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Since the first composers started calling their works things like "nocturnes" or "serenades", there has been music designed specifically to evoke the dusk or the night. And then from the romantic period onward, the night began to become associated with worry, or even terror. Schumann's Phantasiestücke (1837) contain at least one nocturne movement in which the night is presented in a terroristic light (so to speak). In der Nacht, one of the great Schumannian moments, is concentrated into scarcely four minutes. Seventy years later, Ravel took the fear even further with Le Gibet, the central movement of Gaspard de la nuit – even more night – which tells of the gibbet where the hanged men twist gently to the sound of the night chimes; while Scarbo closes the triptych on the image of a nightmare dwarf. Finally, while Out of Doors by Bartók isn't necessarily all set at night, the fourth movement, The Night's Music, remains one of the most unsettling moments in all of piano literature. Born in Budapest in 1968, Dénes Várjon studied with György Kurtág and András Schiff. The winner of Liszt prizes as well as of Budapest's Géza Anda and Leo Weiner competitions, he has performed at the festivals of Salzburg, Lucerne, Davos and with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Zürich Tonhalle, the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and the Kremerata Baltica. © SM/Qobuz
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Phantasiestücke, Op. 12 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Dénes Várjon, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Markus Heiland, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2018 ECM Records GmbH
Robert Schumann, Composer - Dénes Várjon, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Markus Heiland, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2018 ECM Records GmbH
Robert Schumann, Composer - Dénes Várjon, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Markus Heiland, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2018 ECM Records GmbH
Robert Schumann, Composer - Dénes Várjon, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Markus Heiland, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2018 ECM Records GmbH
Robert Schumann, Composer - Dénes Várjon, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Markus Heiland, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2018 ECM Records GmbH
Robert Schumann, Composer - Dénes Várjon, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Markus Heiland, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2018 ECM Records GmbH
Robert Schumann, Composer - Dénes Várjon, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Markus Heiland, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2018 ECM Records GmbH
Robert Schumann, Composer - Dénes Várjon, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Markus Heiland, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2018 ECM Records GmbH
Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55 (Maurice Ravel)
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Dénes Várjon, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Markus Heiland, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2018 ECM Records GmbH
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Dénes Várjon, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Markus Heiland, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2018 ECM Records GmbH
Maurice Ravel, Composer - Dénes Várjon, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Markus Heiland, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2018 ECM Records GmbH
Im Freien, Sz. 81 (Béla Bartók)
Bela Bartok, ComposerLyricist - Dénes Várjon, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Markus Heiland, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2018 ECM Records GmbH
Bela Bartok, ComposerLyricist - Dénes Várjon, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Markus Heiland, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2018 ECM Records GmbH
Bela Bartok, ComposerLyricist - Dénes Várjon, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Markus Heiland, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2018 ECM Records GmbH
Bela Bartok, ComposerLyricist - Dénes Várjon, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Markus Heiland, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2018 ECM Records GmbH
Bela Bartok, ComposerLyricist - Dénes Várjon, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Christoph Stickel, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Markus Heiland, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Manfred Eicher, Producer
℗ 2018 ECM Records GmbH
Album review
Since the first composers started calling their works things like "nocturnes" or "serenades", there has been music designed specifically to evoke the dusk or the night. And then from the romantic period onward, the night began to become associated with worry, or even terror. Schumann's Phantasiestücke (1837) contain at least one nocturne movement in which the night is presented in a terroristic light (so to speak). In der Nacht, one of the great Schumannian moments, is concentrated into scarcely four minutes. Seventy years later, Ravel took the fear even further with Le Gibet, the central movement of Gaspard de la nuit – even more night – which tells of the gibbet where the hanged men twist gently to the sound of the night chimes; while Scarbo closes the triptych on the image of a nightmare dwarf. Finally, while Out of Doors by Bartók isn't necessarily all set at night, the fourth movement, The Night's Music, remains one of the most unsettling moments in all of piano literature. Born in Budapest in 1968, Dénes Várjon studied with György Kurtág and András Schiff. The winner of Liszt prizes as well as of Budapest's Géza Anda and Leo Weiner competitions, he has performed at the festivals of Salzburg, Lucerne, Davos and with the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the Zürich Tonhalle, the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, and the Kremerata Baltica. © SM/Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:56
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Dénes Varjon
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: ECM New Series
- Genre: Classical
© 2018 ECM Records GmbH ℗ 2018 ECM Records GmbH
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