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Lang Lang would have called it Piano Book. But Cartier’s new muse decided to add a touch of mystery. Once again surfing on the wave of neo-classical-ambient piano initiated by the likes of Nils Frahm and Alexis Ffrench, one of the most famous personalities in the classical world has decided to bring her audience a collection of inescapable pieces. The works have a subtle feel and a gently melancholic character, captured in an acoustic recording (in the Grande Salle Pierre Boulez at the Philharmonie de Paris) where the recording’s fluffy character has deliberately been enhanced. Labyrinth is a playlist of some of the classical repertoire’s greatest hits. We find the likes of Satie’s Gymnopédie No. 1, J.S. Bach's Badinerie, Rachmaninov’s Prelude No. 4 Vocalise, Couperin’s Les barricades mystérieuses and Liszt’s Consolation No. 3.
Throughout the 18 pieces, which include at least two lesser-known pieces (Villa-Lobos’ Valsa da dor and Pärt’s Pari intervallo), Khatia Buniatishvili doesn’t force contrasts. Instead, she plunges the listener into another dimension. Style is no longer the Georgian pianist’s concern. Emotion becomes abstract. There is only one spirit; that of her travelling soul.
Nothing - and no one - will be able to compete with the profoundly philosophical character of this new concept album. “The labyrinth”, says the artist “is our fate and creation; our impasse and deliverance; the polyphony of life, senses, reawakened dreams and the neglected present; unexpected and expected turnings of the said or unsaid... The labyrinth of our mind.” © Pierre-Yves Lascar/Qobuz
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Deborah's Theme (From "Once upon a Time in America") (Ennio Morricone)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Ennio Morricone, Composer - Khatia Buniatishvili, Arrangement - Jack Ryan Smith, Executive Producer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Producer - Hugo Scremin, Recording Engineer, Editing
(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment
3 Gymnopédies (Erik Satie)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Erik Satie, Composer - Jack Ryan Smith, Executive Producer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Producer - Hugo Scremin, Recording Engineer, Editing
(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment
Prelude No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 28 (Frédéric Chopin)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Frederic Chopin, Composer - Jack Ryan Smith, Executive Producer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Producer - Hugo Scremin, Recording Engineer, Editing
(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment
Etudes, Book 1 (György Ligeti)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - György Ligeti, Composer - Jack Ryan Smith, Executive Producer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Producer - Hugo Scremin, Recording Engineer, Editing
(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment
Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Gvantsa Buniatishvili, Piano - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Khatia Buniatishvili, Arrangement - Jack Ryan Smith, Executive Producer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Producer - Hugo Scremin, Recording Engineer, Editing
(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BMV 1068 "Air On The G String" (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Jack Ryan Smith, Executive Producer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Producer - Hugo Scremin, Recording Engineer, Editing
(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment
Vocalise No. 14, Op. 34 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Alan Richardson, Arrangement - Jack Ryan Smith, Executive Producer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Producer - Hugo Scremin, Recording Engineer, Editing
(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment
La Javanaise (Serge Gainsbourg)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Serge Gainsbourg, Composer - Khatia Buniatishvili, Arrangement - Jack Ryan Smith, Executive Producer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Producer - Hugo Scremin, Recording Engineer, Editing
(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment
Valsa da dor (Heitor Villa-Lobos)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Heitor Villa-Lobos, Composer - Jack Ryan Smith, Executive Producer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Producer - Hugo Scremin, Recording Engineer, Editing
(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment
Pièces de clavecin, livre II (François Couperin)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - François Couperin, Composer - Jack Ryan Smith, Executive Producer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Producer - Hugo Scremin, Recording Engineer, Editing
(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment
Concerto in D minor, BWV 596 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer after - Antonio Vivaldi’s Concerto in D minor RV 565 - Khatia Buniatishvili, Arrangement - Jack Ryan Smith, Executive Producer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Producer - Hugo Scremin, Recording Engineer, Editing
(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment
6 Klavierstücke, Op. 118 (Johannes Brahms)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Johannes Brahms, Composer - Jack Ryan Smith, Executive Producer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Producer - Hugo Scremin, Recording Engineer, Editing
(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment
Pari intervallo (Arvo Pärt)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Gvantsa Buniatishvili, Piano - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Jack Ryan Smith, Executive Producer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Producer - Hugo Scremin, Recording Engineer, Editing
(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment
I'm Going To Make A Cake (Philip Glass)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Philip Glass, Composer - Michael Riesman & Nico Muhly, Arrangement - Jack Ryan Smith, Executive Producer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Producer - Hugo Scremin, Recording Engineer, Editing
(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment
Sonata in D minor, K. 32 (Domenico Scarlatti)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Domenico Scarlatti, Composer - Jack Ryan Smith, Executive Producer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Producer - Hugo Scremin, Recording Engineer, Editing
(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment
Consolation in D Flat Major, S. 172 (Franz Liszt)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Franz Liszt, Composer - Jack Ryan Smith, Executive Producer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Producer - Hugo Scremin, Recording Engineer, Editing
(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment
4'33" (John Cage)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - John Cage, Composer - Jack Ryan Smith, Executive Producer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Producer - Hugo Scremin, Recording Engineer, Editing
(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment
Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974 (Johann Sebastian Bach)
Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano - Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer after Marcello’s Oboe Concerto in D minor - Jack Ryan Smith, Executive Producer - Nicolas Bartholomée, Producer - Hugo Scremin, Recording Engineer, Editing
(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment
Album review
Lang Lang would have called it Piano Book. But Cartier’s new muse decided to add a touch of mystery. Once again surfing on the wave of neo-classical-ambient piano initiated by the likes of Nils Frahm and Alexis Ffrench, one of the most famous personalities in the classical world has decided to bring her audience a collection of inescapable pieces. The works have a subtle feel and a gently melancholic character, captured in an acoustic recording (in the Grande Salle Pierre Boulez at the Philharmonie de Paris) where the recording’s fluffy character has deliberately been enhanced. Labyrinth is a playlist of some of the classical repertoire’s greatest hits. We find the likes of Satie’s Gymnopédie No. 1, J.S. Bach's Badinerie, Rachmaninov’s Prelude No. 4 Vocalise, Couperin’s Les barricades mystérieuses and Liszt’s Consolation No. 3.
Throughout the 18 pieces, which include at least two lesser-known pieces (Villa-Lobos’ Valsa da dor and Pärt’s Pari intervallo), Khatia Buniatishvili doesn’t force contrasts. Instead, she plunges the listener into another dimension. Style is no longer the Georgian pianist’s concern. Emotion becomes abstract. There is only one spirit; that of her travelling soul.
Nothing - and no one - will be able to compete with the profoundly philosophical character of this new concept album. “The labyrinth”, says the artist “is our fate and creation; our impasse and deliverance; the polyphony of life, senses, reawakened dreams and the neglected present; unexpected and expected turnings of the said or unsaid... The labyrinth of our mind.” © Pierre-Yves Lascar/Qobuz
Details of original recording : Recording : Paris, Philharmonie, La Grande Salle Pierre Boulez, June 16–20, 2020
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 18 track(s)
- Total length: 01:19:19
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Khatia Buniatishvili
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sony Classical
- Genre: Classical
(P) 2020 Sony Music Entertainment
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