Schubert, Szymanowski

Lucas Debargue (piano)

"Men zou meer van deze artiest willen horen", was het oordeel van het vakblad Audio over Lucas Debargue's album met Bach / Beethoven / Medtner, waarvoor hij zojuist de ECHO Klassik als Nieuwkomer van het Jaar heeft gekregen

Na zijn verrassende succes op het Tsjaikovski Concours 2015 in Moskou, combineert de vallende ster onder de klassieke pianisten Schubert en Szymanowski op zijn derde album. Van Schubert, de twee vroege sonates in A-groot D 664 en A-klein D 784, die maar al te zelden op concertprogramma's verschijnen, maar die door hun delicate poëzie en hun dramatiek tot de centrale werken van Schubert behoren. In spannend contrast staat de grootschalige expressieve Tweede Sonate uit 1910 van Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937).

Schubert:
 Piano Sonata No. 13 in A major, D664
 Piano Sonata No. 14 in A minor, D784

Szymanowski:
 Piano Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 21

"The unhurried first movement of D784 carries granitic grandeur; the brief central movement punches well above the weight its duration might imply. Debargue shades melodies exquisitely, while Schubert’s terracing of registers is intelligently delivered. We don’t get ‘music-box’ Schubert in D664; anguish surfaces regularly. This is superb Schubert playing, up there with the likes of Uchida. Inspired coupling, too, for the Szymanowski Sonata. Debargue’s achievement is to project the work’s crepuscular beauty while retaining textural clarity."
International Piano - January 2018 *****

"He delves into Schubert’s and Szymanowski’s variously tortured souls and teases out, with velvety tone and eloquent phrasing, nuances that bring fresh insights and carry us deep below the surface. Risks abound, but they’re in the service of the music’s spirit and they pay off."
BBC Music Magazine - February 2018 *****

"Debargue’s wholehearted commitment to the music he plays has never been in question…If there is little in Debargue’s approach to either of the two Schubert sonatas that is recognisably Viennese, they provide the occasion for some effective music-making…Rarely does a major label afford us the opportunity of observing, up close and personal, the gradual maturation of an artist in such minute detail."
Gramophone Magazine - February 2018