Composer: Thomas Adès, Johann Sebastian Bach, Béla Bartók, Snorri Sigfús Birgisson, Johannes Brahms, György Kurtág, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert Schumann
Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalogue: 4861681
Release: 2022
Size: 3.74 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
CD 01
Bach: Chorale Preludes I, BWV599-644 ‘Orgelbüchlein’
01. Christe, du Lamm Gottes, BWV 619 (Arr. Kurtág)
Schumann: Studies in Canonic Form, Op. 56
02. No. 1, Nicht zu schnell
Bach: Sonata for solo violin No. 3 in C major, BWV1005
03. I. Adagio (Arr. Víkingur Ólafsson)
Kurtág: Játékok / Book 3
04. Harmonica (Hommage á Borsody László)
Bartók: 3 Hungarian Folksongs from Csik, BB 45b, Sz. 35a
05. I. Rubato
06. II. L’istesso tempo
07. III. Poco vivo
Brahms: Fantasies (7 piano pieces), Op. 116
08. No. 4, Intermezzo (Adagio) in E Major
Kurtág: Játékok / Book 5
09. A Voice in the Distance
10. Birgisson: Where Life and Death May Dwell (Icelandic Folk Song)
Bach: Trio Sonata No. 1 in E flat major, BWV525
11. I. (Allegro moderato) (Transcr. Kurtág)
12. Kaldalóns: Ave María (Arr. Víkingur Ólafsson)
Kurtág: Játékok / Book 1
13. Little Chorale
Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore in C, K339
14. V. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (Arr. Víkingur Ólafsson)
Kurtág: Játékok / Book 1
15. Sleepily
Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15
16. No. 7, Träumerei
Kurtág: Játékok / Book 7
17. Flowers We Are
18. Adès: The Branch
Kurtág: Játékok / Book 1
19. Twittering
Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82
20. No. 7, Vogel als Prophet
Brahms: Fantasies (7 piano pieces), Op. 116
21. No. 5, Intermezzo (Andante con grazia ed intimissimo sentimento) in E Minor
Kurtág: Játékok / Book 3
22. Scraps of a Colinda Melody – Faintly Recollected (Hommage à Farkas Ferenc)
CD 02
Bach: Chorale Preludes I, BWV599-644 ‘Orgelbüchlein’
01. Christe, du Lamm Gottes, BWV 619 (Arr. Kurtág)
Schumann: 6 Studies in Canonic Form, Op. 56
02. No. 1, Nicht zu schnell
Bach: Sonata for solo violin No. 3 in C major, BWV1005
03. I. Adagio (Arr. Víkingur Ólafsson)
Kurtág: Játékok / Book 3
04. Harmonica (Hommage á Borsody László)
Bartók: 3 Hungarian Folksongs from the Csìk, Sz. 35a
05. I. Rubato
06. II. L’istesso tempo
07. III. Poco vivo
Brahms: Fantasies (7 piano pieces), Op. 116
08. No. 4, Intermezzo (Adagio) in E Major
Kurtág: Játékok / Book 5
09. A Voice in the Distance
10. Birgisson: Where Life and Death May Dwell (Icelandic Folk Song)
Bach: Trio Sonata No. 1 in E flat major, BWV525
11. I. (Allegro moderato) (Transcr. Kurtág)
12. Kaldalóns: Ave María (Arr. Víkingur Ólafsson)
Kurtág: Játékok / Book 1
13. Little Chorale
Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore in C, K339
14. V. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes (Arr. Víkingur Ólafsson)
Kurtág: Játékok / Book 1
15. Sleepily
Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15
16. No. 7, Träumerei
Kurtág: Játékok / Book 7
17. Flowers We Are
18. Adès: The Branch
Kurtág: Játékok / Book 1
19. Twittering
Schumann: Waldszenen, Op. 82
20. No. 7, Vogel als Prophet
Brahms: Fantasies (7 piano pieces), Op. 116
21. No. 5, Intermezzo (Andante con grazia ed intimissimo sentimento) in E Minor
Kurtág: Játékok / Book 3
22. Scraps of a Colinda Melody – Faintly Recollected (Hommage à Farkas Ferenc)
“From Afar” is a new album full of beautiful arrangements recorded on two pianos with the repertoire mirrored on both grand piano and upright piano. Inspired by a meeting with the iconic Hungarian composer György Kurtág, this album is a musical response with music from: Kurtág, J. S. Bach, Brahms, W. A. Mozart, Adès, Schumann, Birgisson or Kaldalóns. With beautifully evocative titles & forgotten melodies, Víkingur Ólafsson creates a thread of stories within a bigger structure: nature, home, childhood, family.