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Jongen / Ilic- Preludes For Piano

SKU: 095115226421
¥161.00
the album cover for Jongen / Ilic - Preludes For Piano
the album cover for Jongen / Ilic - Preludes For Piano

Born in Liège, Belgium, in 1873, Joseph Jongen showed an outstanding precocity for music from a very early age, and was admitted to the Liège Conservatoire at the extraordinarily young age of seven. He won a First Prize for fugue in 1895 and honours diplomas in piano and organ the next year. In 1897, he won the Belgian Prix de Rome, which allowed him to travel to Italy, Germany, and France, where he experienced the music of Brahms and Richard Strauss, Fauré, Debussy, and Ravel, all of which would exert an influence on the young composer. Although he composed in numerous genres, including the symphony and concerto, as well as chamber music, instrumental pieces, and choral works, it is his output for the organ for which he is now best known. The Serbian-American pianist Ivan Ilic helps to redress the balance with this new recording of two of Jongen's substantial sets of Préludes for piano. The 13 Préludes, Op. 69 are expansive in nature and extremely poetic - each bears an evocative title. They are dedicated to Émile Bosquet who gave their première, in 1923. The 24 Petits Préludes dans tous les tons were begun in 1940 and (like Bach's preludes and fugues) circle through each and every key, major and minor. Arranged in twelve pairs, the minor key following the major on the same tonic note, these works reflect Jongen's affinity for (and mastery of) their free form, as well as demonstrating his mature compositional style.

Tracklist:

  1. No. 1, Préambule
  2. No. 2, Andantino
  3. No. 3, Confidence
  4. No. 4, Aria
  5. No. 5, Canon
  6. No. 6, Grave
  7. No. 7, Allegro Commodo
  8. No. 8, Fughetta
  9. No. 9, Étude Pour la Petite Cécile A L'occasion de Sa 3E Année
  10. No. 10, Tristesse
  11. No. 11, Pastorale
  12. No. 12, Passacaglietta
  13. No. 13, Rigaudon
  14. No. 14, Sarabande
  15. No. 15, Valse Mignonne
  16. No. 16, Molto Espressivo
  17. No. 17, Les Touches Noires
  18. No. 18, Petit Ruisseau
  19. No. 19, Bravura
  20. No. 20, -
  21. No. 21, Leggiero
  22. No. 22, Scarlattiana
  23. No. 23, Toccata-Fanfare
  24. No. 24, Pour Conclure

UPC > 095115226421

Format > New CD

Label > Chandos

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Jongen / Ilic- Preludes For Piano

SKU: 095115226421
¥161.00

Release Date: 01.06.2023

 
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Born in Liège, Belgium, in 1873, Joseph Jongen showed an outstanding precocity for music from a very early age, and was admitted to the Liège Conservatoire at the extraordinarily young age of seven. He won a First Prize for fugue in 1895 and honours diplomas in piano and organ the next year. In 1897, he won the Belgian Prix de Rome, which allowed him to travel to Italy, Germany, and France, where he experienced the music of Brahms and Richard Strauss, Fauré, Debussy, and Ravel, all of which would exert an influence on the young composer. Although he composed in numerous genres, including the symphony and concerto, as well as chamber music, instrumental pieces, and choral works, it is his output for the organ for which he is now best known. The Serbian-American pianist Ivan Ilic helps to redress the balance with this new recording of two of Jongen's substantial sets of Préludes for piano. The 13 Préludes, Op. 69 are expansive in nature and extremely poetic - each bears an evocative title. They are dedicated to Émile Bosquet who gave their première, in 1923. The 24 Petits Préludes dans tous les tons were begun in 1940 and (like Bach's preludes and fugues) circle through each and every key, major and minor. Arranged in twelve pairs, the minor key following the major on the same tonic note, these works reflect Jongen's affinity for (and mastery of) their free form, as well as demonstrating his mature compositional style.

Tracklist:

  1. No. 1, Préambule
  2. No. 2, Andantino
  3. No. 3, Confidence
  4. No. 4, Aria
  5. No. 5, Canon
  6. No. 6, Grave
  7. No. 7, Allegro Commodo
  8. No. 8, Fughetta
  9. No. 9, Étude Pour la Petite Cécile A L'occasion de Sa 3E Année
  10. No. 10, Tristesse
  11. No. 11, Pastorale
  12. No. 12, Passacaglietta
  13. No. 13, Rigaudon
  14. No. 14, Sarabande
  15. No. 15, Valse Mignonne
  16. No. 16, Molto Espressivo
  17. No. 17, Les Touches Noires
  18. No. 18, Petit Ruisseau
  19. No. 19, Bravura
  20. No. 20, -
  21. No. 21, Leggiero
  22. No. 22, Scarlattiana
  23. No. 23, Toccata-Fanfare
  24. No. 24, Pour Conclure

UPC > 095115226421

Format > New CD

Label > Chandos

Shop online at Darkside Records.

Follow us on Instagram.