Alexander Melnikov – Four pianos, Four Pieces (2018) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Alexander Melnikov – Four pianos, Four Pieces (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:19:32 minutes | 1,27 GB | Genre: Classical
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“Four oeuvres, four pianos” might be a better way of looking at the cover of this album by Alexander Melnikov: Schubert is played on a (simply stunning) Viennese Graf fortepiano from around 1835, Chopin on an Érard grand piano from 1837, Liszt on a Bösendorfer from 1875 and Stravinsky on a modern-day Steinway – the only work which is not played on an instrument contemporary to its composition, as Petrushka dates from 1911, and most certainly not from 2014 like the Steinway in question! The differences between the four instruments are not immediately obvious, but Melnikov’s project is to demonstrate just how closely art and instrument follow one another: the Wanderer Fantasy benefits from the clarity of the Graf fortepiano which, while it lacks powerful volume, offers a startling palette of different sounds for the artist to explore. Chopin’s twelve Études Op. 10 on the Érard – still within a few years of the Graf – increased the power of the sound in particular, but at the cost of reducing the range of colours in the palette. With the Réminiscences de Don Juan by Liszt, the Bösendorfer unleashes real pianistic thunderbolts, which almost overshadows the content! Finally, Petrushka on the Steinway takes us back into a rather more familiar territory. This is a concept of pairing from Melnikov, whose fondness for historical instruments is well-known.

Tracklist:
01. Alexander Melnikov – Fantasie in C Major, D. 760: I. Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo (05:41)
02. Alexander Melnikov – Fantasie in C Major, D. 760: II. Adagio (06:01)
03. Alexander Melnikov – Fantasie in C Major, D. 760: III. Presto (04:34)
04. Alexander Melnikov – Fantasie in C Major, D. 760: IV. Allegro (03:44)
05. Alexander Melnikov – Etudes, Op. 10: 1. Etude in C Major (01:49)
06. Alexander Melnikov – Etudes, Op. 10: 2. Etude in A Minor (01:23)
07. Alexander Melnikov – Etudes, Op. 10: 3. Etude in E Major (03:11)
08. Alexander Melnikov – Etudes, Op. 10: 4. Etude in C Sharp Minor (01:55)
09. Alexander Melnikov – Etudes, Op. 10: 5. Etude in G-Flat Major (01:40)
10. Alexander Melnikov – Etudes, Op. 10: 6. Etude in E-Flat Minor (02:42)
11. Alexander Melnikov – Etudes, Op. 10: 7. Etude in C Major (01:33)
12. Alexander Melnikov – Etudes, Op. 10: 8. Etude in F Major (02:20)
13. Alexander Melnikov – Etudes, Op. 10: 9. Etude in F Minor (01:53)
14. Alexander Melnikov – Etudes, Op. 10: 10. Etude in A-Flat major (02:11)
15. Alexander Melnikov – Etudes, Op. 10: 11. Etude in E-Flat Major (02:19)
16. Alexander Melnikov – Etudes, Op. 10: 12. Etude in C Minor (02:36)
17. Alexander Melnikov – Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418: I. Grave (04:31)
18. Alexander Melnikov – Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418: II. Duetto. Andantino (03:05)
19. Alexander Melnikov – Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418: III. Variazione 1 (03:36)
20. Alexander Melnikov – Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418: IV. Variazione 2. Tempo giusto (03:41)
21. Alexander Melnikov – Réminiscences de Don Juan, S. 418: V. Quasi Presto. Tempo deciso (03:16)
22. Alexander Melnikov – Trois mouvements de Petrouchka: I. Danse russe (02:37)
23. Alexander Melnikov – Trois mouvements de Petrouchka: II. Chez Pétrouchka (04:34)
24. Alexander Melnikov – Trois mouvements de Petrouchka: III. La Semaine grasse (08:26)

Personnel:
Alexander Melnikov, piano

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