Composer: Samuel Barber, Claude Achille Debussy, Sergey Prokofiev
Performer: Konstantin Emelyanov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Fuga Libera
Catalogue: FUG812
Release: 2023
Size: 1.25 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Debussy: Préludes – Book 1
01. No. 1, Danseuses de Delphes
02. No. 2, Voiles
03. No. 3, Le vent dans la plaine
04. No. 4, Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l’air du soir
05. No. 5, Les collines d’Anacapri
06. No. 6, Des pas sur la neige
07. No. 7, Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest
08. No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin
09. No. 9, La serenade interrompue
10. No. 10, La cathedrale engloutie
11. No. 11, La danse de Puck
12. No. 12, Minstrels
Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22
13. No. 1, Lentamente
14. No. 2, Andante
15. No. 3, Allegretto
16. No. 4, Animato
17. No. 5, Molto giocoso
18. No. 6, Con eleganza
19. No. 7, Pittoresco (Arpa)
20. No. 8, Commodo
21. No. 9, Allegro tranquillo
22. No. 10, Ridicolosament
23. No. 11, Con vivacita
24. No. 12, Assai moderato
25. No. 13, Allegretto
26. No. 14, Feroce
27. No. 15, Inquieto
28. No. 16, Dolente
29. No. 17, Poetico
30. No. 18, Con una dolce lentezza
31. No. 19, Presto agitatissimo e molto accentuato
32. No. 20, Lento irrealmente
Barber: Piano Sonata, Op. 26
33. I. Allegro energico
34. II. Allegro vivace e leggero
35. III. Adagio mesto
36. IV. Fuga. Allegro con spirito
This album of works by Debussy, Prokofiev and Barber aims to show not only the fascination of the increasing complexity of musical language in the 20th century but also the desire to preserve the ideas and achievements of previous musical epochs. The expansion of tonality and the search for new rhythmic and acoustic solutions in the first book of Debussy’s Préludes are followed by Prokofiev’s Visions fugitives, perhaps his only work that was clearly influenced by Impressionism. Some pieces from Visions fugitives could seem to be part of Debussy’s cycle, although Prokofiev’s famous Feroce offers electrifying rhythms and sharp dissonances. I have chosen Barber’s Piano Sonata as my final work. This unique masterpiece literally sprouted from the soil of 20th century musical discoveries but still retained Baroque and Classical structures. The stunning fugue that concludes the sonata sounds like a manifesto: no matter how far the creative process takes us, there is always something constant to which we will always return. Konstantin Emelyanov