Composer: Isaac Albéniz, Johann Sebastian Bach, Dinu Lipatti
Performer: Luiza Borac
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Conductor: Jaime Martín
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Avie
Catalogue: AV2271
Release: 2012
Size: 374 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Lipatti: Concertino en Style Classique, Op. 3 for Piano and Chamber Orchestra (1936, Dedicated to Florica Musicesco)
01. I. Allegro maestoso
02. II. Adagio molto
03. III. Allegretto
04. IV. Allegretto molto
Lipatti: Sonatine for the Left Hand (1941)
05. I. Allegro
06. II. Andante espressivo
07. III. Allegro
Lipatti: Piano Sonata in D Minor (1932)
08. I. Allegro moderato
09. II. Andante
10. III. Allegro
Albéniz: Navarra (reworked by Lipatti) (1940)
11. Navarra
Lipatti: Nocturne in F Sharp Minor, Op. 6 (Dedicated to Clara Haskil)
12. Andante, ma non troppo
Lipatti: Nocturne in A Minor on a Moldavian theme
13. Moderato
CD 02
Lipatti: Fantaisie, Op. 8 (Dedicated to Madeleine Cantacuzène)
01. Fantaisie, Op. 8
02. Fantaisie, Op. 8
03. Fantaisie, Op. 8
04. Fantaisie, Op. 8
05. Fantaisie, Op. 8
Bach: Pastorale in F Major, BWV 590 (transcr. Lipatti)
06. I. Andantino tranquillo
07. II. Allegretto grazioso
08. III. Andante cantabile
09. IV. Allegro deciso
Bach: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!, BWV 208
10. XIII. Weil die wollenreichen Herden
11. IX. Schafe können sicher weiden (Sheep May Safely Graze)
Award-winning pianist Luiza Borac champions the compositions of fellow-Romanian Dinu Lipatti in a 2-CD set that includes a number of world-premiere recordings.
Pianist Luiza Borac is the most dedicated champion of music from her native Romania. She was recognised with a BBC Music Magazine Award for her artistry and advocacy of the piano canon of Georges Enescu. She now turns to another compatriot best known as one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century who was also during his short lifetime a celebrated composer: Dinu Lipatti. With influences that range from the counterpoint of Bach to the lyricism of Chopin and the folk-tinged soundscapes of Enescu (Lipatti’s godfather), as well as his teachers Paul Dukas and Nadia Boulanger, Lipatti forged an individual voice over the 18 years of his compositional career.
The rarities that Luiza has unearthed for this 2-disc set include a number of world premiere recordings including Lipatti’s first Piano Sonata, an arrangement of Albeniz’s Navarra, and the complex Fantasie. For the Concertino in Classical Style, Lipatti’s first published composition, Luiza is joined by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields conducted by Jaime Martin. Aiming to recreate Lipatti’s sound world as faithfully as possible, Luiza performs on a Bechstein piano, Lipatti’s instrument of choice.