Jan Lisiecki – Night Music (2022) [Official Digital Download 24bit/48kHz]

Jan Lisiecki – Night Music (2022)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 59:54 minutes | 490 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Deutsche Grammophon (DG)

Following the fantastic Chopin album earlier this year, we announce the release of pianist Jan Lisiecki’s upcoming album Night Music. With this album Lisiecki continues to explore the universe of night music with works by Mozart, Ravel & Schumann, and consist of selected tracks of his Würzburg recital in 2018.
The release is complemented by a visual album, and both are set to be released 18 February 2022.
Listen to the second pre-release track ‘Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit, M.55 – III. Scarbo’ now!

There’s nothing iconoclastic about this ingenious album. The title itself, “Night Music”, suggests an album that’s happy to sail in familiar, calm waters. The 12 variations on “Ah ! Vous dirai-je, Maman’ (Mozart), Nachtstücke, Op. 23 (Schumann), and the three-movement Gaspard de la Nuit (Ravel) are all “showcase works” in the pianistic catalogue of each of these composers.

Music of the night: like Ariadne’s thread, this album links—sometimes painfully, granted—these three great piano masters together. There’s a nice surprise is in store in the last track of the album: Nocturne by Ignacy Paderewski, the consideration and simplicity of which is tremendous. Lisiecki’s remarkable interpretation is almost more memorable than the programme itself, and his trademark muted playing puts listeners in a dreamlike trance. This is especially true for his impressionist exploration of Gaspard de la Nuit. In contrast, Lisiecki transforms Schuman’s Nachtstücke into vividly narrated stories, a testament to their natural theatricality. – Pierre Lamy

Tracklist:

01. Jan Lisiecki – Theme (00:57)
02. Jan Lisiecki – Var. 1 (00:44)
03. Jan Lisiecki – Var. 2 (00:44)
04. Jan Lisiecki – Var. 3 (00:50)
05. Jan Lisiecki – Var. 4 (00:43)
06. Jan Lisiecki – Var. 5 (00:51)
07. Jan Lisiecki – Var. 6 (00:40)
08. Jan Lisiecki – Var. 7 (00:47)
09. Jan Lisiecki – Var. 8 (00:54)
10. Jan Lisiecki – Var. 9 (00:50)
11. Jan Lisiecki – Var. 10 (00:41)
12. Jan Lisiecki – Var. 11 (02:36)
13. Jan Lisiecki – Var. 12 (01:14)
14. Jan Lisiecki – I. Mehr langsam, oft zurückhaltend (04:24)
15. Jan Lisiecki – II. Markiert und lebhaft (06:15)
16. Jan Lisiecki – III. Mit grosser Lebhaftigkeit (04:21)
17. Jan Lisiecki – IV. Ad libitum – Einfach (03:50)
18. Jan Lisiecki – I. Ondine (05:57)
19. Jan Lisiecki – II. Le Gibet (09:00)
20. Jan Lisiecki – III. Scarbo (08:57)
21. Jan Lisiecki – IV. Nocturne in B Flat Major (04:28)

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