Echoes Of Life (Deluxe Edition)

Pianist Alice Sara Ott offers a complete set of Chopin\’s preludes for piano here, in order, but framed and interspersed with short contemporary piano compositions. These appear at the beginning and end (the latter composed by Ott) and then after each group of four preludes. The concept isn\’t one that Chopin or Liszt would have found too unfamiliar, and Ott is a strong Chopin pianist with the ability to draw listeners in without being excessive about tempo rubato. Try one of the famous pieces like the Prelude No. 4 in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4, which has a fresh feeling despite the work\’s ubiquity. Ott suggests extramusical associations for both the Chopin pieces and the modern works, and while, of course, her reactions are her own, it may be that this device works a bit less well for the preludes than for Chopin\’s works in other genres. More than other Chopin works, the preludes are intricately technical pieces, with some of the most daring harmonic moves in the whole Chopin canon. In this technical sense, though, Ott\’s program succeeds beautifully. In her hands, the range of Chopin\’s influence in the 20th century is revealed to be startlingly wide, extending from the cinematic semi-pop of Nino Rota and Chilly Gonzales to Ligeti\’s modernism to Arvo Pärt\’s minimalism. The whole program has a delightful sense that one is exploring Chopin and then pausing periodically to look forward in time as if to see what hidden secrets time might reveal in his music. A typically imaginative release from this fine pianist.

歌谱 列表：

1 Tristano: In The Beginning Was
2 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 1 in C Major. Agitato
3 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 2 in A Minor. Lento
4 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 3 in G Major. Vivace
5 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 4 in E Minor. Largo
6 Musica ricercata : I. Sostenuto. Misurato. Prestissimo
7 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 5 in D Major. Molto allegro
8 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 6 in B Minor. Lento assai
9 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 7 in A Major. Andantino
10 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 8 in F Sharp Minor. Molto agitato
11 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 9 in E Major. Largo
12 Rota: Valzer
13 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 10 in C Sharp Minor. Molto allegro
14 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 11 in B Major. Vivace
15 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 12 in G Sharp Minor. Presto
16 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 13 in F Sharp Minor. Lento
17 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 14 in E Flat Minor. Allegro
18 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 15 in D Flat Major. Sostenuto "Raindrop"
19 Gonzales: Prelude in C Sharp Major
20 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 16 in B Flat Minor. Presto con fuoco
21 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 17 in A Flat Major. Allegretto
22 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 18 in C Minor. Molto allegro
23 Litany (In Memory of Michael Vyner) : I. Adagio
24 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 19 in E Flat Major. Vivace
25 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 20 in C Minor. Largo
26 Pärt: Für Alina
27 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 21 in B Flat Major. Cantabile
28 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 22 in G Minor. Molto agitato
29 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 23 in F Major. Moderato
30 24 Preludes, Op. 28 : No. 24 in D Minor. Allegro appassionato
31 Ott: Lullaby To Eternity (on fragments of W.A. Mozart\’s "Lacrimosa")
32 The Well-Tempered Clavier / Book 1, BWV 846-869 / Prelude & Fugue in C Major, BWV 846 : I. Prelude (Grand Piano)
33 Field: Prelude in C Minor (Grand Piano)
34 Field: Largo in C Minor (Grand Piano)
35 Chopin: Prelude in A-Flat Major, KK IVb/7
36 Chopin: Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45
37 Gonzales: Contretemps
38 Naive Music : No. 6, Prelude
39 Distant Music : No. 3, Prelude
40 Field: Prelude in C Minor (Upright Piano)
41 Field: Largo in C Minor (Upright Piano)