FLAC (tracks) | Classical | 01:04:15 | 1CD | 120 MbThis is Alexandra Dariescu’s final release in the trilogy of Parisian preludes.
Boulanger’s solo Prelude for Piano gives us a glimpse of what Lili might have gone on to write, had she lived beyond the age of 24.
Fauré’s Preludes Op 103, published in 1910 are by comparison relatively late works but contain some of his most startling and original piano writing; which Aaron Copland referred to elegantly as ‘intensity on a background of calm’.
Finally on this recording, Messiaen gives each of his eight prelude a title, accompanied by a description often including the colours Messiaen experienced in this music through his synaesthesia, and reflecting his life-long love of birdsong.
Tracklist:[02:26] 01. Alexandra Dariescu – Prelude in D-Flat Major[03:42] 02. Alexandra Dariescu – 9 Preludes, Op. 103: No. 1 in D-Flat Major[01:53] 03. Alexandra Dariescu – 9 Preludes, Op. 103: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor[04:15] 04. Alexandra Dariescu – 9 Preludes, Op. 103: No. 3 in G Minor[01:55] 05. Alexandra Dariescu – 9 Preludes, Op. 103: No. 4 in F Major[02:19] 06. Alexandra Dariescu – 9 Preludes, Op. 103: No. 5 in D Minor[02:42] 07. Alexandra Dariescu – 9 Preludes, Op. 103: No. 6 in E-Flat Minor[02:45] 08. Alexandra Dariescu – 9 Preludes, Op. 103: No. 7 in A Major[01:06] 09. Alexandra Dariescu – 9 Preludes, Op. 103: No. 8 in C Minor[03:08] 10. Alexandra Dariescu – 9 Preludes, Op. 103: No. 9 in E Minor[02:25] 11. Alexandra Dariescu – Preludes for Piano: I. La colombe[07:36] 12. Alexandra Dariescu – Preludes for Piano: II. Chant d’extase dans un paysage triste[01:51] 13. Alexandra Dariescu – Preludes for Piano: III. Le nombre leger[04:28] 14. Alexandra Dariescu – Preludes for Piano: IV. Instants defunts[04:21] 15. Alexandra Dariescu – Preludes for Piano: V. Les sons impalpables du reve[09:01] 16. Alexandra Dariescu – Preludes for Piano: VI. Cloches d’angoisses et larmes d’adieu[03:05] 17. Alexandra Dariescu – Preludes for Piano: VII. Plainte calme[05:11] 18. Alexandra Dariescu – Preludes for Piano: VIII. Un reflet dans le vent
