Alexandra Luiceanu – Matriochka: Romantic Fantaisies & Transcriptions from Russia (2019) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Alexandra Luiceanu – Matriochka: Romantic Fantaisies & Transcriptions from Russia (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 59:05 minutes | 913 MB | Genre: Classical
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For her first solo recording, Alexandra Luiceanu designed a Russian and romantic program that echoes intimate roots. It is a kind of homage to childhood where music resonates like a reminiscence of a primal language, forever present and understood.

The release is entitled ‘Matriochka’ because the works follow one another like so many faces of romantic Russia: the sad smile of Mussorgsky, the painful intensity of Rachmaninov, the voluptuousness of Erdely, the tenderness of Ivanov. They all come alive thanks to the richness of the harp’s timbres.

Alexandra Luiceanu depicts the many facets of the Russian soul like Russian dolls, one after another. Her virtuosity sounds natural in these original pieces and transcriptions. Thus, effacing itself behind the music, the harp becomes poetry.

Tracklist:

01. Alexandra Luiceanu – Prélude (02:22)
02. Alexandra Luiceanu – L’alouette (Arr. for Harp by Alexandra Luiceanu) (06:04)
03. Alexandra Luiceanu – Fantaisie sur “Eugène Onéguine” de Tchaïkovski (07:53)
04. Alexandra Luiceanu – Nocturne “La séparation” (Arr. for Harp by Alexandra Luiceanu) (04:34)
05. Alexandra Luiceanu – Prélude en ut, Op. 12, No. 7 (02:25)
06. Alexandra Luiceanu – Le rossignol, S250/1 (Arr. for Harp by Henriette Renié) (04:46)
07. Alexandra Luiceanu – Une larme, Op. 70, No. 18 (Arr. for Harp by Alexandra Luiceanu) (03:42)
08. Alexandra Luiceanu – Élégie, Op. 3, No. 1 (Arr. for Harp by Alexandra Luiceanu) (06:07)
09. Alexandra Luiceanu – Nocturne (03:13)
10. Alexandra Luiceanu – Marguerite douloureuse au rouet, Op. 26, No. 2 (03:27)
11. Alexandra Luiceanu – Fantaisie sur “Faust” de Gounod, Op. 12 (14:28)

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