Dukas: Piano Sonata / Decaux: Clairs de Lune

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艺人: Marc-André Hamelin
语种: 其他
厂牌: Hyperion Records
发行时间: 2006年05月01日
专辑类别: 录音室专辑

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Dukas’ epic and dauntingly virtuosic sonata is one of the composer’s most important works and, in its demands, eminently suited to Marc-André Hamelin’s talents. When Dukas composed his piano sonata at the turn of the century he was consciously adopting a form that invited inevitable comparison with Beethoven, one conspicuously avoided by other French composers of the period. Dukas embraced the challenge, and his sonata is one of the most significant French Romantic piano works, performed relatively infrequently only because of its size and difficulty. It has been a part of Marc-André Hamelin’s concert repertoire for many years, and we are delighted that he has finally committed it to disc.

Also on this CD are four almost completely unknown pieces by Abel Decaux which inhabit their own unique sound world between Scriabin and Debussy, although they explore an extraordinary tonal language that looks ahead to Schoenberg. Decaux is known to have composed nothing other than these four pieces (apart from a sketch for an unfinished fifth piece), written between 1900 and 1907. In the words of Roger Nichols, who supplies a fascinating booklet note, they “seem to come from nowhere; and, indeed, for quite some time, to lead nowhere”. Marc-André Hamelin’s compelling advocacy once again convinces us that not all little-known music deserves its obscurity.

Among pianists, Paul Dukas' Sonata in E flat minor has acquired a singular reputation, not only because it requires considerable technique and physical stamina to pull off, but also because it is one of the least performed of the great late Romantic keyboard works. By most standards, this imposing piano sonata should have enjoyed much more acclaim than mere notoriety, since it is a finely thought-out essay in the tradition of Beethoven's last sonatas, albeit with a distinctly Chopin-esque cast; and despite its length, which typically runs to 45 minutes, it is a remarkably subtle work, with fluid music that lies surprisingly well under the fingers (considering that the composer was far from a master of the keyboard.) Yet because its demands on listeners are more extreme than those of most other sonatas, Dukas' only work in the genre has been recorded infrequently, and seldom by top performers on the major labels. Marc-André Hamelin and Hyperion seek to remedy that dearth with this exceptional 2006 release, which pairs a fully satisfying performance of the sonata with Clairs de lune, a set of obscure, slightly grotesque character pieces by Abel Decaux. The featured work gives Hamelin ample opportunity to display his full range of skills and expressiveness, while Decaux's brooding pieces are close enough in mood, if not exactly in their impressionistic style, to be suitable filler. Hyperion's exceptional sound quality makes the disc thoroughly enjoyable, so anyone who has been curious about the sonata would do well to snap up this disc without delay.

Dukas: Piano Sonata / Decaux: Clairs de Lune

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