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Bartók, Nichifor, Poulenc & Schoenfield: Take 3 / Kopatchinskaja, Bieri, Leschenko
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Bartók, Nichifor, Poulenc & Schoenfield: Take 3 / Kopatchinskaja, Bieri, Leschenko

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Details

Composer
Bela Bartok, Serban Nichifor, Francis Poulenc, Paul Schoenfield
Artist
Reto Bieri, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Jan 26, 2024
Catalog #
ALPHA772
UPC
3760014197727

About

The basic idea of this album was to play in threes… Not to play 'something', but to experiment 'in threes' with sound worlds as different as those of Bartók, Poulenc and Schoenfield. With his Contrastes, composed in 1938 for Benny Goodman, Bartók broadened his penchant for traditional music and turned it into a more universal work, influenced by jazz. Poulenc was a child of the Paris of the Roaring Twenties, influenced as much by Stravinsky, Ravel and Satie as by cabaret songs and operetta. Paul Schoenfield, born in Detroit in 1947, also likes to combine styles. Each of the movements in his trio is based on an Eastern European Hasidic melody… not forgetting the breathtaking klezmer dances of Romanian Șerban Nichifor. Almost ten years after Take 2 (Alpha211), Patricia Kopatchinskaja reunites with two great accomplices, clarinettist Reto Bieri and pianist Polina Leschenko, for a programme based around trios that celebrate the roots of these three musicians.

Tracklist 19 tracks

  1. 1 L'invitation au château, FP 138, Act II: Mouvement de valse-hésitation 01:46
    Track
    1
    Title
    L'invitation au château, FP 138, Act II: Mouvement de valse-hésitation
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Reto Bieri, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
  2. 2 I. Freylakh 04:08
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Freylakh
    Duration
    04:08
    Composer
    Paul Schoenfield
    Performer
    Reto Bieri, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
  3. 3 II. March 06:12
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. March
    Duration
    06:12
    Composer
    Paul Schoenfield
    Performer
    Reto Bieri, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
  4. 4 III. Nigun 04:55
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Nigun
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Paul Schoenfield
    Performer
    Reto Bieri, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
  5. 5 IV. Kozatske 04:20
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Kozatske
    Duration
    04:20
    Composer
    Paul Schoenfield
    Performer
    Reto Bieri, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
  6. 6 L'invitation au château, FP 138, Act III: Tempo di Boston 02:47
    Track
    6
    Title
    L'invitation au château, FP 138, Act III: Tempo di Boston
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Reto Bieri, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
  7. 7 Le bal masqué, FP 60: Bagatelle 01:58
    Track
    7
    Title
    Le bal masqué, FP 60: Bagatelle
    Duration
    01:58
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
  8. 8 L'invitation au château, FP 138, Act III: Follement vite et gai 00:28
    Track
    8
    Title
    L'invitation au château, FP 138, Act III: Follement vite et gai
    Duration
    00:28
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Reto Bieri, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
  9. 9 I. Allegro tristamente: Allegretto - Très calme - Tempo allegretto 05:23
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro tristamente: Allegretto - Très calme - Tempo allegretto
    Duration
    05:23
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Reto Bieri, Polina Leschenko
  10. 10 II. Romanza: Très calme 04:40
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Romanza: Très calme
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Reto Bieri, Polina Leschenko
  11. 11 III. Allegro con fuoco: Très animé 03:12
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Allegro con fuoco: Très animé
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Reto Bieri, Polina Leschenko
  12. 12 L'invitation au château, FP 138, Act III: Tempo di tarantella 00:25
    Track
    12
    Title
    L'invitation au château, FP 138, Act III: Tempo di tarantella
    Duration
    00:25
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Reto Bieri, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
  13. 13 3 Burlesques, Op. 8c, BB 55: No. 2. Kicsit azottan (A Bit Drunk) (arr. for violin and piano) 02:29
    Track
    13
    Title
    3 Burlesques, Op. 8c, BB 55: No. 2. Kicsit azottan (A Bit Drunk) (arr. for violin and piano)
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Reto Bieri, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
  14. 14 L'invitation au château, FP 138, Act III: Tres vite et tres canaille 00:34
    Track
    14
    Title
    L'invitation au château, FP 138, Act III: Tres vite et tres canaille
    Duration
    00:34
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Reto Bieri, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
  15. 15 I. Verbunkos (Recruiting Dance): Moderato, ben ritmato 05:33
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Verbunkos (Recruiting Dance): Moderato, ben ritmato
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Reto Bieri, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
  16. 16 II. Pihenő (Relaxation): Lento 04:21
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Pihenő (Relaxation): Lento
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Reto Bieri, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
  17. 17 III. Sebes (Fast Dance): Allegro vivace 07:26
    Track
    17
    Title
    III. Sebes (Fast Dance): Allegro vivace
    Duration
    07:26
    Composer
    Béla Bartók
    Performer
    Reto Bieri, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
  18. 18 L'invitation au château, FP 138, Act III: Tango 02:46
    Track
    18
    Title
    L'invitation au château, FP 138, Act III: Tango
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Francis Poulenc
    Performer
    Reto Bieri, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Polina Leschenko
  19. 19 Klezmer Dance 03:08
    Track
    19
    Title
    Klezmer Dance
    Duration
    03:08
    Composer
    Şerban Nichifor
    Performer
    Reto Bieri, Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Ilya Gringolts, Ruslan Lutsyk, Polina Leschenko