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On his debut Navona Records release, ALL THE WAY BACK, pianist and composer Vytautas Smetona presents a collection of keyboard repertoire that highlights his enthralling and committed interpretations of some of the great composers' masterworks as well as an example of his faculty as a cultivated and dynamic composer.
The pieces on this album offer Smetona technical feats and expressive themes, all of which the pianist handles with ease, determination, and eloquence. From Bach's lyrical and joyous Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major, BWV 848 to the somber and dramatic range of Liszt's Funerailles (October 1849), Smetona evokes passion and refinement in his performances. The technical mastery of works such as Brahms's Intermezzo in B-flat Minor, Op. 117, No. 2, Schumann's Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17, and Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 is handled by Smetona with sophistication, lucidity, and powerful passage work. Smetona shows us a balance between accurately playing the notes on the score and interpreting the feeling between them.
The pieces on this album offer Smetona technical feats and expressive themes, all of which the pianist handles with ease, determination, and eloquence. From Bach's lyrical and joyous Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major, BWV 848 to the somber and dramatic range of Liszt's Funerailles (October 1849), Smetona evokes passion and refinement in his performances. The technical mastery of works such as Brahms's Intermezzo in B-flat Minor, Op. 117, No. 2, Schumann's Fantasie in C Major, Op. 17, and Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 is handled by Smetona with sophistication, lucidity, and powerful passage work. Smetona shows us a balance between accurately playing the notes on the score and interpreting the feeling between them.
Tracklist 11 tracks
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1 Capriccio in D Major 01:17
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Capriccio in D Major
- Duration
- 01:17
- Composer
- Vytautas Smetona
- Performer
- Vytautas Smetona
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2 No. 3, Prelude and Fugue in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848 03:13
- Track
- 2
- Title
- No. 3, Prelude and Fugue in C-Sharp Major, BWV 848
- Duration
- 03:13
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Vytautas Smetona
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3 No. 2 in B-Flat Minor 04:34
- Track
- 3
- Title
- No. 2 in B-Flat Minor
- Duration
- 04:34
- Composer
- Johannes Brahms
- Performer
- Vytautas Smetona
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4 I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen 14:03
- Track
- 4
- Title
- I. Durchaus phantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen
- Duration
- 14:03
- Composer
- Robert Schumann
- Performer
- Vytautas Smetona
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5 II. Mässig. Durchaus energisch 08:45
- Track
- 5
- Title
- II. Mässig. Durchaus energisch
- Duration
- 08:45
- Composer
- Robert Schumann
- Performer
- Vytautas Smetona
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6 III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten 09:59
- Track
- 6
- Title
- III. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten
- Duration
- 09:59
- Composer
- Robert Schumann
- Performer
- Vytautas Smetona
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7 No. 7, Funérailles 11:14
- Track
- 7
- Title
- No. 7, Funérailles
- Duration
- 11:14
- Composer
- Franz Liszt
- Performer
- Vytautas Smetona
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8 Mazurka in F Minor, Op. 7 No. 3 02:38
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Mazurka in F Minor, Op. 7 No. 3
- Duration
- 02:38
- Composer
- Frédéric Chopin
- Performer
- Vytautas Smetona
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9 Mazurka in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30 No. 4 04:01
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Mazurka in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 30 No. 4
- Duration
- 04:01
- Composer
- Frédéric Chopin
- Performer
- Vytautas Smetona
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10 Nocturne in D-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 2 05:53
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Nocturne in D-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 2
- Duration
- 05:53
- Composer
- Frédéric Chopin
- Performer
- Vytautas Smetona
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11 Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23 09:32
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23
- Duration
- 09:32
- Composer
- Frédéric Chopin
- Performer
- Vytautas Smetona