Simon Trpceski plays Brahms, Ravel & Poulenc: Recorded live at Wigmore Hall, London, on 19 July 2014

Trpceski brings a cheerful nonchalance to the ingratiating first Novelette, while the relaxed, slightly louche first Improvisation conjures up a chic cocktail lounge. He clearly revels in the... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2016 More…

Release Date: 1st Apr 2016
Catalogue No: WHLIVE0081
Label: Wigmore Hall Live
Length: 79 minutes

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Brahms: Intermezzi (3), Op. 117

Work length18:00

Simon Trpčeski

I. Andante moderato

Track length5:56

II. Andante non troppo e con molto espressione

Track length4:51

III. Andante con moto

Track length7:13

Ravel: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: Aria. Variations I-XXV. Fugue

Work length26:25

Simon Trpčeski

Ravel: Valses nobles et sentimentales

Work length16:19

Simon Trpčeski

I. Modéré - très franc

Track length1:11

II. Assez lent - avec une expression intense

Track length2:54

III. Modéré

Track length1:40

IV. Assez animé

Track length1:20

V. Presque lent - dans un sentiment intime

Track length1:33

VI. Vif

Track length0:35

VII. Moins vif

Track length2:36

VIII. Epilogue - Lent

Track length4:30

Poulenc: 3 Novelettes, FP 47 / 173

Work length6:29

Simon Trpčeski

I. Modéré sans lenteur

Track length2:27

II. Très rapide et rythmé

Track length1:40

III. sur un thème de Manuel de Falla

Track length2:22

Poulenc: Improvisations 1-10, FP 63

Work length4:03

Simon Trpčeski

I. Presto ritmico

Track length1:20

II. Presto très sec

Track length1:16

VI. A toute vitesse

Track length1:27

Poulenc: Improvisations 13-14, FP 170: XIII. Allegretto comodo

Work length2:38

Simon Trpčeski

Poulenc: 15 Improvisations, No. 15 in C minor 'Hommage à Edith Piaf'

Work length3:04

Simon Trpčeski

Poulenc: 3 Pièces, FP 48: III. Toccata

Work length2:40

Simon Trpčeski

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Simon Trpceski has established himself as one of the most remarkable musicians to have emerged in recent years, performing with many of the world’s greatest orchestras and captivating audiences worldwide. He performs a stunning programme, recorded live at Wigmore Hall, opening with Brahms’s melancholic 3 'Intermezzi', "the cradle songs of my sufferings" as the composer once called them, a charming and varied selection showcases Trpceski’s sensitivity and delicate expression.

Ravel’s eclectic 'Valses et sentimentales', a dissonant and passionate chain of lilting dances, lie at the heart of this album. The performance concludes with the thrilling Toccata from Poulenc’s 'Trois pièces': a brilliant demonstration of Trpceski’s colourful and virtuosic playing.

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June 2016

Trpceski brings a cheerful nonchalance to the ingratiating first Novelette, while the relaxed, slightly louche first Improvisation conjures up a chic cocktail lounge. He clearly revels in the concluding Toccata, the most pianistically resourceful of the lot, with its sly winks in the direction of Prokofiev. The overall impression is of freshness and wit, leaving one to ponder why we don’t hear this music more often

10th April 2016

This recital, recorded at Wigmore Hall on July 19, 2014, attests the most beautiful playing. The first of Brahms’s Three Intermezzi, Op 117, is immediate evidence of a bloom of a touch, and the second opens into rare poetry...Nothing is hammered out.

1st May 2016

a dazzlingly reading of the Op24 Variation and Fugue on a theme by Handel. Then the totally different soundworld of Ravel’s Valses nobles et sentimentales bursts forth in all its dizzying glamour...A disc to savour. Highly recommended.

Simon Trpceski plays Brahms, Ravel & Poulenc

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