Eliane Reyes- Ballades Nos.1- 3 6 Arabesques 5 Impressions Suite (CD)
The Suite dans le style ancien updates Baroque dance forms in spiffy Neo-Classical dress characterized by accessible tunes and tart harmonies that take root in Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Poulenc yet sound refreshingly original. Among the six 1930 Arabesques, a Mazurka in homage to Chopin begins with some deliberately "wrong note" melodic trickery, and eventually gives way to more than a few chords lifted (consciously or not) from the Gershwin songbook. The Fanfare's orchestrally evocative rumbles put both pianist and the instrument's bass register in peril, while the concluding Danza is a cross-rhythmic finger-twisting tour-de-force.
Tracklist:
- Suite Dans Le Style Ancien: I. Entree
- Suite Dans Le Style Ancien: II. Sarabande
- Suite Dans Le Style Ancien: III. Gavotte
- Suite Dans Le Style Ancien: IV. Choral Fugue
- Suite Dans Le Style Ancien: V. Aria
- Suite Dans Le Style Ancien: VI. Toccata
- Ballade No. 1
- Ballade No. 2
- Ballade No. 3
- Arabesques: No. 1. Intermezzo
- Arabesques: No. 2. Mazurka (Hommage A Chopin)
- Arabesques: No. 3. Nocturne
- Arabesques: No. 4. Fanfare
- Arabesques: No. 5. Berceuse
- Arabesques: No. 6. Danza
- 5 Impressions: No. 1. Calme
- 5 Impressions: No. 2. Burlesque
- No. 3. Triste
- 5 Impressions: No. 4. Anime
- 5 Impressions: No. 5. Nocturne
- 8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 1. Prelude
- 8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 2. Arioso
- 8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 3. Interlude
- 8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 4. Choral I
- 8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 5. Invention
- 8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 6. Choral II
- 8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 7. Fuga
- 8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 8. Postlude
The Suite dans le style ancien updates Baroque dance forms in spiffy Neo-Classical dress characterized by accessible tunes and tart harmonies that take root in Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Poulenc yet sound refreshingly original. Among the six 1930 Arabesques, a Mazurka in homage to Chopin begins with some deliberately "wrong note" melodic trickery, and eventually gives way to more than a few chords lifted (consciously or not) from the Gershwin songbook. The Fanfare's orchestrally evocative rumbles put both pianist and the instrument's bass register in peril, while the concluding Danza is a cross-rhythmic finger-twisting tour-de-force.
Tracklist:
- Suite Dans Le Style Ancien: I. Entree
- Suite Dans Le Style Ancien: II. Sarabande
- Suite Dans Le Style Ancien: III. Gavotte
- Suite Dans Le Style Ancien: IV. Choral Fugue
- Suite Dans Le Style Ancien: V. Aria
- Suite Dans Le Style Ancien: VI. Toccata
- Ballade No. 1
- Ballade No. 2
- Ballade No. 3
- Arabesques: No. 1. Intermezzo
- Arabesques: No. 2. Mazurka (Hommage A Chopin)
- Arabesques: No. 3. Nocturne
- Arabesques: No. 4. Fanfare
- Arabesques: No. 5. Berceuse
- Arabesques: No. 6. Danza
- 5 Impressions: No. 1. Calme
- 5 Impressions: No. 2. Burlesque
- No. 3. Triste
- 5 Impressions: No. 4. Anime
- 5 Impressions: No. 5. Nocturne
- 8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 1. Prelude
- 8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 2. Arioso
- 8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 3. Interlude
- 8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 4. Choral I
- 8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 5. Invention
- 8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 6. Choral II
- 8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 7. Fuga
- 8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 8. Postlude