Natural Connection: Piano Music Inspired by the Natural World
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Label: Somm
Cat No: SOMMCD0680
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 19th January 2024
Contents
Works
Mikrokosmos: Book 6 (nos.140-153), Sz107 BB105Suite bergamasque
Miroirs
Artists
Leon McCawley (piano)Works
Mikrokosmos: Book 6 (nos.140-153), Sz107 BB105Suite bergamasque
Miroirs
Artists
Leon McCawley (piano)About
The effect of the ever-changing seasons has been a perpetual inspiration for composers since Ancient Greece’s Delphic hymns and before, down to the present day, arguably finding its richest expression, as Robert Matthew-Walker’s erudite booklet notes argue, in the generations who alternatively espoused Romanticism and Impressionism.
Nine composers, each with their own individual but complementary responses, are featured in a 21-track recital of miniature gems traversing the inexorable turn of the year’s cycle from Christian Sinding’s tremulous signature, Rustle of Spring, to Grieg’s sublimely tentative To the Spring.
In between, popular pieces by Debussy (Clair de Lune) and Saint-Saëns (The Swan) vie with assorted works by Tchaikovsky (selections from The Seasons), Ravel (the liquescent Jeux d’eau), Bartók (the delightful From the Diary of a Fly and atmospheric The Night’s Music), and Rachmaninov (the gentle Lilacs and poetic Daisies).
The most expressive pianist-composer of his age, Liszt, contributes three pieces including the sighing ebb-and-flow of Au lac de Walletstadt and stormy Orage, to eloquently link this multi-faceted and evocative, often moving, collection of responses to the living world.
Leon McCawley’s previous SOMM releases include four widely acclaimed volumes of Haydn Sonatas, the first (SOMMCD0162) receiving a coveted Diapason d’Or from Diapason magazine, Gramophone hailing him for Volume III (SOMMCD0624) as “a thoughtful, keenly intelligent artist in peak form”.
MusicWeb International declared his Chopin recital (SOMMCD0103) “exemplary” and “outstanding”, while his Schubert survey (SOMMCD0188) was described by Classical Music Daily as “a meaningful, eloquent performance [that] offers many memorable moments”.
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