SAINT SAENS/CONCERTOS#25

Descripción

FOLLOWING HIS AWARD-WINNING SURVEY OF RAVELS COMPLETE SOLO PIANO WORKS BERTRAND CHAMAYOU TAKES ON SOME OF THE MOST BRILLIANT YET FIENDISHLY VIRTUOSIC MUSIC IN THE FRENCH ROMANTIC REPERTOIRE ON HIS NEW SAINT-SANS ALBUM DRAWING TOGETHER THE TWO MOST FAMOUS OF THE COMPOSER-PIANISTS FIVE PIANO CONCERTOS THE EPIC NO.2 AND THE IRRESISTIBLY EXOTIC NO.5 THE EGYPTIAN ALONGSIDE A BOUQUET OF LESSER-KNOWN SOLO PIECES AND TUDES THAT WILL DELIGHT PIANOPHILES. HE IS JOINED BY THE ORCHESTRE NATIONAL DE FRANCE AND ITS FORMIDABLE CONDUCTOR EMMANUEL KRIVINE FOR AN ALBUM THAT PROMISES FIREWORKS CHAMPAGNE AND JUST A FEW PUFFS OF OPIUM. THE SOLO PIANO WORKS INCLUDE THE EFFERVESCENT YET NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT TUDE EN FORME DE VALSE WITH ITS BREATHTAKING BRAVURA FINALE AND THE ENTRANCING LES CLOCHES DE LAS PALMAS INSPIRED BY THE BELLS SAINT-SANS HEARD RINGING OUT IN THE CANARY ISLANDS. IM ALWAYS CHARMED BY SAINT-SANS SAYS CHAMAYOU. THERES AN ATTRACTION TO THE EXOTIC THE BIZARRE SENSUAL FANTASY THATS VERY CURIOUS FOR A COMPOSER THAT WE THINK OF AS SO ACADEMIC. AND THERES A REAL SENSE OF VOYAGE IN THE MUSIC OF SAINT-SANS THAT I FIND FASCINATING.