Composer: György Ligeti, Claude Debussy, Frédéric Chopin, György Kurtág
Performer: Jan Michiels
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Passacaille
Release: 2022
Size: 2.03 GB
Recovery: +3%
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01. Ligeti: Études, Book 2: No. 8 Fém.
02. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123, CD 131: I. Brouillards.
03. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 1 in C Major. Agitato.
04. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123, CD 131: XI. Les tierces alternées.
05. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 2 in A Minor.
06. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123, CD 131: X. Canope.
07. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 3 in G Major.
08. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117, CD 125: X. La cathédrale engloutie.
09. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E Minor.
10. Kurtág: Játékok, Book 5: No. 37a. Präludium.
11. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117, CD 125: V. Les collines d’Anacapri.
12. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 5 in D Major.
13. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123, CD 131: VIII. Ondine.
14. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 6 in B Minor.
15. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117, CD 125: II. Voiles.
16. Ligeti: Études, Book 2: No. 11. En suspens.
17. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 7 in A Major.
18. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117, CD 125: IV. “Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir”.
19. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor.
20. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117, CD 125: VII. Ce qu’a vu le vent d’Ouest.
21. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 9 in E Major.
22. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123, CD 131: IV. “Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses”.
23. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor.
24. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117, CD 125: VIII. La fille aux cheveux de lin.
25. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 11 in B Major.
26. Kurtág: Játékok, Book 5: No. 31. La fille aux cheveux de lin – enragée.
27. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123, CD 131: XII. Feux d’artifice.
28. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor.
29. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 13 in F-Sharp Major.
30. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123, CD 131: VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune.
31. Ligeti: Études, Book 2: No. 9. Vertige.
32. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 14 in E-Flat Minor.
33. Kurtág: Játékok, Book 9: No. 10. Fallen Leaves.
34. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123, CD 131: II. Feuilles mortes.
35. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major, “Raindrop”.
36. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123, CD 131: III. La puerta del Vino.
37. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 16 in B-Flat Minor.
38. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117, CD 125: IX. La sérénade interrompue.
39. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 17 in A-Flat Major.
40. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123, CD 131: V. Bruyères.
41. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 18 in F Minor.
42. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117, CD 125: XI. La danse de Puck.
43. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 19 in E-Flat Major.
44. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117, CD 125: III. Le vent dans la plaine.
45. Ligeti: Études, Book 1: No. 5. Arc-en-ciel.
46. Kurtág: Játékok, Book 5: No. 37b. Choral.
47. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 20 in C Minor.
48. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123, CD 131: VI. General Lavine – eccentric.
49. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 21 in B-Flat Major.
50. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117, CD 125: I. Danseuses de Delphes.
51. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 22 in G Minor.
52. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117, CD 125: XII. Minstrels.
53. Ligeti: Études, Book 2: No. 10. Der Zauberlehrling.
54. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 23 in F Major.
55. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123, CD 131: IX. Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C..
56. Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 24 in D Minor.
57. Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117, CD 125: VI. Des pas sur la neige.
58. Ligeti: Études, Book 1: No. 2. Cordes à vide
In this recording, Jan Michiels transports us back to the Parisian salons of the 19th century. These were not only an ideal environment for Chopin – his Préludes, Op. 28 are a recurring thread throughout this album – but also for Debussy, whose Préludes are closely correlated with those of Chopin. Michiels opens his salon to various visitors: first Alfred Cortot, whose Chopin interpretations captivated generations of pianists, then György Ligeti and finally his friend György Kurtág. Michiels likes to dream that the 1894 Érard grand piano on which the Préludes by Chopin and Debussy were recorded might once have adorned a salon that Proust visited.
“I wondered whether music was not the only example of how souls might have communicated if language had not been invented, words formulated and ideas analysed. It is like a possibility that has not been acted upon”.