...les sons et les parfums : - Debussy meets Chopin

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DEBUSSY / CHOPIN
...les sons et les parfums : - Debussy meets Chopin
Javier Perianes (piano)

[ Harmonia Mundi / 2 CD/DVD ]

Release Date: Monday 28 October 2013

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Chopin and Debussy: the connections between them are as numerous as they are subtle, never obvious, yet so very profound. The achievement of Javier Perianes here is to have teased out the artistic thread linking two geniuses who soar high above their respective centuries.

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"As Javier Perianes illustrates, Debussy's piano pieces follow and yet reinvent the contours and colours of the great Polish composer's musical landscape...Perianes plays with a poet's touch throughout and makes us listen anew." (Observer)

"this is clever, even if it feels a little like a charming indulgence...Perianes has the range of nuance and colour for both composers, with a warmth of tone and natural rubato. These are beautiful and engaging performances" (BBC Music)

"He has a splendidly sensitive touch and yet a bright cantabile: the idea combination for this repertoire, I'd say.This is most enjoyable package and the sound is superbly calculated to show off Perianes's carefully chosen repertoire." International Record Review

Tracks:

Chopin:
Berceuse in D flat major, Op. 57
Étude Op. 25 No. 1 in A flat major 'Aeolian Harp'
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52
Waltz No. 3 in A minor 'Grande Valse Brillante', Op. 34 No. 2
Prelude Op. 28 No. 1 in C major
Nocturne No. 5 in F sharp major, Op. 15 No. 2
Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op. 60

Debussy:
L'isle joyeuse
Préludes - Book 2: No. 7, La terrasse des audiences au clair de lune
Préludes - Book 1: No. 1, Danseuses de Delphes
La plus que lente
Préludes - Book 1: No. 4, Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir
Études pour piano No. 11 - Pour les arpeges composes
Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque)

...les sons et les parfums by Javier Perianes: C. Debussy - Clair de lune (Andante très expressif)