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Clair-Obscur
Lili Boulanger - Gabriel Fauré

Clair-Obscur

Tal Walker

Label: Antarctica
Format: CD
Barcode: 0608917738223
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Catalog number: AR 082
Releasedate: 04-09-26
  • A poetic dialogue between Lili Boulanger and Gabriel Fauré, framed by light and shadow.
  • A mirrored programme built around variation cycles with a Nocturne at the start and at the end. 
  • Rare and under-recorded piano works by Lili Boulanger. Pianist Tal Walker studied the composer's surviving manuscripts, working from the closest available sources for the unpublished Préludes and Thème et variations. The recording reflects this deeply researched and highly personal engagement with Boulanger's creative process.
Clair-obscur applied to the piano repertoire immediately evokes the white and black keys of the instrument. The French piano music on Tal Walker’s disc deals in subtle harmonic gradations and in the full spectrum of emotional expression. As a specialist in French repertoire, Walker places the luminous and the dark in constant dialogue: one could not exist without the other.