Schubert by Candlelight (Live in Madrid)
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Label: Reference Recordings
Cat No: FR753
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 4th August 2023
Contents
Works
Impromptus (4), op.90 D899Minuet in C sharp minor, D600
Moments musicaux (6), op.94 D780
Scherzi (2), D593
Artists
Sergei Kvitko (piano)Works
Impromptus (4), op.90 D899Minuet in C sharp minor, D600
Moments musicaux (6), op.94 D780
Scherzi (2), D593
Artists
Sergei Kvitko (piano)About
The works on this programme include the 6 Moments Musicaux, op.94 (D780), composed between 1823 and 1827, which are snapshots in time and lyric inspiration, almost improvisational and whimsical yet serious. They show, in a condensed way, the many sides of Schubert’s lyric and melodic style. The 4 Impromptus, op.90 (D899), composed in 1827, are masterpieces of thematic integration and elaboration – each Impromptu different from the next. They are unquestionably among the loveliest and most thoroughly characteristic of his short instrumental works. The programme continues with the 2 Scherzi, D593, composed in 1817, which are happy and dance-like. Concluding the programme is a somewhat unusual Minuet in C sharp minor, D600, composed in 1814, which is a miniature masterpiece in slower tempo and full of elegance.
This recital reminds us that Schubert’s music is imbued entirely by the beauty and sweetness of the melody yet is intensely spontaneous and unplanned. Writing in his diary, Schubert stated: “Imagination – Man’s greatest treasure, the inexhaustible spring at which we all refresh ourselves – be with us, even if few respect and honour you. You alone can save us from so-called ‘enlightenment,’ that hideous skeleton without flesh and blood.” Robert Schumann, writing in his diary, contemplates “And you, heavenly Schubert who left this world too soon – if ghosts and spirits and geniuses spoke to each other, they would speak like you; you are the celestial flowing spirit covered by its spring flowers.”
Recorded in front of a live audience under the gentle glow of candlelight, the album captures the intimate and expressive atmosphere of the concert, as well as the brilliant and nuanced playing of Kvitko, who has been praised for his “natural, appealing musicality and sensual understanding of piano tone” (The Chronicle-Herald).
Reference Recordings, founded in 1976 in San Francisco, has won multiple Grammy awards and a catalogue that includes numerous American and international orchestras, ensembles and choruses. FRESH! is part of Reference Recordings’ mission to encourage unique and fine artists, and give them a strong platform for promotion and sales nationally and internationally.
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