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The sublime piano music of Dutilleux, the doyen of French contemporary composition (born 1916). InchDe l'ombre et de silenceInch offers a comprehensive overview of Dutilleux's highly original and energetic work for one and two pianos (InchFigures de ResonancesInch). from his small output of polished masterworks, Robert Levin, a personal friend of Dutilleux's, chooses a sampling from his early period to the late eighties. Dutilleux's music follows the ideals of beauty and poetic mystery - structurally complex but full of coloristic and rhythmic appeal. Robert Levin (born 1947) is an internationally reputed expert on classical period practise of improvised embellishments and cadenzas, his Mozart recordings with Christopher Hogwood and Beethoven concerti with John Eliot Gardiner are legendary. On ECM he's been star violist Kim Kashkashian's partner for decades, notably on 2007's best-selling Asturiana. Album Tracks 1. Petit Air Dormir Debout 2. 1. Allegro Con Moto 3. 2. Lied 4. 3. Choral Et Variations 5. 1. PR Lude en Berceuse 6. 3. Improvisation 7. Blackbird 8. Tous Les Chemins... M Nent Rome 9. R Sonances 10. No. 1 11. No. 2 12. No. 3 13. No. 4 14. Mini-Pr Lude en Ventail 15. 1. D'ombre Et de Silence 16. 2. Sur Un M Me Accord 17. 3. Le Jeu Des Contraires 18. Bergerie 19. 1. PR Lude en Berceuse 20. 2. Claquettes 21. 3. Improvisation 22. 4. Mouvement Perp Tuel 23. 5. Hommage Bach 24. 6. Tude
