Eliane Reyes - Ballades Nos.1- 3 6 Arabesques 5 Impressions Suite - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Polish by birth, Alexandre Tansman settled in France in 1919 where he soon joined the ranks of the most prominent French and other European composers and musicians of the time. Album Tracks 1. Book 1 No. 1. Allegro Con Moto 2. Book 1 No. 2. Adagio Sostenuto 3. Book 1 No. 3. Allegretto Grazioso 4. Book 1 No. 4. Allegro Con Moto 5. Book 1 No. 5. Andante Cantabile 6. Book 1 No. 6. Allegro Deciso 7. Book 2 No. 7. Moderato 8. Book 2 No. 8. Allegro Capriccioso 9. Book 2 No. 9. Andante Cantabile 10. Book 2 No. 10. Allegro Scherzando 11. Book 2 No. 11. Sostenuto 12. Book 2 No. 12. Allegro Barbaro (Tempo Di Marcia) 13. Book 3 No. 13. Moderato 14. Book 3 No. 14. Allegro Con Moto 15. Book 3 No. 15. Andante Cantabile 16. Book 3 No. 16. Allegro Comodo 17. Book 3 No. 17. Moderato 18. Book 3 No. 18. Allegro Agitato 19. Book 4 No. 19. Moderato 20. Book 4 No. 20. Allegro Molto Ritmato 21. Book 4 No. 21. Adagio Lamentoso 22. Book 4 No. 22. Allegro Scherzando 23. Book 4 No. 23. Allegretto Grazioso, Hommage a Brahms 24. Book 4 No. 24. Andante Cantabile 25. I. Vision 26. II. Berceuse 27. III. Meditation 28. IV. Petite Chanson Polonaise 29. V. Plainte Orientale 30. VI. Caprice 31. VII. Scherzino 32. Valse-Impromptu

Benjamin Godard was regarded as one of the most promising young composers in France but, standing firm against the 'Wagner fever' of his contemporaries, his music fell out of favor after his untimely death. Most of his piano works are character pieces such as the descriptions of water in Sur la Mer. This is a feature shared by the Schumann-like fairies and sprites of the Sonate Fantastique, contrasting with the powerful virtuoso abstraction of the Second Sonata. Album Tracks 1. Allegro Con Moto Ma Non Troppo 2. Quasi Adagio, Molto Tranquillo 3. Scherzo - Final Allegro Non Troppo 4. Les Génies de la Foret Allegro Vivace 5. Les Farfadets Scherzo, Vivace Ma Non Troppo 6. La Fée D'amour Quasi Adagio 7. Les Esprits de la Mer Allegro Vivace 8. Promenade en Mer, Op. 86 9. Sur la Mer, Op. 44 10. Au Matin, Op. 83 11. Conte de Fée, Op. 62

ÆTERNUM is a tribute to music's infallible steadfastness against the mundane adversity of human existence. Brazilian-born pianist Eliane Rodrigues convinces with her forceful, furious interpretations of keyboard works by Johann Sebastian Bach and Ludwig van Beethoven - among them the latter's Fifth Symphony, grippingly arranged by Rodrigues herself. Rodrigues, who currently teaches piano at the Antwerp Conservatoire, is well-known for her prolific output of recordings. ÆTERNUM stands out not only for it's celebration of Beethoven and his respected predecessor J. S. Bach, but also for the pianist's ability to uncover the hidden layers of well-known repertoire pieces. The listener encounters a Beethoven of unparalleled vehemence, but also, hauntingly, sees the veil lifted from Bach's sublimity, usually hidden in plain sight. When it comes to the struggle of the limits of individual existence with it's desire for the eternal, this is the clearest example one could imagine. The secret star of the album, however, is Rodrigues' Brahmsian arrangement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5. The pianistic interpretation of her own arrangement is strikingly Romantic, not Classical there is no trace of the straight, light-fingered piano technique of the era, but instead a truly Late-Romantic force which is quite appropriate for the subject. Beethoven, who himself was known for his powerful playing style, might very well have approved. But Rodrigues goes even further and infuses her rendition with an abundance of late 19th-century rubato, driving the music to an awe-inspiring frenzy. It's a truly futuristic approach, and possibly how the composer might have imagined his works to be played, had he lived half a century later. ÆTERNUM, Latin for Incheverlasting,Inch pays appropriate tribute to this years' jubilarian Beethoven and his great proto-colleague J. S. Bach the works on this album