French music ~ from Louis XIII to Boulez / Cyprien Katsaris (2CD)

這套雙CD的專輯非常珍貴的收錄多首世界首演錄音,以法國音樂為主題的本發行收集了多首極為罕見珍貴的作品,將從路易十三時代到布列茲的現代音樂時代的作品做了非常有系統地整理,搭配上卡薩里斯的琴藝,讓整套專輯宛如一份法國鋼琴音樂發展史的跨世紀之旅.珍貴的企劃與傑出的演奏,鋼琴音樂愛好者千萬不可錯過!

賽普勒斯裔的鋼琴大師卡薩里斯,被譽為當今演奏技巧最為高超的鋼琴家之一.大師在早年以贏得了季弗拉鋼琴國際大賽金牌而聲名大噪!隨後獲得了全球多數唱片大廠的合約錄製了無數張經典唱片(包含Sony Classical、EMI、Deutsche Grammophon、BMG-RCA、Decca、Teldec…等等唱片公司),其錄製的專輯曾經贏得了無數次唱片大賞.其中兩度贏得李斯特唱片大賞更是奠定大師在演奏技巧上的權威地位!另外值得一提的是.大師是第一位挑戰貝多芬九大交響曲鋼琴改編版的鋼琴家.這份錄音完成了原本被視為不可能任務而贏得了德國年度唱片大賞的殊榮!
如今卡薩里斯成立了唱片公司Piano 21發行自己的演奏專輯,除了進錄音室錄音以外,更與許多音樂廳合作,將大師這一生自認最為精采的演奏會實況發成CD.張張都是大師演奏生涯中最為絢麗的偉大演出!

曲目:
Dedicated to French music, this double CD spans four centuries, from a song by King Louis XIII to Boulez, taking in Lully, Rameau, Faure, Saint-Saens, Debussy, Ravel and Satie. These recordings date from 1967 to 2001, most of them having been made at Cyprien Katsaris concerts around the world. Seeking to achieve a balance between the known repertoire and unfairly neglected works, Cyprien here reveals some rare gems, such as the luminous Musette (bagpipe) from Pignolet de Monteclair’s Festes de l’ete, the sprightly Rigaudons from Circe by Desmarets, the delicate Bourrée from Phaeton, the noble, stately Gavotte from the Ballets du Roy and the splendidly profound Pavane from the Noces du Village (Village Wedding) by Lully. Cyprien Katsaris takes on the major repertoire with, inter alia, the unmissable Clair de Lune of Debussy, Poulenc’s sumptuous Chemins de l’Amour, Satie’s celebrated Gnossienne no. 1 and Messiaen’s famous Regard de l’Eglise d’Amour. The novelty of this album is not confined to the eclectic sweep of its musical range; it extends to various arrangements. Witness Katsaris’ development of Liszt’s brilliant paraphrasing of Rouget de Lisle’s Marseillaise, the piano version of Fauré’s Après un Reve by the Argentine composer Luzzati, and Godowsky’s free transcription of Saint-Saens’ Swan. In addition, this album offers an entire set of world premières, including Pierre-Petit’s Bagatelle (no. 3 from the Bois de Boulogne), Lully’s Minuet from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme and Massenet’s Meditation from Thaïs. This hugely diverse musical journey through time and space sweeps the listener into all manner of moods, opening on to vast, opulent new spaces.

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