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Prokofiev's Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Fleeting Visions), sound very little like most of his other music. He wrote it for a group of friends, some of whom were evoked by some of the 20 short pieces. Many sound a good deal like Debussy, although their dry economy is pure Prokofiev. Still, for a composer who wrote mostly in large public forms, this is unusually intimate music, and it's nicely suited to the rather idiosyncratic style of Russo-German pianist Anna Gourari, who takes them mostly slowly, in an almost improvisatory way. The set is not often played as a whole, but they maintain their interest in her hands. The Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58, comes off in this performance almost as another vision fugitive. This spontaneous, discursive reading is not the version one would want when acquiring just one, but it fits within the extremely intimate dimensions of this recital, with Nikolay Medtner's Fairy Tale in F minor Op. 26/3 (one of his "Skazki"), as a very evocative entr'acte. Best of all is Manfred Eicher's production for ECM, at the Historischer Reitstadel, Neumarkt (a venue favored by high-end sound engineers), which as it were seems to hold the program in the palm of his hand. Recommended.
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Visions Fugitives, Op. 22 (Sergei Prokofiev)
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Sergei Prokofiev, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Four Fairy Tales (Skazki), Op. 26 (Nikolaï Medtner)
Nikolai Medtner, ComposerLyricist - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Piano Sonata No. 3 In B Minor, Op. 58 (Frédéric Chopin)
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Stephan Schellmann, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer - Anna Gourari, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
Album review
Prokofiev's Visions fugitives, Op. 22 (Fleeting Visions), sound very little like most of his other music. He wrote it for a group of friends, some of whom were evoked by some of the 20 short pieces. Many sound a good deal like Debussy, although their dry economy is pure Prokofiev. Still, for a composer who wrote mostly in large public forms, this is unusually intimate music, and it's nicely suited to the rather idiosyncratic style of Russo-German pianist Anna Gourari, who takes them mostly slowly, in an almost improvisatory way. The set is not often played as a whole, but they maintain their interest in her hands. The Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58, comes off in this performance almost as another vision fugitive. This spontaneous, discursive reading is not the version one would want when acquiring just one, but it fits within the extremely intimate dimensions of this recital, with Nikolay Medtner's Fairy Tale in F minor Op. 26/3 (one of his "Skazki"), as a very evocative entr'acte. Best of all is Manfred Eicher's production for ECM, at the Historischer Reitstadel, Neumarkt (a venue favored by high-end sound engineers), which as it were seems to hold the program in the palm of his hand. Recommended.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 25 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:01
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Anna Gourari
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ECM New Series
- Genre: Classical
© 2014 ECM Records GmbH ℗ 2014 ECM Records GmbH
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