remastered version will certainly be welcomed not only by his contemporaries