Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy / Komitas: Music in Time of War (2024) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy / Komitas: Music in Time of War (2024)
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Music in Time of War, the new double-album from pianist Kirill Gerstein, places the music of Komitas, pioneer of ethnomusi- cology and founder of the Armenian national school of music, alongside that of Claude Debussy, a seminal composer in the late 19th and early 20th centuries who held a deep admiration of Komitas’s music. Both composers were profoundly affected by the implosion of their worlds – Komitas by the Armenian Genocide, Debussy by the First World War – and their music reflects a close emotional alignment. Music in Time of War grew from Gerstein’s fascination with music’s power to reflect a narrative. The project will be released as a double CD album and will be accompanied by a hardcover book containing a series of illustrations and detailed essays in three languages commissioned by the pianist.

Gerstein pairs Debussy’s 12 Études from 1915 and Komitas’s Armenian Dances for piano, composed the following year, and includes a selection of Debussy’s late piano pieces composed to raise funds for the war. The artists featured on the album include Armenian soprano Ruzan Mantashyan, and pianists Thomas Adès and Katia Skanavi – they join Gerstein in a selection of works for voice and piano, piano four hands as well as for two pianos. Accompanying the recording are four in-depth essays from historians Annette Becker and Khatchig Mouradian, musicologist Artur Avanesov and composer Heinz Holliger, that explore the impact of war and genocide on society, and the reaction of artists to such events. These essays give socio-historical context to the music of Debussy and Komitas, and their response to creating in times of catastrophe.

Music in Time of War epitomizes both Kirill Gerstein‘s creative curiosity and his insightful approach to curating projects. The album will be released as a double CD including the high-quality 172-page hardcover book on May 3rd by myrios classics.

Tracklist:
1. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: 12 Études, Premier Livre, L. 136: I. Pour les cinq doigts · d’après Monsieur Czerny (03:02)
2. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: 12 Études, Premier Livre, L. 136: II. Pour les tierces (03:58)
3. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: 12 Études, Premier Livre, L. 136: III. Pour les quartes (05:08)
4. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: 12 Études, Premier Livre, L. 136: IV. Pour les sixtes (04:13)
5. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: 12 Études, Premier Livre, L. 136: V. Pour les octaves (02:44)
6. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: 12 Études, Premier Livre, L. 136: VI. Pour les huit doigts (01:35)
7. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: 12 Études, Deuxième Livre, L. 136: VII. Pour les degrés chromatiques (02:29)
8. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: 12 Études, Deuxième Livre, L. 136: VIII. Pour les agréments (05:14)
9. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: 12 Études, Deuxième Livre, L. 136: IX. Pour les notes répétées (03:14)
10. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: 12 Études, Deuxième Livre, L. 136: X. Pour les sonorités opposées (05:07)
11. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: 12 Études, Deuxième Livre, L. 136: XI. Pour les arpèges composés (04:42)
12. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: 12 Études, Deuxième Livre, L. 136: XII. Pour les accords (04:59)
13. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Vardapet: Armenian Dances: Manushaki of Vagharshapat (02:49)
14. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Vardapet: Armenian Dances: Yerangi of Yerevan (03:21)
15. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Vardapet: Armenian Dances: Unabi of Shushi (02:00)
16. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Vardapet: Armenian Dances: Shushiki of Vagharshapat (01:52)
17. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Vardapet: Armenian Dances: Marali of Shushi (01:17)
18. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Vardapet: Armenian Dances: Het u Aradj of Karin (02:37)
19. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Vardapet: Armenian Dances: Shoror of Karin (05:11)
20. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90: I. La Flûte de Pan (02:50)
21. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90: II. La Chevelure (03:12)
22. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: Chansons de Bilitis, L. 90: III. Le Tombeau des naïades (03:03)
23. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: 6 Épigraphes antiques, L. 139: I. Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d’été (02:06)
24. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: 6 Épigraphes antiques, L. 139: II. Pour un tombeau sans nom (03:40)
25. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: 6 Épigraphes antiques, L. 139: III. Pour que la nuit soit propice (02:09)
26. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: 6 Épigraphes antiques, L. 139: IV. Pour la danseuse aux crotales (02:15)
27. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: 6 Épigraphes antiques, L. 139: V. Pour l’Égyptienne (03:01)
28. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: 6 Épigraphes antiques, L. 139: VI. Pour remercier la pluie au matin (02:04)
29. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Vardapet: Armenian Songs: Tsirani tsar (03:32)
30. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Vardapet: Armenian Songs: Chinar es (01:58)
31. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Vardapet: Armenian Songs: Garoun a (02:23)
32. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Vardapet: Armenian Songs: Le le Yaman (02:14)
33. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Vardapet: Armenian Songs: Qeler Tsoler (02:38)
34. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Vardapet: Armenian Songs: Antouni (04:58)
35. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maisons, L. 147 (02:43)
36. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: Page d’album pour piano pour l’oeuvre du “Vêtement du blessé,” L. 133 (01:09)
37. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: Berceuse héroïque pour rendre hommage à S.M. le roi Albert Ier de Belgique et à ses soldats, L. 132 (04:59)
38. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: Étude retrouvée, L. 143a (04:21)
39. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: Élégie from Pages inédites sur la Femme et la Guerre, L. 138 (02:00)
40. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: Les Soirs illuminés par l’ardeur du charbon, L. 150 (02:05)
41. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: En blanc et noir, L. 134: I. À mon ami A. Koussevitzky (Avec emportement) (04:33)
42. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: En blanc et noir, L. 134: Au lieutenant Jacques Charlot tué à l’ennemi en 1915, le 3 mars (Lent. Sombre) (06:42)
43. Kirill Gerstein, Katia Skanavi, Thomas Adès, Ruzan Mantashyan – Debussy: En blanc et noir, L. 134: III. À mon ami Igor Stravinsky (Scherzando) (04:36)

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