Andrea Kauten – Promenade – Works by Chopin & Mussorgsky (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/44,1kHz]

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The new Solo Musica recording “Promenade” of Frédéric Chopin’s Préludes, Op. 28 and Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition brings together two prominent piano cycles that are almost emblematic of their creators’ oeuvre. In the juxtaposition, pianist Andrea Kauten shows what unites them despite all the expected contrasts, which goes far beyond some obvious references by Mussorgsky to Chopin’s Préludes. Both large-scale cycles combine miniatures of partly aphoristic character. They stand in the tension between European art music and the national influences of Eastern European and Slavic traditions. For the time being, they seek different solutions. The cosmopolitan Chopin, rejecting any demonstrative patriotism, manages the seamless integration of his Polish idiom into a universally European expression. Mussorgsky, as a self-confessed post-cosmopolitan, emphatically recalled the folk-Russian, which he offensively opposed to everything “Western”. Both composers found their way to a personalised musical language which, while freely handling the form, allows the traditional harmonies to be broken up by deliberate instabilities. Both meet on the path to modernity. Even if emotional exhibitionism was alien to both composers and the works can only be related to the biographical snapshots of their genesis with extreme caution: Both cycles are set against the background of a confrontation with death that is as surprising as it is inexorable.

Tracklist:

01. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 1 C-Dur, Agitato (00:46)
02. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 2 A-Moll (Lento) (02:33)
03. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 3 G-Dur (Vivace) (01:17)
04. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 4 E-Moll (Largo) (02:13)
05. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 5 D-Dur (Allegro Molto) (00:52)
06. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 6 H-Moll (Lento Assai) (01:58)
07. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 7 A-Dur (Andantino) (00:43)
08. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 8 Fis-Moll (Molto Agitato) (02:09)
09. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 9 E-Dur (Largo) (01:55)
10. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 10 Cis-Moll (Allegro Molto) (00:40)
11. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 11 H-Dur (Vivace) (00:50)
12. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 12 gis-Moll (Presto) (01:21)
13. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 13 Fis-Dur (Lento) (03:50)
14. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 14 Es-Moll (Allegro-Pesante) (00:36)
15. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 15 Des-Dur (Sostenuto) (05:14)
16. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 16 B-Moll (Presto Con Fuoco) (01:34)
17. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 17 as-Dur( Allegretto) (03:25)
18. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 18 F-Moll (Allegro Molto) (01:16)
19. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 19 Es-Dur (Vivace) (01:54)
20. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 20 C-Moll (Largo) (01:27)
21. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 21 B-Dur (Cantabile) (02:05)
22. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 22 G-Moll (Molto Agitato) (00:55)
23. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 23 F-Dur (Moderato) (01:06)
24. Andrea Kauten – Préludes, Op. 28: No. 24 D-Moll (Allegro) (02:40)
25. Andrea Kauten – Promenade. Allegro Giusto, Nel Modo Rustico, Senza Allegrezza, Ma Poco Sostenuto (01:21)
26. Andrea Kauten – Gnomus. Sempre Vivo (02:30)
27. Andrea Kauten – Promenade. Moderato Commodo Assai E Con Delicatezza (01:04)
28. Andrea Kauten – The Old Castle. Andantino Molto Cantabile E Con Dolore (04:24)
29. Andrea Kauten – Promenade. Moderato Non Tanto, Pesamente (00:32)
30. Andrea Kauten – The Tuileries Gardens. Allegretto Non Troppo Troppo, Capriccioso (00:57)
31. Andrea Kauten – Bydlo. Sempre Moderato, Pesante (02:37)
32. Andrea Kauten – Promenade. Tranquillo (01:01)
33. Andrea Kauten – Ballet of the Chickens in Their Shells (01:11)
34. Andrea Kauten – Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle. Andante. Grave-Energico – Andantino (02:17)
35. Andrea Kauten – Promenade. Allegro Giusto, Nel Modo Russico, Poco Sostenuto (01:23)
36. Andrea Kauten – The Market-Place at Limoges. Allegretto Vivo, Sempre Scherzando (01:31)
37. Andrea Kauten – The Catacombs Sepulchrum Romanum. Largo (02:05)
38. Andrea Kauten – Con Mortuis in Lingua Mortua. Andante Non Troppo, Con Lamento (02:38)
39. Andrea Kauten – The Hut on Fowl’s Legs Baba-Yaga. Allegro Con Brio, Feroce – Andante Mosso – Allegro Molto (04:35)
40. Andrea Kauten – The Great Gate of Kiev. Allegro Alla Breve. Maestoso. Con Grandezza (03:30)