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Artist: Alexander Melnikov
Album: Debussy: Préludes du 2e Livre, La Mer
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2018
Audio Format: FLAC (tracks) 24bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:03:30
Total Tracks: 15
Total Size: 977 MB
Tracklist:
1-1. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: I. Brouillards. Modéré (03:11)
1-2. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: II. Feuilles mortes. Lent et mélancolique (03:17)
1-3. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: III. La Puerta del vino. Mouvement de “Habanera” (03:16)
1-4. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: IV. Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses. Rapide et léger (02:55)
1-5. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: V. Bruyères. Calme (02:47)
1-6. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: VI. General Lavine”- excentric. Dans le style et le mouvement d’un Cake-Walk (02:48)
1-7. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune. Lent (05:01)
1-8. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123 – Ondine. Scherzando (03:07)
1-9. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: IX. Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C. Grave (02:36)
1-10. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: X. Canope. Très calme et doucement triste (03:17)
1-11. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: XI. Les tierces alternées. Modérément animé (02:31)
1-12. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: XII. Feux d’artifice. Modérément animé (04:29)
1-13. Alexander Melnikov And Olga Pashchenko – Claude Debussy: La Mer, L. 109: I. De l’aube à midi sur la mer (Transcribed for four-hand piano) (08:09)
1-14. Alexander Melnikov And Olga Pashchenko – Claude Debussy: La Mer, L. 109: II. Jeux de vagues (Transcribed for four-hand piano) (07:22)
1-15. Alexander Melnikov And Olga Pashchenko – Claude Debussy: La Mer, L. 109: III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer (Transcribed for four-hand piano) (08:37)
1-2. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: II. Feuilles mortes. Lent et mélancolique (03:17)
1-3. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: III. La Puerta del vino. Mouvement de “Habanera” (03:16)
1-4. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: IV. Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses. Rapide et léger (02:55)
1-5. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: V. Bruyères. Calme (02:47)
1-6. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: VI. General Lavine”- excentric. Dans le style et le mouvement d’un Cake-Walk (02:48)
1-7. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune. Lent (05:01)
1-8. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123 – Ondine. Scherzando (03:07)
1-9. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: IX. Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C. Grave (02:36)
1-10. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: X. Canope. Très calme et doucement triste (03:17)
1-11. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: XI. Les tierces alternées. Modérément animé (02:31)
1-12. Alexander Melnikov – Claude Debussy: Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: XII. Feux d’artifice. Modérément animé (04:29)
1-13. Alexander Melnikov And Olga Pashchenko – Claude Debussy: La Mer, L. 109: I. De l’aube à midi sur la mer (Transcribed for four-hand piano) (08:09)
1-14. Alexander Melnikov And Olga Pashchenko – Claude Debussy: La Mer, L. 109: II. Jeux de vagues (Transcribed for four-hand piano) (07:22)
1-15. Alexander Melnikov And Olga Pashchenko – Claude Debussy: La Mer, L. 109: III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer (Transcribed for four-hand piano) (08:37)
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A century after his death on 25 March 1918, many harmonia mundi artists are eager to pay tribute to Claude Debussy, the magician of melody and timbre, the great ‘colourist’ and father of modern music. Alexander Melnikov is among those pianists increasingly committed to playing the works of the past on the instruments on which they came into being (or could have done so). And so it is on a ‘period’ piano (an Érard piano ) that he breathes new life into Book II of the Préludes, but also – with the help of Olga Pashchenko – the extraordinary transcription of La Mer by the composer himself.
Released as one of nine new albums dedicated to Debussy by harmonia mundi to mark the centenary of the French composer’s birth, this volume offers the Second Book of thePreludes played by Alexander Melnikov on an Erard piano. The world of Debussyan piano relied so heavily on timbre that pianists and editors alike often prefer one or another make so as to get a grip on the specificities of the music. Alexander Melnikov is one of those rare Russian artists to take an interest in ancient instruments. This student of Sviatoslav Richter was quickly captivated by this kind of work, working with Andreas Staier and Alexey Lubimov and playing with specialised ensembles like the Concerto Köln or the Berlin Akademie für Alte Musik. His performance of the Preludes by Debussy at London’s Wigmore Hall was particularly well received by critics who described the Russian pianist as a “sorcerer” who is highlighting “ravishing”, “violent”, “terrifying” music. An iridescent orchestral masterpiece, La Mer is difficult to boil down to a four-handed piano piece, and Debussy disowned his transcription, leaving it to André Caplet to prepare another one for two four-handed pianos. Alexandre Melnikov and Olga Pashchenko have taken up the challenge to prove that the auteur’s transcription is not at all “unplayable”. – François Hudry