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Debussy / Kosuge - Four Elements: Fire 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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Prometheus defied the gods to steal fire and give it to humanity. The ancient titan's priceless gift, used since for good and ill, has never lost it's fascination. Yo Kosuge, praised for her immaculate technique and penetrating artistry, explores creative responses to fire in the second volume of her Four Elements project. The Berlin-based Japanese pianist's latest Orchid Classics album moves from pieces filled with nostalgic warmth to others animated by hell's tormenting flames. InchBy showing these many different aspects of fire, I want to lead the listener through different stories as told by composers, from the Romantic to contemporary periods,Inch comments Yu Kosuge. Four Elements Fire is built around compositions written during the First World War, each hallmarked by harmonic daring and searing emotions. It's tracklist includes a selection of Max Reger's sublime Traume am Kamin, fireside dreams preserved in the form of musical miniatures; Vers la flamme, among Alexander Scriabin's final compositions and one his most intense; Debussy's breathtaking Feux d'artifice, a pyrotechnic tour de force; and the Ritual Fire Dance from Manuel de Falla's ballet El amor brujo. Yu's programme also embraces earlier works. She opens with 'January At the Fireside' from Tchaikovsky's The Seasons before unleashing the scorching energy of Liszt's Symphonic Poem No.5 'Prometheus'. Four Elements Fire concludes with six excerpts from Stravinsky's The Firebird, the work that made it's young composer's name. Album Tracks 1. January At the Fireside, from InchThe SeasonsInch, Op. 37B 2. Traume Am Kamin, Op. 143 3. Symphonic Poems No. 5 InchPrometheusInch 4. Les Soirs Illumines Par L'ardeur Du Charbon 5. Preludes Book II Feux D'artifice 6. Vers la Flamme, Op. 72 7. El Amor Brujo (Piano Version By de Falla -Excerpts) 8. The Firebird (Piano Version By Stravinsky - Exce

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    Prometheus defied the gods to steal fire and give it to humanity. The ancient titan's priceless gift, used since for good and ill, has never lost it's fascination. Yo Kosuge, praised for her immaculate technique and penetrating artistry, explores creative responses to fire in the second volume of her Four Elements project. The Berlin-based Japanese pianist's latest Orchid Classics album moves from pieces filled with nostalgic warmth to others animated by hell's tormenting flames. InchBy showing these many different aspects of fire, I want to lead the listener through different stories as told by composers, from the Romantic to contemporary periods,Inch comments Yu Kosuge. Four Elements Fire is built around compositions written during the First World War, each hallmarked by harmonic daring and searing emotions. It's tracklist includes a selection of Max Reger's sublime Traume am Kamin, fireside dreams preserved in the form of musical miniatures; Vers la flamme, among Alexander Scriabin's final compositions and one his most intense; Debussy's breathtaking Feux d'artifice, a pyrotechnic tour de force; and the Ritual Fire Dance from Manuel de Falla's ballet El amor brujo. Yu's programme also embraces earlier works. She opens with 'January At the Fireside' from Tchaikovsky's The Seasons before unleashing the scorching energy of Liszt's Symphonic Poem No.5 'Prometheus'. Four Elements Fire concludes with six excerpts from Stravinsky's The Firebird, the work that made it's young composer's name. Album Tracks 1. January At the Fireside, from InchThe SeasonsInch, Op. 37B 2. Traume Am Kamin, Op. 143 3. Symphonic Poems No. 5 InchPrometheusInch 4. Les Soirs Illumines Par L'ardeur Du Charbon 5. Preludes Book II Feux D'artifice 6. Vers la Flamme, Op. 72 7. El Amor Brujo (Piano Version By de Falla -Excerpts) 8. The Firebird (Piano Version By Stravinsky - Exce
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    DEBUSSY / KOSUGE
    Title
    Four Elements: Fire 2
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    CD
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    Orchid Classics
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