Label: Evil Penguin
Format: CD
Barcode: 0608917721607
Catalog number: EPRC 0029
Releasedate: 02-11-18
Format: CD
Barcode: 0608917721607
Releasedate: 02-11-18
- Recording of a straight strung piano with original and pianoforte-inspired sound.
- Julien Libeer, upcoming Belgian pianist with a very clear play.
- Le Concertione with the classical touch of Dinu Lipatti is pretty unknown.
- The sound of the orchestra directed by Raphael Feye, inspired by baroque orchestras, that is the perfect combination with the straight strung piano.
FR:
- Enregistrement sur piano à cordes parallèles à la sonorité originale et particulière inspirée par les pianoforte anciens et qui correspond au style classique et néo-classique.
- Julien Libeer, pianiste belge en pleine expansion au jeu très clair.
- Le Concertino dans le style classique de Dinu Lipatti qui est quasiment inconnu.
- Le son de l’orchestre dirigé par Raphael Feye, inspiré des orchestres baroques qui s’associe parfaitement au piano aux cordes parallèles.
- Julien Libeer, upcoming Belgian pianist with a very clear play.
- Le Concertione with the classical touch of Dinu Lipatti is pretty unknown.
- The sound of the orchestra directed by Raphael Feye, inspired by baroque orchestras, that is the perfect combination with the straight strung piano.
FR:
- Enregistrement sur piano à cordes parallèles à la sonorité originale et particulière inspirée par les pianoforte anciens et qui correspond au style classique et néo-classique.
- Julien Libeer, pianiste belge en pleine expansion au jeu très clair.
- Le Concertino dans le style classique de Dinu Lipatti qui est quasiment inconnu.
- Le son de l’orchestre dirigé par Raphael Feye, inspiré des orchestres baroques qui s’associe parfaitement au piano aux cordes parallèles.
On his second release for Evil Penguin, Belgian piano prodigy Julien Libeer teams up with the new ensemble Les Métamorphoses to contrast authentic and neo guises of 18th century music. The true classicists are featured on this disc with unusually restrained work: Haydn’s Passion Symphony no. 49 is broodingly solemn, Mozart’s last piano concerto no. 27 deceptively intimate.
These repertoire icons are coupled to Dino Lipatti’s crystalline Concertino in the Classical Style (1936), which sheds neo-classical light on the vintage idiom. When Lipatti (1917-1950) died at the age of 33, he was already a piano legend: Poulenc found “divine spirituality” in his playing, and Enescu believed his godchild was “born with a star above his head”. The Concertino is audibly indebted to Bach and Scarlatti, but there are dashes of Stravinsky, as well as a foretaste of Bela Bartók’s language.
Libeer’s fusion of older and newer worlds is not limited to the programme of this record. Although Les Métamorphoses typically play on modern instruments (albeit with the greatest possible respect for the respective sonorities of different eras), they engaged natural horns and wooden transverse flutes for period colour and crisp.
The solo piano also represents the best of both worlds: the Concert grand with parallel strings (which Chris Maene originally built for Daniel Barenboim) combines pianoforte possibilities – clearly distinguishable voices and colour across registers – with the technical advantages and playing comfort of a modern Steinway. The result, says Julien Libeer, is an instrument “which speaks as beautifully as it sings”.
For Libeer, this new recording represents the next stage in a brilliant, but unusual career. Although the pianist consciously steers clear of the competition circuit, he obtained an impressive range of awards (including Young Musician of the Year 2010 from the Belgian national broadcaster Klara). His first solo record Lignes Claires featured work by Ravel and Lipatti and was highly acclaimed in the press (5 Diapasons). His second album (with Lorenzo Gatto, in violin sonatas by Beethoven) received the Diapason d’Or of the year 2016.
The present recording is Julien Libeer’s first orchestral release. It was recorded in the generous acoustics of the Concertgebouw Brugge.
Lignes Parallèles trailer
These repertoire icons are coupled to Dino Lipatti’s crystalline Concertino in the Classical Style (1936), which sheds neo-classical light on the vintage idiom. When Lipatti (1917-1950) died at the age of 33, he was already a piano legend: Poulenc found “divine spirituality” in his playing, and Enescu believed his godchild was “born with a star above his head”. The Concertino is audibly indebted to Bach and Scarlatti, but there are dashes of Stravinsky, as well as a foretaste of Bela Bartók’s language.
Libeer’s fusion of older and newer worlds is not limited to the programme of this record. Although Les Métamorphoses typically play on modern instruments (albeit with the greatest possible respect for the respective sonorities of different eras), they engaged natural horns and wooden transverse flutes for period colour and crisp.
The solo piano also represents the best of both worlds: the Concert grand with parallel strings (which Chris Maene originally built for Daniel Barenboim) combines pianoforte possibilities – clearly distinguishable voices and colour across registers – with the technical advantages and playing comfort of a modern Steinway. The result, says Julien Libeer, is an instrument “which speaks as beautifully as it sings”.
For Libeer, this new recording represents the next stage in a brilliant, but unusual career. Although the pianist consciously steers clear of the competition circuit, he obtained an impressive range of awards (including Young Musician of the Year 2010 from the Belgian national broadcaster Klara). His first solo record Lignes Claires featured work by Ravel and Lipatti and was highly acclaimed in the press (5 Diapasons). His second album (with Lorenzo Gatto, in violin sonatas by Beethoven) received the Diapason d’Or of the year 2016.
The present recording is Julien Libeer’s first orchestral release. It was recorded in the generous acoustics of the Concertgebouw Brugge.
Lignes Parallèles trailer
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1Symphony No. 49 in F minor, Hob. 1:49I. Adagio06:56
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2Symphony No. 49 in F minor, Hob. 1:49II. Allegro di molto06:13
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3Symphony No. 49 in F minor, Hob. 1:49III. Menuet03:41
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4Symphony No. 49 in F minor, Hob. 1:49IV. Finale: Presto02:53
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5Concertino in the Classical Style, Op. 3I. Allegro maestoso03:44
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6Concertino in the Classical Style, Op. 3II. Adagio molto04:13
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7Concertino in the Classical Style, Op. 3III. Allegretto03:36
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8Concertino in the Classical Style, Op. 3IV. Allegro molto05:18
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9Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major, No. 27, KV. 595I. Allegro13:14
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10Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major, No. 27, KV. 595II. Larghetto06:14
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11Piano Concerto in B-Flat Major, No. 27, KV. 595III. Allegro08:38