Moritz Ernst - Arthur Lourié: Solo Piano Works '2016

Tracks list

Tracklist

CD1
01. 5 Préludes fragiles, Op. 1: No. 1, Lento
02. 5 Préludes fragiles, Op. 1: No. 2, Calme, pas vite
03. 5 Préludes fragiles, Op. 1: No. 3, Tendre, pensif
04. 5 Préludes fragiles, Op. 1: No. 4, Affabile
05. 5 Préludes fragiles, Op. 1: No. 5, Modéré
06. 2 Estampes, Op. 2: No. 1, Crépuscule dun faune
07. 2 Estampes, Op. 2: No. 2, Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se
répondent
08. 2 Mazurkas, Op. 7: No. 1, Lent, languidé
09. 2 Mazurkas, Op. 7: No. 2, Essoré
10. 4 Poèmes, Op. 10: No. 1, Spleen
11. 4 Poèmes, Op. 10: No. 2, Caprices
12. 4 Poèmes, Op. 10: No. 3, Autoportrait
13. 4 Poèmes, Op. 10: No. 4, Ironies
14. 2 Poèmes, Op. 8: No. 1, Essor
15. 2 Poèmes, Op. 8: No. 2, Ivresse
16. Masques: No. 1, Nuagé, suave
17. Masques: No. 2, Caché, avec une ironie suave
18. Masques: No. 3, Avec une grâce fragile
19. Masques: No. 4, Dans un mystère profond et calme
20. Masques: No. 5, Etrange, charmé
21. Masques: No. 6, Très lent, calme
22. Masques: No. 7, Pâmé, avec désir croissant

CD2
01. Minuet in the Manner of Gluck
02. Synthèses, Op. 16: No. 1, Lent
03. Synthèses, Op. 16: No. 2, Moderement animé
04. Synthèses, Op. 16: No. 3, Vite (Aigu)
05. Synthèses, Op. 16: No. 4, Assez vite
06. Synthèses, Op. 16: No. 5, Mesuré
07. Formes en lair: No. 1, —
08. Formes en lair: No. 2, —
09. Formes en lair: No. 3, —
10. Emploi du temps: No. 1, Étude
11. Emploi du temps: No. 2, Promenade
12. Emploi du temps: No. 3, Ombres
13. Emploi du temps: No. 4, Sortilège
14. Emploi du temps: No. 5, Espièglerie
15. 8 Scenes of Russian Childhood: No. 1, The Porcelain Shepherd and His Flock
16. 8 Scenes of Russian Childhood: No. 2, Little Trepak
17. 8 Scenes of Russian Childhood: No. 3, A Good Boy
18. 8 Scenes of Russian Childhood: No. 4, A Naughty Boy
19. 8 Scenes of Russian Childhood: No. 5, Bogey Man
20. 8 Scenes of Russian Childhood: No. 6, Lullaby
21. 8 Scenes of Russian Childhood: No. 7, Sun and Shower
22. 8 Scenes of Russian Childhood: No. 8, Childrens Song
23. Piano Sonatina No. 3
24. Upmann Smoking Sketch
25. Our March
26. Toccata
27. Valse

CD3
01. Petite Suite in F Major: I. —
02. Petite Suite in F Major: II. —
03. Petite Suite in F Major: III. —
04. Petite Suite in F Major: IV. —
05. Gigue
06. Marche
07. Nocturne
08. Intermezzo
09. Berceuse de la chevrette
10. A Phoenix Park Nocturne
11. Deaths Mistake, Op. 40: Text (1)
12. Deaths Mistake, Op. 40: I. Prélude
13. Deaths Mistake, Op. 40: Text (2)
14. Deaths Mistake, Op. 40: II. Dance I. Allegro
15. Deaths Mistake, Op. 40: Text (3)
16. Deaths Mistake, Op. 40: III. Rubato
17. Deaths Mistake, Op. 40: Text (4)
18. Deaths Mistake, Op. 40: IV. Lent, mesuré
19. Deaths Mistake, Op. 40: Text (5)
20. Deaths Mistake, Op. 40: V. Dance II
21. Deaths Mistake, Op. 40: Text (6)



When we endeavour to grasp the composer Arthur Lourié, we encounter some
difficulties. He was born as Naum Izrailevich Lurya in 1892, according to his
own statements and documents, but there is also evidence for 1891. At the age of
21, the born Jew converted to Christianity; he was a charismatic bohemian and
Soviet cultural politician who did not return from a so-called official journey
to Berlin in 1922 and was a pioneer of Modernism in music, enjoying mingling
among the poets and painters of the Silver Age and being inspired by them. His
musical oeuvre is just as multi-faceted and diverse. During his years in Russia,
he composed the most differing works next to one another, true to the precept of
his role model Ferruccio Busoni that a composer should never repeat himself and
has to find a new artistic solution for every work, as it were. But the pieces
from his exile in France (1924-1941) paradoxically often sound more Russian than
those written in Russia. However, Lourié’s 10-year collaboration and
partly also friendship with Igor Stravinsky interestingly found no expression in
his piano works. Stravinsky’s percussive piano style remained alien to
him.

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