Cascade - Beethoven, Prokofiev & Schumann: Piano Music / Williams

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Label: SOMM Recordings
Release Date: September 15, 2023

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Featuring ⌄

COMPOSER

Ludwig van Beethoven, Sergei Prokofiev, Robert Schumann
PERFORMER

Cordelia Williams

Product Details ⌄

RELEASE DATE

September 15, 2023
UPC

748871067523
CATALOG NUMBER

SOMMCD 0675
LABEL

SOMM Recordings
NUMBER OF DISCS

1
GENRE

Classical

Works ⌄

Bagatelle in C Major, WoO 56

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Performer: Cordelia Williams
I. Lentamente

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Cordelia Williams
II. Andante

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Cordelia Williams
III. Allegretto

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Cordelia Williams
IV. Animato - Più sostenuto

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Cordelia Williams
V. Molto giocoso

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Cordelia Williams
VI. Con eleganza

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Cordelia Williams
VII. Pittoresco (Arpa)

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Cordelia Williams
VIII. Commodo

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Cordelia Williams
IX. Allegretto tranquillo

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Cordelia Williams
X. Ridicolosamente

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Cordelia Williams
XI. Con vivacità

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Cordelia Williams
XII. Assai moderato

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Cordelia Williams
XIII. Allegretto

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Cordelia Williams
XIV. Feroce

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Cordelia Williams
XV. Inquieto

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Cordelia Williams
XVI. Dolente

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Cordelia Williams
XVII. Poetico

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Cordelia Williams
XVIII. Con una dolce lentezza

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Cordelia Williams
XIX. Presto agitatissimo e molto accentuato

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Cordelia Williams
XX. Lento irrealmente

Composer: Sergei Prokofiev

Performer: Cordelia Williams
No. 1. Eintritt (Entering the Forest)

Composer: Robert Schumann

Performer: Cordelia Williams
No. 2. Jäger auf der Lauer (Hunter on the Look-out)

Composer: Robert Schumann

Performer: Cordelia Williams
No. 3. Einsame Blumen (Solitary Flowers)

Composer: Robert Schumann

Performer: Cordelia Williams
No. 4. Verrufene Stelle (Haunted Spot)

Composer: Robert Schumann

Performer: Cordelia Williams
No. 5. Freundliche Landschaft (Pleasant Scenery)

Composer: Robert Schumann

Performer: Cordelia Williams
No. 6. Herberge (At the Inn)

Composer: Robert Schumann

Performer: Cordelia Williams
No. 7. Vogel als Prophet (The Songster-Prophet)

Composer: Robert Schumann

Performer: Cordelia Williams
No. 8. Jagdlied (Hunting-Song)

Composer: Robert Schumann

Performer: Cordelia Williams
No. 9. Abschied (Farewell to the Forest)

Composer: Robert Schumann

Performer: Cordelia Williams
No. 1 in G Major

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Performer: Cordelia Williams
No. 2 in G Minor

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Performer: Cordelia Williams
No. 3 in E-Flat Major

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Performer: Cordelia Williams
No. 4 in B Minor

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Performer: Cordelia Williams
No. 5 in G Major

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Performer: Cordelia Williams
No. 6 in E-Flat Major

Composer: Ludwig van Beethoven

Performer: Cordelia Williams

SOMM 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 program. 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”.