Matei Varga - The Year That Never Was 2022

Исполнитель: Matei Varga
Альбом: The Year That Never Was
Жанр: Classical, Piano
Год: 2022
Страна: Romania
Лейбл: Sono Luminus
Формат: DSD
Контейнер: DSF (*.dsf)
Тип рипа: tracks
Разрядность: 64 (2,8 MHz/1 Bit)
Аудиокодек: DSD (2.0)
Количество каналов: 2.0
Размер: 2,19 GB
Источник: nativedsd
Залито на: XFile (tracks+ Booklet)

The Year That Never Was by pianist Matei Varga began as “The Lecuona Project“, a homage to Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona’s piano music at the 125th anniversary of his birth. Lecuona has been called “The Cuban Gerswhin” as the music of George Gershwin was one of his major influences. It also includes music composed by Frederic Chopin, Domenico Scarlatti, George Gershwin, Mily Balakirev, Ludwig van Beethoven, & Andrei Tudor.

The album was renamed The Year That Never Was and after several delays in recording, the album was completed and is now available on the Sono Luminus label. It is exclusively available in Stereo DSD 512, Stereo DSD 256 and Stereo DXD from NativeDSD.Com

To help cover the cost of recording and releasing the album, pianist Matei Varga turned to the Kickstarter crowdfunding website. Listeners responded to his request with over $3,700 in contributions to bring the album to life.

Varga tells us “The year 2020 was complicated indeed. The world was put on hold and we hardly remember what we did in February, or May, or September… Many suffered from isolation and the inability to socialize – and they probably prefer to think back to 2020 as a year that never happened… I, on the other hand, felt liberated by the lack of schedules, appointments and the pressure to be productive – that horrid word which is killing our souls, slowly but surely. Instead I embraced seclusion and enjoyed the time off which was forced upon us. Yes, I did miss performing in front of a live audience and traveling to beautiful places, but I found that staying home, with my piano, offered me a better view towards my inner self and a chance to experience the joy of a new discovery. That was for me the Cuban master Ernesto Lecuona.

In spite of a popular career as pianist and composer, Lecuona is considered to this day a less “serious” musician and is rarely given credit for his extraordinary talent. Much like Chopin, Lecuona was a “salon virtuoso” who excelled in the short form and who carried throughout his life a strong musical link to his native country. He elevated Cuban music to a refined, almost “classical” status, and was often dubbed the “Chopin of the Tropics” and the “Cuban Gershwin”…

Special Thanks to my Kickstarter backers, whose help was essential in making this project come alive. They are, in alphabetical order: Margarita Anthoine, Anca Bereanu, Judith Brown Meyers and Michael Meyers, Elena Buruiana, Vanessa and Maiquel Carrasco, Raluca Cimpoiasu, Cristian Fatu, Ioan Filip, Cathy Gibbs, Raluca Gold, Gregory Harrington, Suejin Jung, Erica Lubetkin, Mary Rose Main, Laura Metcalf, Judy and Marv Nierenberg, Gabriela Olaru, Diana Rotaru, Sofia Serrano, Nina Tichman, Robert and Patti Titley, Andreia Toma.

Two years later, the pandemic isn’t over and neither is the collective anxiety – but at least I can offer you this very personal recording, which I hope will take your mind away from the current realities. This is music’s most phenomenal power – to bring joy when we really need it!…”

Трэклист:

01. Suite española: No. 2, Andaluza
02. 3 Ecossaises, Op. 72 No. 3, B. 12: No. 1 in D Major
03. 3 Ecossaises, Op. 72 No. 3, B. 12: No. 2 in G Major
04. 3 Ecossaises, Op. 72 No. 3, B. 12: No. 3 in D-Flat Major
05. I Got Rhythm (From "Girl Crazy") [Arr. for Piano]
06. Fur Elise, WoO 59
07. Danzas cubanas al estilo del siglo XIX (Excerpts): No. 8, La cardenense
08. Danzas cubanas al estilo del siglo XIX (Excerpts): No. 6, Arabesque
09. Danzas cubanas al estilo del siglo XIX (Excerpts): No. 5, La mulata
10. Danzas cubanas al estilo del siglo XIX (Excerpts): No. 9, Al fin te vi
11. Danzas cubanas al estilo del siglo XIX (Excerpts): No. 10, Minstrels
12. Impromptu No. 3 in G-Flat Major, Op. 51, B. 149
13. Zambra gitana (Arr. T. Tirino for Piano)
14. Keyboard Sonata in E Major, Kk. 380
15. Keyboard Sonata in E Major, Kk. 135
16. Tudor: Rondo alla Crazy
17. Balakirev: Spanish Melody
18. Chopin: Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 66, B. 87
19. Lecuona: Danzas afro-cubanas: No. 5, Danza lucumi
20. Etude in C Minor, Op. 10 No. 12, B. 67 "Revolutionary"
21. The Man I Love (From "Strike Up the Band") [Arr. for Piano]
22. Impromptu No. 1 in A-Flat Major, Op. 29, B. 110
23. Yo te quiero siempre, cancio?n (Arr. T. Tirino for Piano)
24. Vals azul (From “Lola Cruz”) [Arr. M. Van Brink for Piano]

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