Early Departures

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Label
Sono Luminus
Release Date
June 29, 2018
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      DUMITRESCU LIPATTI JANACEK
    • PERFORMER
      Matei Varga
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 29, 2018
    • UPC
      053479222329
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DSL-92223
    • LABEL
      Sono Luminus
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Lento languido

      Composer: Tudor Dumitrescu

      Performer: Matei Varga

    2. No. 2. Allegro impetuoso

      Composer: Tudor Dumitrescu

      Performer: Matei Varga

    3. No. 3. Andante molto rubato

      Composer: Tudor Dumitrescu

      Performer: Matei Varga

    4. No. 4. Allegretto (Tempo di valzer)

      Composer: Tudor Dumitrescu

      Performer: Matei Varga

    5. No. 5. Molto animato ed agitato

      Composer: Tudor Dumitrescu

      Performer: Matei Varga

    6. No. 6. Sereno

      Composer: Tudor Dumitrescu

      Performer: Matei Varga

    7. No. 7. Largo e sonoro

      Composer: Tudor Dumitrescu

      Performer: Matei Varga

    8. Prelude in C-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Tudor Dumitrescu

      Performer: Matei Varga

    9. Prelude in B Minor

      Composer: Tudor Dumitrescu

      Performer: Matei Varga

    10. Sonata romantica

      Composer: Dinu Lipatti

      Performer: Matei Varga

    11. Little Suite: Prelude

      Composer: Dinu Lipatti

      Performer: Matei Varga

    12. Nocturne in A Minor (on a Moldavian theme)

      Composer: Dinu Lipatti

      Performer: Matei Varga

    13. Nocturne in F-Sharp Minor

      Composer: Dinu Lipatti

      Performer: Matei Varga

    14. I. Andante

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Performer: Matei Varga

    15. II. Molto adagio

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Performer: Matei Varga

    16. III. Andantino

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Performer: Matei Varga

    17. IV. Presto

      Composer: Leoš Janáček

      Performer: Matei Varga

    18. Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: II. Adagio (after A. Marcello's Oboe Concerto)

      Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach

      Performer: Matei Varga


Matei Varga’s artistry has received standing ovations from audiences around the world and superlative reviews from prominent critics. Noting that “it is hard to find the right words to describe the beauty” of Mr. Varga’s playing, Corriere della Sera’s chief critic Paolo Isotta praised the young artist as a “true poet of the keyboard, a musician of depth, and a genuine artist.” Other critics have found his performances “impressive” (Gramophone, 2016), “magical” (Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2009), “colorful, vivacious [and] engaging” (Le Diapason, 2012). Discovered at age 10 by soprano Mariana Nicolesco, he went on to win top prizes at the George Enescu International Piano Competition and the International Maria Canals Piano Competition. Mr. Varga is also a recipient of the Salon de Virtuosi Career Grant and a runner-up at the Vendome Prize in Lisbon, where he was singled out by Elisabeth Leonskaja who awarded him a special prize. This release features rarely heard and recorded works by Dinu Lipatti and Tudor Dumitrescu, the theme throughout the album being the undercurrent of sadness that all of these pieces possess.