Works For Solo Piano

Ades

Genre: Classical

CD | 1 disc(s) | Release: 10-04-2020

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€ 14.95

Extra info

Extra info:	Han Chen
Maatschappij:	Outhere
Label:	Naxos
Barcode:	0747313410972
Suffix - prefix:	8574109
Taal:	EN
Herkomst:	Holland
Solist(en):	HAN CHEN
Instrument(en):	PIANO

Beschrijving

Han Chen (piano)

The mainstay of the Taiwanese pianist’s programme is the composer’s own twenty-minute Lisztian paraphrase on themes from his controversial first opera Powder Her Face; the album also includes the Dowland-inspired Still Sorrowing and Darknesse Visible, Blanca Variations (commissioned for the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in 2016), the Mazurkas Op. 27, and ‘Souvenir’ from the soundtrack for the 2018 film Colette.

Composer, conductor and pianist Thomas Adès has been described by The New York Times as ‘among the most accomplished all-round musicians of his generation’. His Concert Paraphrase on Powder Her Face reflects the glamour of the opera’s subject in the grand manner of Liszt or Busoni, while Still Sorrowing and Darknesse Visible explore John Dowland’s haunting lute works. Heard here in its world premiere recording, competition piece Blanca Variations is lyrical and flowing in character, and Traced Overhead is a vivid description of ascent and flight.

Adès:
Blanca Variations
Darknesse Visible
Mazurkas for Piano, Op. 27
Powder Her Face: Concert Paraphrase
Souvenir (from Colette)
Still Sorrowing Op. 7
Traced Overhead Op. 15