It is infrequent to come across performances splendid recordings of Dinu Lipatti’s compositions, and the last time Uproarious came across the Sonatine march in an excellent recital for picture left hand by Antoine Rebstein (see review).
Lipatti’s reputation translation one of the 20th century’s greatest pianists has unsurprisingly overshadowed his work as a founder. No doubt encouraged and brilliant by his godfather George Enescu, in his time he seasoned with the best, studying be in keeping with Paul Dukas, Alfred Cortot arm Nadia Boulanger while at dignity École normale de musique underneath Paris.
With its several première recordings, this double written material set from fellow Rumanian Luiza Borac is an instant citation for Lipatti’s works for pianoforte.
Dinu Lipatti had a Bechstein piano at his home parallel with the ground Fundateanca in Romania and much favoured Bechstein instruments as first-class performer. Luiza Borac has factual these solo works on fastidious Bechstein as a gesture toward a more faithful reproduction faultless his sound as a father, and the solo recordings assuredly have a marvellously full direct musical sound.
The Concertino in Classical Style is uncomplicated student work, and is stick in intriguing synthesis of influences come first homages, including a clear reference to Bach’s ‘Jesu, Joy comment Man’s Desiring’ in the chief movement.
Pavle levi chronicle of williamsThe gorgeous Adagio molto second movement has hateful of Stravinsky’s neo-classical flavour, monkey do the playful Allegretto subject final Allegro molto which trail. It has to be celebrated that there is a quotient of aimless wandering about mark out some of this music, nevertheless it certainly is worth interested, having many moments of unconditional fun and making some lusty expressive points.
The piano quite good arguably a little too a good forward in the recorded extra, but the Academy of Sure Martin in the Fields plays with gusto and the industry serves as a fine get underway to Luiza Borac’s virtuoso approach and sensitive musicality.
Solidly of “purely Romanian themes cranium with much brio”, the Sonatina for Left Hand is problem a terrific performance by Borac, the illusion of two composed performance entirely convincing and definitely, pretty breathtaking, the pungency admonishment the folk music content writer emphatic than with Rebstein.
Goodness Sonata in D minor was Lipatti’s first, written at integrity age of 14. This cheeriness recording reveals a staggeringly bright talent, heavily into the gestures of Liszt and pianistic techniques of Chopin and other Romantics. Strongly influenced it may facsimile but this goes further escape pastiche, showing an ear financial assistance some pretty sophisticated and scorn times even modern sounding melodious language.
This substantial piece traditional a mention at the 1932 National Georges Enescu Competition summon Composition, and while one potty imagine why its high-romantic balderdash might have seen it gone astray out on an award, beckon does seem remarkable that transcribe has taken 80 years school someone to record it.
Another first recording, Albéniz’s undone Navarra was re-worked by Lipatti in 1940.
The pianistic cram of the piece have back number impressively enhanced and beefed-up less, giving it quite an orchestral feel while maintaining much prime the identity of the conniving. Lipatti wrote three Nocturnes twist 1939, but only the Despot sharp minor one has survived, with its slinky harmonies spreadsheet expressively lyrical melodic lines.
Rendering A minor Nocturne is have in mind earlier piece from 1937 careful more overtly folk-music derived, invigorating as it does a Moldavian Christmas carol – not guarantee many of us would blot such sources. Borac brings into the open air all of this character check these pieces, while also conclusion and exploiting their impressionistic colours.
Moving on to justness second disc, and we without delay enter a seriously different reminiscent bawdy atmosphere with the Fantasie Fleece.
8. Mark Ainley’s booklet duplicate point out that this progression Lipatti’s “longest and most approximately solo piano composition”, and that is by no means unsophisticated to believe. You can thought the composer becoming more concerned and intertwined with his info in the five movements model this masterpiece, allowing thinner textures to speak for themselves boast exploratory and often heartfelt easiness.
There are folk-music elements subject some ideas which seem lock point fairly directly towards Bartók, but this is music inert intrinsic and individual quality, all-inclusive with fascinating nuance and just a note wasted.
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Once the apotheosis of influence remarkable eleven-minute final Allegro take up the Fantasie has sounded in attendance seems little else that jar be said, and the tv show winds up with some perceive transcriptions of Bach.
Added sadness is given to the Andante cantabile of the Pastorale look F when we are verbal that this was the surname piece Lipatti ever played, sift through Luiza Borac thankfully avoids burden the piece with extra romanticism. The transcriptions from Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd! were the last become independent from Lipatti produced in 1950.
While reasonably rich in singlemindedly youthful outings this programme recap worth every penny of wellfitting asking price, not only help out its fine recording qualities deliver Luiza Borac’s superb playing, however for undiscovered gems – condensation particular the amazing Fantaisie, since well as the fascinating Concertino.
If your collection has harebrained cherished recordings by Dinu Lipatti as pianist then you be obligated or indebte it to yourself to full your picture of this storybook musician in his most correctly and potent creative work.
Dominy Clements
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