Performer: Janina Fialkowska
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Atma
Release: 2019
Size: 441 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Tailleferre: Impromptu
02. Fauré: Nocturne No. 4 in E flat major Op. 36
03. Poulenc: Intermezzo in A flat major, FP118
04. Chabrier: Habanera
Claude Achille Debussy:
05. Poissons d’or (No. 3 from Images pour piano – Book 2)
06. Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir (from Préludes – Book 1)
07. Reflets dans l’eau (No. 1 from Images pour piano – Book 1)
08. Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque)
Maurice Ravel:
09. Jeux d’eau
Sonatine
10. I. Modéré
11. II. Mouvement de menuet
12. III. Animé
Les sons et les parfums is a newly-recorded personal anthology of 20th century French music, curated and performed by pianist Janina Fialkowska. This affectionate musical memoir evokes a vibrant portrait of Paris during Fialkowska’s youth, when “Poulenc and Tailleferre were still very much alive, and the souls of Ravel, Debussy, and Fauré were still omnipresent.” “This recording is pure nostalgia for me not only for those long ago studies immersed in the ‘French School’ but for the evocative nature of the music. Each composer is unique and quite different one from another and yet all of them magically conjure up a vivid picture of a Paris that has all but disappeared and which I was fortunate enough to experience in my youth,” says Fialkowska.