Catharsis - Piano Music / David Potvin

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Label
Leaf Music
Release Date
April 19, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Jean Coulthard, Cris Derksen, Keiko Devaux
    • PERFORMER
      David Potvin
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 19, 2024
    • UPC
      3191684102269
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      LM274
    • LABEL
      Leaf Music
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. Growing Forgiveness

      Composer: Cris Derksen

      Performer: David Potvin

    2. No. 1. Leggiero

      Composer: Jean Coulthard

      Performer: David Potvin

    3. No. 2. Torment

      Composer: Jean Coulthard

      Performer: David Potvin

    4. No. 3. Pensive

      Composer: Jean Coulthard

      Performer: David Potvin

    5. No. 4. Aubade

      Composer: Jean Coulthard

      Performer: David Potvin

    6. No. 5. Dirge

      Composer: Jean Coulthard

      Performer: David Potvin

    7. No. 6. Turbulence

      Composer: Jean Coulthard

      Performer: David Potvin

    8. No. 7. Introspection

      Composer: Jean Coulthard

      Performer: David Potvin

    9. No. 8. Song

      Composer: Jean Coulthard

      Performer: David Potvin

    10. No. 9. Innocence

      Composer: Jean Coulthard

      Performer: David Potvin

    11. No. 10. Fury

      Composer: Jean Coulthard

      Performer: David Potvin

    12. No. 11. Spoof

      Composer: Jean Coulthard

      Performer: David Potvin

    13. No. 12. Dark Mood

      Composer: Jean Coulthard

      Performer: David Potvin

    14. No. 13. Illumination

      Composer: Jean Coulthard

      Performer: David Potvin

    15. Murmuration

      Composer: Keiko Devaux

      Performer: David Potvin

    16. Canada Mosaic: V. The Contented House (arr. D. Potvin for piano)

      Composer: Jean Coulthard

      Performer: David Potvin


La Scena Musicale hails Montreal-based pianist David Potvin as a rising star of 2022. As winner of the 45th Eckhardt-Gramatté National Music Competition, he toured across Canada in the fall of 2022 with a diversely curated program of Canadian repertoire and quickly established himself as one of Canada’s most exciting contemporary pianists. "Catharsis" is an album that expresses an emotional release experience, often of complex, deeply held, or repressed emotions. The experience later transforms into peace, tranquility, and, most importantly, a shift of perspective. This album’s pieces were selected on his tour across Canada, where Potvin performed music exclusively by Canadian composers. These compositions include works from Chris Derksen’s "Growing Forgiveness," Keiko Devaux’s "murmuration," and Jean Coulthard’s "Preludes for Piano" and "Canada Mosaic: The Contented House" (arranged for piano by David Potvin), which has never been recorded before. The album starts with Derksen’s "Growing Forgiveness," an artistic response to the tension she felt in certain relationships during the pandemic; a truly serene ending follows the piece’s driving climax. Followed by Coulthard’s 13 Preludes, they are all imbued with deep emotional expression, and over the complete set, tension peaks near the end. Then Devaux’s "murmuration" is not explicitly an exercise in emotional expression: pianistic gestures describe the movement of small birds moving in large flocks. "Catharsis" concludes the album with a piano arrangement of Coulthard’s "Canada Mosaic: The Contented House," a meditative reflection that gives the listener a moment to contemplate the churning passion.