Composer: Vytautas Bacevičius
Performer: Gabrielius Alekna, Matthew Lewis, Ursula Oppens
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0134
Release: 2012
Size: 193 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Premier Mot, Op. 18
02. Deuxième Mot, Op. 21
03. Troisieme mot, Op. 27
04. Quatrième Mot, Op. 31
05. Cinquième Mot, Op. 59
06. Sixième Mot, Op. 72
Septième Mot, Op. 73
07. I. Allegro moderato
08. II. Larghetto misterioso
09. III. Allegro con fuoco
The Lithuanian pianist and composer Vytautas Bacevičius (1905–70) is one of the undiscovered pioneers of twentieth-century music.
His series of seven Mots (‘Words’) for keyboard – five for solo piano, one for organ and one for two pianos – were written between 1933 and 1966 and show the evolution of his musical language from the post-Skryabin style of the early works, via the influence of Prokofiev and Stravinsky, to a highly individual modernism, akin to that of two fellow radicals, Varèse and Wolpe.