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

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Details

Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven, Sergei Prokofiev, Robert Schumann
Artist
Cordelia Williams
Format
CD
Label
SOMM Recordings
Released
Sep 15, 2023
Catalog #
SOMMCD 0675
UPC
748871067523

About

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 Unpublished in his lifetime; the C major Bagatelle (WoO 56) flickers and glints; sparkles and surprises with kaleidoscope-like brilliance.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”.

Tracklist 36 tracks

  1. 1 Bagatelle in C Major, WoO 56 02:13
    Track
    1
    Title
    Bagatelle in C Major, WoO 56
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  2. 2 I. Lentamente 01:20
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Lentamente
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  3. 3 II. Andante 01:27
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Andante
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  4. 4 III. Allegretto 00:58
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    00:58
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  5. 5 IV. Animato - Più sostenuto 00:59
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Animato - Più sostenuto
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  6. 6 V. Molto giocoso 00:26
    Track
    6
    Title
    V. Molto giocoso
    Duration
    00:26
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  7. 7 VI. Con eleganza 00:28
    Track
    7
    Title
    VI. Con eleganza
    Duration
    00:28
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  8. 8 VII. Pittoresco (Arpa) 02:14
    Track
    8
    Title
    VII. Pittoresco (Arpa)
    Duration
    02:14
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  9. 9 VIII. Commodo 01:15
    Track
    9
    Title
    VIII. Commodo
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  10. 10 IX. Allegretto tranquillo 01:20
    Track
    10
    Title
    IX. Allegretto tranquillo
    Duration
    01:20
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  11. 11 X. Ridicolosamente 00:52
    Track
    11
    Title
    X. Ridicolosamente
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  12. 12 XI. Con vivacità 01:12
    Track
    12
    Title
    XI. Con vivacità
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  13. 13 XII. Assai moderato 00:57
    Track
    13
    Title
    XII. Assai moderato
    Duration
    00:57
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  14. 14 XIII. Allegretto 00:52
    Track
    14
    Title
    XIII. Allegretto
    Duration
    00:52
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  15. 15 XIV. Feroce 01:08
    Track
    15
    Title
    XIV. Feroce
    Duration
    01:08
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  16. 16 XV. Inquieto 00:51
    Track
    16
    Title
    XV. Inquieto
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  17. 17 XVI. Dolente 01:56
    Track
    17
    Title
    XVI. Dolente
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  18. 18 XVII. Poetico 01:00
    Track
    18
    Title
    XVII. Poetico
    Duration
    01:00
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  19. 19 XVIII. Con una dolce lentezza 01:19
    Track
    19
    Title
    XVIII. Con una dolce lentezza
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  20. 20 XIX. Presto agitatissimo e molto accentuato 00:46
    Track
    20
    Title
    XIX. Presto agitatissimo e molto accentuato
    Duration
    00:46
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  21. 21 XX. Lento irrealmente 01:57
    Track
    21
    Title
    XX. Lento irrealmente
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  22. 22 No. 1. Eintritt (Entering the Forest) 02:05
    Track
    22
    Title
    No. 1. Eintritt (Entering the Forest)
    Duration
    02:05
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  23. 23 No. 2. Jäger auf der Lauer (Hunter on the Look-out) 01:36
    Track
    23
    Title
    No. 2. Jäger auf der Lauer (Hunter on the Look-out)
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  24. 24 No. 3. Einsame Blumen (Solitary Flowers) 01:48
    Track
    24
    Title
    No. 3. Einsame Blumen (Solitary Flowers)
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  25. 25 No. 4. Verrufene Stelle (Haunted Spot) 03:19
    Track
    25
    Title
    No. 4. Verrufene Stelle (Haunted Spot)
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  26. 26 No. 5. Freundliche Landschaft (Pleasant Scenery) 01:15
    Track
    26
    Title
    No. 5. Freundliche Landschaft (Pleasant Scenery)
    Duration
    01:15
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  27. 27 No. 6. Herberge (At the Inn) 02:00
    Track
    27
    Title
    No. 6. Herberge (At the Inn)
    Duration
    02:00
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  28. 28 No. 7. Vogel als Prophet (The Songster-Prophet) 03:02
    Track
    28
    Title
    No. 7. Vogel als Prophet (The Songster-Prophet)
    Duration
    03:02
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  29. 29 No. 8. Jagdlied (Hunting-Song) 02:48
    Track
    29
    Title
    No. 8. Jagdlied (Hunting-Song)
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  30. 30 No. 9. Abschied (Farewell to the Forest) 03:57
    Track
    30
    Title
    No. 9. Abschied (Farewell to the Forest)
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Robert Schumann
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  31. 31 No. 1 in G Major 02:38
    Track
    31
    Title
    No. 1 in G Major
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  32. 32 No. 2 in G Minor 01:49
    Track
    32
    Title
    No. 2 in G Minor
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  33. 33 No. 3 in E-Flat Major 02:34
    Track
    33
    Title
    No. 3 in E-Flat Major
    Duration
    02:34
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  34. 34 No. 4 in B Minor 03:57
    Track
    34
    Title
    No. 4 in B Minor
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  35. 35 No. 5 in G Major 02:09
    Track
    35
    Title
    No. 5 in G Major
    Duration
    02:09
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams
  36. 36 No. 6 in E-Flat Major 04:26
    Track
    36
    Title
    No. 6 in E-Flat Major
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Cordelia Williams