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Early Departures
Sono Luminus

Early Departures

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Details

Composer
DUMITRESCU LIPATTI JANACEK
Artist
Matei Varga
Format
CD
Label
Sono Luminus
Released
Jun 29, 2018
Catalog #
DSL-92223
UPC
053479222329

About

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.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. Lento languido 02:30
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. Lento languido
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Tudor Dumitrescu
    Performer
    Matei Varga
  2. 2 No. 2. Allegro impetuoso 01:35
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. Allegro impetuoso
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    Tudor Dumitrescu
    Performer
    Matei Varga
  3. 3 No. 3. Andante molto rubato 01:26
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Andante molto rubato
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Tudor Dumitrescu
    Performer
    Matei Varga
  4. 4 No. 4. Allegretto (Tempo di valzer) 01:07
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. Allegretto (Tempo di valzer)
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Tudor Dumitrescu
    Performer
    Matei Varga
  5. 5 No. 5. Molto animato ed agitato 02:32
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. Molto animato ed agitato
    Duration
    02:32
    Composer
    Tudor Dumitrescu
    Performer
    Matei Varga
  6. 6 No. 6. Sereno 02:17
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. Sereno
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Tudor Dumitrescu
    Performer
    Matei Varga
  7. 7 No. 7. Largo e sonoro 01:57
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. Largo e sonoro
    Duration
    01:57
    Composer
    Tudor Dumitrescu
    Performer
    Matei Varga
  8. 8 Prelude in C-Sharp Minor 01:49
    Track
    8
    Title
    Prelude in C-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Tudor Dumitrescu
    Performer
    Matei Varga
  9. 9 Prelude in B Minor 06:12
    Track
    9
    Title
    Prelude in B Minor
    Duration
    06:12
    Composer
    Tudor Dumitrescu
    Performer
    Matei Varga
  10. 10 Sonata romantica 05:58
    Track
    10
    Title
    Sonata romantica
    Duration
    05:58
    Composer
    Dinu Lipatti
    Performer
    Matei Varga
  11. 11 Little Suite: Prelude 00:46
    Track
    11
    Title
    Little Suite: Prelude
    Duration
    00:46
    Composer
    Dinu Lipatti
    Performer
    Matei Varga
  12. 12 Nocturne in A Minor (on a Moldavian theme) 03:14
    Track
    12
    Title
    Nocturne in A Minor (on a Moldavian theme)
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Dinu Lipatti
    Performer
    Matei Varga
  13. 13 Nocturne in F-Sharp Minor 05:28
    Track
    13
    Title
    Nocturne in F-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    05:28
    Composer
    Dinu Lipatti
    Performer
    Matei Varga
  14. 14 I. Andante 03:58
    Track
    14
    Title
    I. Andante
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Matei Varga
  15. 15 II. Molto adagio 05:13
    Track
    15
    Title
    II. Molto adagio
    Duration
    05:13
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Matei Varga
  16. 16 III. Andantino 04:32
    Track
    16
    Title
    III. Andantino
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Matei Varga
  17. 17 IV. Presto 04:54
    Track
    17
    Title
    IV. Presto
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Leoš Janáček
    Performer
    Matei Varga
  18. 18 Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: II. Adagio (after A. Marcello's Oboe Concerto) 04:27
    Track
    18
    Title
    Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974: II. Adagio (after A. Marcello's Oboe Concerto)
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Johann Sebastian Bach
    Performer
    Matei Varga