Hannes Minnaar (1984) is één van de meest veelbelovende pianisten van zijn generatie. Op 1 oktober 2016 ontving hij de Nederlandse Muziekprijs. Deze prijs is bestemd voor jonge getalenteerde musici. Met dit album toont Minnaar wederom zijn geprezen talent. Gabriel Fauré krijgt les van zijn leraar en vriend en leraar Camille Saint-Saëns. Op zijn beurt is Fauré de leraar van Maurice Ravel en George Enescu. Met name in de Barcallolles en Nocturnes legt Fauré zijn ziel bloot. Hannes Minnaar speelt niet alleen ongecompliceerd deze prachtige muziek, hij weet ook de intimiteit van deze originele en persoonlijke stijl prachtig weer te geven. Minnaar zorgt ook voor de tekst waarin hij over de gespeelde werken schrijft. Aanrader!
Gabriel Fauré - Piano Music
Hannes Minnaar (piano)
Thirteen Nocturnes and as many Barcarolles form the core of the collected output of Gabriel Urbain Fauré (1845-1924) for the piano. Night-time meditations, then, along with inspiration drawn from rippling water (the origins of the barcarolle lie in the songs sung by Venetian gondoliers and the word itself comes from the Italian ‘barca’, a boat). Along with some impromptus, preludes and other works, one might rapidly gain the impression of a delightful collection of salon music, whose titles may actually display the influence of Chopin (Fauré was even to write a Mazurka). But this music is so very much more than pretty salon music. In the intimacy of these genres, Fauré succeeded time and again in nothing short of exposing his very soul. And the French composer’s style is entirely his own – original and personal – from the first note to the last.
Tracklisting
1
Nocturne No. 1 in E-Flat Minor, Op. 33 No. 1 Lento – Un poco più mosso ma non tanto – Tempo I
2
Barcarolle No. 3 in G-Flat Major, Op. 42 Andante quasi allegretto
3
Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73 Thème andante moderato
4
Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73 Variation I: Lo stesso tempo
5
Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73 Variation II: Più mosso
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Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73 Variation III: Un poco più mosso
7
Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73 Variation IV: Lo stesso tempo
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Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73 Variation V: Un poco più mosso
9
Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73 Variation VI: Molto più moderato
10
Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73 Variation VII: Allegretto moderato
11
Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73 Variation VIII: Andante molto moderato
12
Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73 Variation IX: Quasi adagio
13
Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73 Variation X: Allegro vivo
14
Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73 Variation XI: Andante molto moderato
15
Nocturne No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 74 Molto lento – Un poco più mosso – Tempo I – Allegro – Molto lento – Un poco più mosso
16
Impromptu No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 102 Allegro vivo
17
Nine Preludes, Op. 103 No. 1 in D-flat Major Andante molto moderato
18
Nine Preludes, Op. 103 No. 2 in C-sharp Minor Allegro
19
Nine Preludes, Op. 103 No. 3 in G Minor Andante
20
Nine Preludes, Op. 103 No. 4 in F Major Allegretto moderato
21
Nine Preludes, Op. 103 No. 5 in D Minor Allegro
22
Nine Preludes, Op. 103 No. 6 in E-flat Minor Andante
23
Nine Preludes, Op. 103 No. 7 in A Major Andante moderato
24
Nine Preludes, Op. 103 No. 8 in C Minor Allegro
25
Nine Preludes, Op. 103 No. 9 in E Minor Adagio
26
Barcarolle No. 12 in E-Flat Major, Op. 106bis Allegretto giocoso
27
Nocturne No. 13 in B Minor, Op. 119 Andante – Allegro – Tempo I
28
Encore: from 3 Romances sans paroles, Op. 17 No. 3 in A-flat Major Andante moderato
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DVD contains a concert registration The repertoire of the DVD is the same as on the CD