Composer: Mikhail Glinka, Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Jean Sibelius, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Vanessa Wagner
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: La Dolce Volta
Catalogue: LDV126
Release: 2024
Size: 1.09 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37
01. No. 1, January. By the Fireside
02. No. 2, February. Carnival
03. No. 3, March. Song of the Lark
04. No. 4, April. Snowdrop
05. No. 5, May. White Nights
06. No. 6, June. Barcarolle
07. No. 7, July. Reaper’s Song
08. No. 8, August. The Harvest
09. No. 9, September. The Hunt
10. No. 10, October. Autumn Song
11. No. 11, November. Troika
12. No. 12, December. Christmas
Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 43
13. No. 1, Butterfly. Allegro grazioso
14. No. 4, Little Bird. Allegro leggiero
Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 47
15. No. 1, Valse-Impromptu. Allegro con moto
16. No. 3, Melody. Allegretto
17. No. 7, Elegy. Poco Andante
Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 65
18. No. 6, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen. Tempo di Marcia un poco vivace
Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 68
19. No. 2, Grandmother’s Minuet. Allegretto grazioso e leggierissimo
Sibelius: Six Impromptus, Op. 5
20. No. 3. Moderato (Alla marcia)
21. No. 5, Vivace
22. No. 6, Comodo
23. Glinka: Nocturne in F minor ‘Separation’
Her curiosity, her thirst for discovery and her audacity have led her to cultivate eclecticism, to follow paths less travelled and to take us to places where we might not have expected her to go. Deeply committed to the process of creating new music, she has also developed a passion for the minimalist movement and a notable penchant for music stripped down to extreme starkness. From her many immersions in often hypnotic sound worlds, Vanessa Wagner has emerged a different person, freer and more willing to reveal herself. And so it is that today she offers us what is probably her most personal recording, a programme she developed over two long years, constructing an imaginary, fantasised narrative based on miniatures by Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius and Glinka. The pianist becomes the author and narrator of a story of shadows and light.
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