Jérémie Conus – Swiss Piano Music by Arthur Honegger & Frank Martin (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:10:01 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Classical
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The 20 th century was indeed a very fascinating time. Musically, this century offered an incomparable variety of movements. From post-romanticism, neo-classicism, im pres sionism, jazz to the most diverse developments in the field of atonal and serial music, at the same time, people were composing in a vast variety of styles. Therefore, it is difficult to assign a single style to a composer, especially since the boundaries between them were very fluid and influences from the most diverse fields can be recognized in the works of many composers. In Arthur Honegger’s case, the French influences are unmistakable. Honegger, who grew up in Zurich, spent a large part of his life in France. He there was a member of the Groupe des Six, a group of six composers, whose members included Darius Milhaud and Francis Poulenc. Their common interest lay in contemporary forms of light music, which is reflected in Honegger’s piano works as he did not tend to write large, hard-to-digest compositions. Instead, his piano works are defined by smaller character pieces, which, in a rather modern language, always contain a hint of French lightness and elegance. Moreover, Honegger turned out to be an extremely ingenious melodist. He had the gift of composing charming little melodies that remained in your ears for the rest of the day. Listen, for example, to the fourth piece from the Sept pièces brèves. Simply delightful, isn’t it?
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Jérémie Conus – Frank Martin: Huit Préludes pour Piano (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 24:34 minutes | 365 MB | Genre: Classical
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He was one of the winners of the Rahn Music Prize for Piano 2020: the young Swiss pianist Jérémie Conus. In spring, his debut album with works by Swiss composers will be released by Prospero Classical. The programme of the exciting album includes works by Arthur Honegger (Toccata and Variations, Seven Short Pieces) and Frank Martin (Fantaisie, Eight Préludes).
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