Silvestrov: Touching The Memory

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Release Date: 7th Dec 2018
Catalogue No: 95765
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 77 minutes

Sylvestrov: 4 Postludes for Piano and String Orchestra

Work length12:40

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Alexei Lubimov (piano)
Musiques Nouvelles
Jean-Paul Dessy
Recorded: 23 February 2008
Recording Venue: Dada Studio, Brussels, Belgium

4 Postludes for Piano and String Orchestra: No. 1. Larghetto - Andante

Track length3:55

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4 Postludes for Piano and String Orchestra: No. 2. Moderato, con moto (poco rubato)

Track length2:55

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4 Postludes for Piano and String Orchestra: No. 3. Larghetto, con moto (poco rubato)

Track length2:09

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4 Postludes for Piano and String Orchestra: No. 4. Larghetto, con moto (poco rubato)

Track length3:41

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Sylvestrov: Moments of Poetry and Music

Work length6:09

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Elise Gäbele (soprano), Alexei Lubimov (piano)
Musiques Nouvelles
Jean-Paul Dessy
Recorded: 23 February 2008
Recording Venue: Dada Studio, Brussels, Belgium

Moments of Poetry and Music: I. Keine Stimme

Track length2:21

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Moments of Poetry and Music: II. Melody - Post scriptum

Track length3:48

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Sylvestrov: 3 Postludes for piano

Work length5:16

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Alexei Lubimov (piano)
Recorded: 23 February 2008
Recording Venue: Dada Studio, Brussels, Belgium

3 Postludes for piano: No. 1. Andantino

Track length1:32

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3 Postludes for piano: No. 2. Adagio

Track length2:18

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3 Postludes for piano: No. 3. Larghetto

Track length1:26

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Sylvestrov: Epitaph

Work length8:13

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Alexei Lubimov (piano)
Musiques Nouvelles
Jean-Paul Dessy

Sylvestrov: 3 Waltzes

Work length3:55

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Alexei Lubimov (piano)
Recorded: 23 February 2008
Recording Venue: Dada Studio, Brussels, Belgium

3 Waltzes: No. 1. Schoenberg

Track length1:19

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3 Waltzes: No. 2. Webern

Track length0:54

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3 Waltzes: No. 3. Berg

Track length1:42

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Sylvestrov: 2 Elegies, Op. 60

Work length4:56

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Alexei Lubimov (piano)
Recorded: 23 February 2008
Recording Venue: Dada Studio, Brussels, Belgium

2 Elegies, Op. 60: No. 1. Moderato

Track length1:46

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2 Elegies, Op. 60: No. 2. Andante

Track length3:10

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Sylvestrov: Moments of Memory II

Work length18:24

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$7.80

Musiques Nouvelles
Jean-Paul Dessy
Recorded: 23 February 2008
Recording Venue: Dada Studio, Brussels, Belgium

Moments of Memory II: No. 1. Serenade of Childhood (1954 … 2003)

Track length3:25

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Moments of Memory II: No. 2. Elegy

Track length4:02

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Moments of Memory II: No. 3. Farewell Waltz

Track length2:57

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Moments of Memory II: No. 4. Postlude

Track length2:45

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Moments of Memory II: No. 5. Autumn Serenade

Track length2:22

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Moments of Memory II: No. 6. Pastoral

Track length2:53

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Sylvestrov: Moments of Memory III

Work length7:38

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Alexei Lubimov (piano)
Recorded: 23 February 2008
Recording Venue: Dada Studio, Brussels, Belgium

Moments of Memory III: No. 1. Elegy

Track length3:21

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Moments of Memory III: No. 2. Intermezzo

Track length1:50

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Moments of Memory III: No. 3. Serenade

Track length2:27

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Sylvestrov: Hymn - 2001

Work length4:51

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Alexei Lubimov (piano)
Musiques Nouvelles
Jean-Paul Dessy

Sylvestrov: 3 Waltzes*

Work length5:43

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Valentin Silvestrov (piano)
Recorded: 23 February 2008
Recording Venue: Dada Studio, Brussels, Belgium

3 Waltzes*: No. 1.

Track length1:43

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3 Waltzes*: No. 2.

Track length1:56

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3 Waltzes*: No. 3.

Track length2:04

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Vocal and chamber music by a post-Soviet master of poetry and stillness.

Born in 1937, Valentin Silvestrov may be counted a Russian minimalist alongside his contemporaries Arvo Pärt and Giya Kancheli, although not an especially ‘holy’ one; if he has gods, they are likely to be Webern and Mozart. Silvestrov distinguishes himself from those contemporaries by the sharpness of his ears and the freshness of his thinking.

Silvestrov’s Fifth Symphony achieved a cult status among dissident Soviets and then the West through the gradual dissemination of a recording made in 1976. The loving adieus of his later music have come about through an immersion in the Western avant-garde, with Webern as the fountain-head, that unlike Pärt he has not so much disowned as refined. This is music perpetually on the threshold of saying goodbye, wholly in love with the Viennese classics and yet regretfully aware that their world is irrecoverable.

The 10-minute Epitaph for cello and piano is one of several works Silvestrov composed in memory of his wife Larissa, who died in 1999. The Hymn of 2001 dedicated to Kancheli is significant and touching out of all proportion to its brevity: according to the composer, ‘all melodic content from my other compositions can also be found here. A rest does not only constitute a lack of sound, in but is also a state of retardation and paralysis or a suspension of time. In early music, there was an occasional need for silence, but here it is a fundamental feature.’

This new album also contains some first recordings. Principal among them is the song-cycle Moments of Poetry and Music, setting a text by Paul Celan in Russian translation. Made live at a concert in Brussels, the recording is led by the pianist Alexei Lubimov, a longstanding friend of Silvestrov and authoritative interpreter of his music.

Silvestrov: Touching The Memory

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