Debussy & Gershwin - Two Worlds: Piano Works | Prima Classic PRIMA008

Debussy & Gershwin - Two Worlds: Piano Works

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Label: Prima Classic

Cat No: PRIMA008

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 5th March 2021

Contents

Works

Debussy, Claude

Children's Corner
» VI Golliwogg's Cake-Walk
Estampes (3)
L'Isle joyeuse
Preludes (12), Book 1
» no.7 Ce qu'a vu le vent de l'ouest
» no.8 La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair)
Suite bergamasque
» III Clair de Lune

Gershwin, George

Fragment in G minor
George White's Scandals of 1924
» I'll build a stairway to paradise
» Somebody loves me
Girl Crazy
» I got rhythm
Lady, Be Good
» Oh, Lady be good
» The Man I Love
Melody no.17 'Sleepless night'
Novelette in Fourths
Preludes (3) for piano
Rhapsody in Blue (solo piano)
Sweet and Lowdown
The French Doll
» Do it again
Tip-Toes
» That certain feeling

Artists

Andrejs Osokins (piano)

Works

Debussy, Claude

Children's Corner
» VI Golliwogg's Cake-Walk
Estampes (3)
L'Isle joyeuse
Preludes (12), Book 1
» no.7 Ce qu'a vu le vent de l'ouest
» no.8 La fille aux cheveux de lin (The girl with the flaxen hair)
Suite bergamasque
» III Clair de Lune

Gershwin, George

Fragment in G minor
George White's Scandals of 1924
» I'll build a stairway to paradise
» Somebody loves me
Girl Crazy
» I got rhythm
Lady, Be Good
» Oh, Lady be good
» The Man I Love
Melody no.17 'Sleepless night'
Novelette in Fourths
Preludes (3) for piano
Rhapsody in Blue (solo piano)
Sweet and Lowdown
The French Doll
» Do it again
Tip-Toes
» That certain feeling

Artists

Andrejs Osokins (piano)

About

A personal selection of piano pieces by George Gershwin and Claude Debussy, played by the young virtuoso Andrejs Osokins.

The early twentieth century is known as an era of continuous musical revolutions when a growing number of talented musicians were eager to present new and exciting discoveries to their audiences. This programme unmistakably reveals this spirit of experimentation.

This album aims to be a musical palette that will allow us to savour the atmosphere of the early twentieth century. Perhaps the compositions will amalgamate into a story about the sensibilities, experiences, and oscillations of foregone times. Included in this album is Andrejs Osokins’ version of Gershwin’s “The man I love” played with his left hand only.

Latvian classical concert pianist Andrejs Osokins is a laureate of the world’s most prominent piano competitions, including Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv, the Long-Thibaud International Competition in Paris, the Leeds International Piano Competition and the Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition in Brussels, as well as a laureate of the 5th International German Piano Award presented by International Piano Forum in Frankfurt.

Osokins was described by critics as impeccably stylish, praised for his powerful intellect and charisma, wide expressive sound palette, notably convincing in many different styles of music. Osokins is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM), London. In 2008 Andrejs Osokins was awarded with The Great Music Award, which is the highest form of state recognition in the field of music in Latvia.

Andrejs has had the honor of performing with prestigious orchestras including the National Orchestra of Belgium, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Manchester’s Hallé Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Dublin’s RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica orchestra, Latvian National Symphony orchestra, and under the baton of Sir Mark Elder, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Marin Alsop, Yuri Simonov, Bojan Videnov, Pablo Mielgo, Andris Poga, Ainārs Rubiķis and James Judd.

Andrejs’ performance diary has included recitals in many high-profile recital venues including the Berlin Philharmonie, the Great Hall of Konzerthaus Berlin, Frankfurt’s Alte Oper; Milan’s La Verdi concert hall, National Concert Hall in Dublin, Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, the St Martin in the Fields and Kings Place concert hall in London, Gasteig concert hall in Munich, La Monnaie concert hall in Brussels, Opera Comique in Paris and the Symphony Hall in Birmingham.

The pianist has previously released albums on the DUX and Skani labels, also distributed by Proper, including Dedication (DUX0984), and The Three Osokins (LMIC060).

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