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Taiwanese-Austrian-American pianist Jenny Lin has a flair for unusual programs, and so it is here even though the material at first seems conventional. Yes, this is one collection of nocturnes or night pieces among many on the market. But Lin titles the album Night Stories, and she delivers not a collection of mood pieces but a survey of what the idea of night has meant musically. As if to emphasize her intention, Lin frames the program with perhaps the two most familiar night pieces of all, Debussy's Clair de lune and Liszt's Nocturne No. 3 ("Liebestraum"). After the Debussy come Romantic pieces of various kinds, with Chopin effectively placed in the middle so as to show just how radical his treatment of this salon form really was. The second half of the program features music from the early 20th century and carries psychological overtones, bringing some delighful and largely forgotten pieces like Arthur Lourié's A Phoenix Park Nocturne and Charles Tomlinson Griffes' The Night Winds. A contemporary piece might have added zest to the program, but Lin deserves plenty of credit for defining a musical space and then filling it up. Her tone is initially more forceful than expected for this kind of music, but this is a performer with a vision original enough to bring listeners along for the ride. Hänssler Classics' engineering work, at Virginia's Sono Luminus studio, supports the artist's aims beautifully.
© TiVo
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Suite bergamasque, L. 75 (Claude Debussy)
Claude Debussy, Composer - Jenny Lin, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC
Fonti del pianto RV 656 (Claude Debussy)
Claude Debussy, Composer - Jenny Lin, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC
Fantasiestücke, op. 12 (Robert Schumann)
Robert Schumann, Composer - Jenny Lin, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC
3 Studies, Op. 31 (Alexandre Glazounov)
Alexander Glazunov, Composer - Jenny Lin, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC
2 Pieces, Op. 10, TH 132 (Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Jenny Lin, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC
Nocturne in A-Flat Major, Op. 33 No. 3 (Gabriel Fauré)
Gabriel Fauré, Composer - Jenny Lin, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC
Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9, No. 1 (Frédéric Chopin)
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Jenny Lin, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC
Nocturne in C minor, Op. 48 No. 1 (Frédéric Chopin)
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Jenny Lin, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC
Amarilli crudele (Edvard Grieg)
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Jenny Lin, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC
El castillo de Almodovar, Op. 65 (Joaquín Turina)
Joaquín Turina, Composer - Jenny Lin, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC
Phoenix Park Nocturne (Arthur Lourié)
Jenny Lin, Artist, MainArtist - Arthur Lourie, Composer
(C) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC
Miscellanea, Op. 16 (Ignacy Jan Paderewski)
Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Composer - Jenny Lin, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC
3 Tone-Pictures, Op. 5 (Charles Tomlinson Griffes)
Jenny Lin, Artist, MainArtist - Charles Tomlinson Griffes, Composer
(C) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC
La séparation "Nocturne in F Minor" (Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka)
Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Composer - Jenny Lin, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC
Liebesträume, S. 541 (Franz Liszt)
Franz Liszt, Composer - Jenny Lin, Artist, MainArtist
(C) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC
Album review
Taiwanese-Austrian-American pianist Jenny Lin has a flair for unusual programs, and so it is here even though the material at first seems conventional. Yes, this is one collection of nocturnes or night pieces among many on the market. But Lin titles the album Night Stories, and she delivers not a collection of mood pieces but a survey of what the idea of night has meant musically. As if to emphasize her intention, Lin frames the program with perhaps the two most familiar night pieces of all, Debussy's Clair de lune and Liszt's Nocturne No. 3 ("Liebestraum"). After the Debussy come Romantic pieces of various kinds, with Chopin effectively placed in the middle so as to show just how radical his treatment of this salon form really was. The second half of the program features music from the early 20th century and carries psychological overtones, bringing some delighful and largely forgotten pieces like Arthur Lourié's A Phoenix Park Nocturne and Charles Tomlinson Griffes' The Night Winds. A contemporary piece might have added zest to the program, but Lin deserves plenty of credit for defining a musical space and then filling it up. Her tone is initially more forceful than expected for this kind of music, but this is a performer with a vision original enough to bring listeners along for the ride. Hänssler Classics' engineering work, at Virginia's Sono Luminus studio, supports the artist's aims beautifully.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:01:59
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Jenny Lin
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: haenssler CLASSIC
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC (P) 2014 haenssler CLASSIC
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