{"product_id":"l-beethoven-v-prokofiev-williams-cascade","title":"L Beethoven .V. \/ Prokofiev \/ Williams- Cascade (CD)","description":"\u003cp\u003eSOMM Recordings announces Cascade; the exhilarating new recital by pianist Cordelia Williams featuring music by Beethoven; Schumann and Prokofiev. Cascade explores music's mercurial ability to change in an instant; to reveal depths beneath the surface; and to illustrate; as Williams says; \"that the whole world can change entirely in one twist of perspective; one change of angle; to offer a glimpse of something bigger\". Early and late Beethoven bookend the programme. Unpublished in his lifetime; the C major Bagatelle (WoO 56) flickers and glints; sparkles and surprises with kaleidoscope-like brilliance. His Op.126 Six Bagatelles - among the very last pieces he wrote for solo piano - alternate between the introspective and the garrulous; each turned inside out to reveal new facets and features. A variegated collection of 20 miniatures with hints of Chopin; Scriabin and Shostakovich to be found; Prokofiev's Visions fugitives; Op.22 are essentially a series of meditations; each individually pursuing a specific idea or mood while collectively exploring the hinterland between surface appearance and what lies beneath; and all expressed with comparable crystalline clarity. Schumann's Waldszenen (Forest Scenes); his last major cycle for solo piano; is an enchanted landscape lit up by beguiling pastoralism and shadow-cast by darker recesses of the imagination. Two sides of the same coin: Arcadia in excelsis; and red in tooth and claw. Booklets notes; as with all of Cordelia Williams' recent SOMM releases; have been written by Michael Quinn. Piano winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition; Cordelia Williams' previous SOMM releases include her acclaimed coupling of Bach and Arvo Pärt (SOMMCD 0186); hailed by International Piano as \"a magnificently stimulating concept; brilliantly recognised\"; well-received recitals of Schubert (SOMMCD 0127) and Schumann (SOMMCD 0150); and Nightlight (SOMMCD 0639); which Fanfare hailed for Williams' \"spectacular playing\" and which Gramophone described as \"extraordinary\".\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance - BT","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46983821754589,"sku":"748871067523","price":146.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0551\/1056\/6043\/files\/4389334-3299637.jpg?v=1762926147","url":"https:\/\/darksiderecords.myshopify.com\/products\/l-beethoven-v-prokofiev-williams-cascade","provider":"Darkside Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}