Arthur Ancelle - Chopin & Dutilleux '2016

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
02. Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38
03. Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47
04. Ballade No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 52
05. Piano Sonata: I. Allegro con moto
06. Piano Sonata: II. Lied
07. Piano Sonata: III. Choral et variations
08. 3 Preludes: I. In Shadow and Silence
09. 3 Preludes: II. On One Chord
10. 3 Preludes: III. The Game of Opposites

Firma Melodiya presents an album with recordings of Frédéric
Chopin’s and Henri Dutilleux’s works performed by the French
pianist Arthur Ancelle.

Arthur Ancelle is a prize winner of many international competitions in France,
Russia, Bulgaria, Italy, Spain and Australia, the pianist has played at famous
venues such as Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, Salle Cortot and Salle Gaveau in
Paris, the Philharmonic Halls of St. Petersburg and Moscow. The pianist has
several special awards for the performance of contemporary composer’s
works. He is particularly known as a propagandist of contemporary French music.

According to the pianist, the composers featured on the album are not an
accidental choice. It may seem, at first glance, that they have nothing in
common. However, there is a great deal of cultural links between them.

Chopin’s Four Ballades on the album are individual interpretations of the
performer who seeks to demonstrate his vision of Chopin’s music.
Dutilleux’s pieces – Sonata for piano and Three Preludes –
capture the inimitable style of the contemporary French composer. Bright
colours, purity and freshness of the musical language, energy, impulse, love and
poetry are the key features of the works played by Arthur Ancelle.

Jean-Martial Golaz, a renowned sound engineer who has collaborated with famous
labels took part in the making of the album.

„The taut, line-oriented pianism throughout Ancelle's chopin Ballades
purges decades worth of expressive clichés from these over-recorded
scores.“ (Gramophone) 

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