Lignes paralleles: Haydn, Lipatti, Mozart
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Label: EPR Classic
Cat No: EPRC0029
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 18th January 2019
Contents
Works
Symphony no.49 in F minor, Hob.1:49 'La Passione'Concertino in G major in Classic Style, op.3
Piano Concerto no.27 in B flat major, K595
Artists
Julien Libeer (piano)Les Metamorphoses
Conductor
Raphael FeyeWorks
Symphony no.49 in F minor, Hob.1:49 'La Passione'Concertino in G major in Classic Style, op.3
Piano Concerto no.27 in B flat major, K595
Artists
Julien Libeer (piano)Les Metamorphoses
Conductor
Raphael FeyeAbout
The true classicists are featured on this disc with unusually restrained work: Haydn’s “La Passione” Symphony no.49 is broodingly solemn, Mozart’s last Piano Concerto no.27 deceptively intimate. These repertoire icons are coupled to Dinu Lipatti’s crystalline Concertino in the Classical Style (1936), which sheds neo-classical light on the vintage idiom. When Lipatti (1917-1950) died at the age of 33, he was already a piano legend: Poulenc found “divine spirituality” in his playing, and Enescu believed his godchild was “born with a star above his head”. The Concertino is audibly indebted to Bach and Scarlatti, but there are dashes of Stravinsky, as well as a foretaste of Béla Bartók’s language.
Libeer’s fusion of older and newer worlds is not limited to the programme of this record. Although Les Metamorphoses typically play on modern instruments (albeit with the greatest possible respect for the respective sonorities of different eras), they engaged natural horns and wooden transverse flutes for period colour and crispness.
The solo piano also represents the best of both worlds: the concert grand with parallel strings (which Chris Maene originally built for Daniel Barenboim) combines pianoforte possibilities - clearly distinguishable voices and colour across registers - with the technical advantages and playing comfort of a modern Steinway. The result, says Julien Libeer, is an instrument “which speaks as beautifully as it sings”.
For Libeer, this new recording represents the next stage in a brilliant, but unusual career. Although the pianist consciously steers clear of the competition circuit, he obtained an impressive range of awards (including Young Musician of the Year 2010 from the Belgian national broadcaster Klara). His first solo record Lignes Claires featured work by Ravel and Lipatti and was highly acclaimed in the press (5 Diapasons). His second album (with Lorenzo Gatto, in violin sonatas by Beethoven) received the Diapason d’Or of the year 2016. The present recording is Julien Libeer’s first orchestral release. It was recorded in the generous acoustics of the Concertgebouw Brugge.
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