Artist: Alessandro Deljavan
Album: Bellafronte: Piano Sonatas, 12 Preludes
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2022
Audio Format: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 44,1 kHz
Duration: 01:07:05
Total Tracks: 20
Total Size: 573 MB
Tracklist:
02. Alessandro Deljavan – Bellafronte: 12 Preludes: II. Preludio II (02:50)
03. Alessandro Deljavan – Bellafronte: 12 Preludes: III. Preludio III (01:13)
04. Alessandro Deljavan – Bellafronte: 12 Preludes: IV. Preludio IV (02:46)
05. Alessandro Deljavan – Bellafronte: 12 Preludes: V. Preludio V (02:33)
06. Alessandro Deljavan – Bellafronte: 12 Preludes: VI. Preludio VI (02:11)
07. Alessandro Deljavan – Bellafronte: 12 Preludes: VII. Preludio VII (01:39)
08. Alessandro Deljavan – Bellafronte: 12 Preludes: VIII. Preludio VIII (02:02)
09. Alessandro Deljavan – Bellafronte: 12 Preludes: IX. Preludio IX (02:22)
10. Alessandro Deljavan – Bellafronte: 12 Preludes: X. Preludio X (01:41)
11. Alessandro Deljavan – Bellafronte: 12 Preludes: XI. Preludio XI (03:23)
12. Alessandro Deljavan – Bellafronte: 12 Preludes: XII. Preludio XII (03:39)
13. Alessandro Deljavan – Bellafronte: Sonata prima – Desaccòrd: I. Vivo (05:12)
14. Alessandro Deljavan – Bellafronte: Sonata prima – Desaccòrd: II. Tranquillo (03:23)
15. Alessandro Deljavan – Bellafronte: Sonata prima – Desaccòrd: III. Nervoso (03:22)
16. Alessandro Deljavan – Bellafronte: Sonata seconda: I. Tempo primo (03:20)
17. Alessandro Deljavan – Bellafronte: Sonata seconda: II. Tempo secondo (03:35)
18. Alessandro Deljavan – Bellafronte: Sonata terza: I. Allegro con fuoco (06:49)
19. Alessandro Deljavan – Bellafronte: Sonata terza: II. Sospeso (05:04)
20. Alessandro Deljavan – Bellafronte: Sonata terza: III. Energico e sinuoso (07:32)
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Bellafronte trained as a pianist himself, and he composes for the full spectrum of the instrument’s heroic and sensual possibilities. There is a satisfying crunch to the harmonies and immediately appreciable breadth of vision to the opening paragraphs of the Sonata prima, “Désaccord” (2006),where contrapuntal and propulsive ostinato writing combine to pull the listener through a compelling narrative which feels longer than its 12-minute duration.
From three years later, the Second Sonata experiments with a Haydnesque binary form of two quick movements – a nervous, lopsided march followed by a frustrated would-be fugue with a brutal and macabre conclusion. The Third Sonata (2014) is the most substantial piece here in both duration and ambition, launched with a momentum worthy of Bartók or Alkan. The quick-slow-quick form is superficially conventional, but it encloses a wealth of surprising excursions which challenge tonal stability and once more pitch the listener into a pianistic tumult.
Attracting a range of renowned pianists such as Zlata Chochieva and Maria Argentiero, Bellafronte’s piano music is tackled here with superb assurance by Alessandro Deljavan, no stranger to the Brilliant Classics and Piano Classics catalogues himself, with acclaimed albums of Chopin, Taneyev and Godard to his credit.