Grieg: Piano Sonata - 14 Lyric Pieces / Idmtal

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Label
Piano Classics
Release Date
November 19, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Grieg, Edvard
    • PERFORMER
      Matthieu Idmtal
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 19, 2021
    • UPC
      5029365102391
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      PCL10239
    • LABEL
      Piano Classics
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Matthieu Idmtal

    2. II. Andante molto

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Matthieu Idmtal

    3. III. Alla menuetto, ma poco più lento

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Matthieu Idmtal

    4. IV. Finale: Molto allegro

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Matthieu Idmtal

    5. Lyric Pieces, Book 1, Op. 12: No. 1. Arietta

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Matthieu Idmtal

    6. Lyric Pieces, Book 2, Op. 38: No. 1. Berceuse (Cradle Song)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Matthieu Idmtal

    7. Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 1. Sommerfugl (Butterfly)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Matthieu Idmtal

    8. No. 7. Elegi (Elegy)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Matthieu Idmtal

    9. No. 1. Valse Impromptu

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Matthieu Idmtal

    10. No. 3. Melodi (Melody)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Matthieu Idmtal

    11. Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Op. 54: No. 3. Trolltog (March of the Trolls)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Matthieu Idmtal

    12. No. 6. Elegi (Elegy)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Matthieu Idmtal

    13. No. 7. Vals (Waltz)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Matthieu Idmtal

    14. Lyric Pieces, Book 8, Op. 65: No. 6. Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (Wedding Day at Troldhaugen)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Matthieu Idmtal

    15. No. 6. Hjemve (Nostalgia)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Matthieu Idmtal

    16. No. 1. Svunne dager (Vanished Days)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Matthieu Idmtal

    17. Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 2. Ensom vandrer (Solitary Wanderer)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Matthieu Idmtal

    18. Lyric Pieces, Book 5, Op. 54: No. 4. Notturno (Nocturne)

      Composer: Edvard Grieg

      Performer: Matthieu Idmtal


Having completed his studies at the Brussels conservatoire and won first prizes at several distinguished competitions for young musicians, Matthieu Idmtal quickly became known as a specialist in the music of Alexander Scriabin. His debut on record was dedicated to a sequence of the Russian composer’s Etudes and Preludes, and it won him golden reviews. His Scriabin album was followed by an equally well-received album of the violin sonatas by Edvard Grieg, in company with his regular violin-recital partner Maya Levy. The natural sequel is this focus on the Norwegian composer’s solo output. Grieg composed seven books of Lyric Pieces across the course of his career: songs without words that amount to a diary of his compositional evolution as well as testament to enduring preoccupations such as the artistic transformation of folksong and the evocation of natural phenomena such as sunlight and the movement of water. Idmtal’s sequence ranges across all seven books, and does not shy away from established classics such as the Arietta and Wedding Day at Troldhaugen. However, he also includes several lesser-known and introspective masterpieces such as the Vanished Days and Homesickness from the Opus 57 set. Even by their side, however, the Piano Sonata Op 7 is an almost forgotten masterpiece. Grieg wrote it at the age of 22, recently graduated from the conservatoire in Leipzig, yet even within the first movement’s opening exposition there are shapes and harmonies that instantly identify the composer’s artistic fingerprint. The sonata reflects the ambitions and character of the young Grieg: high-spirited, virtuosic, impetuous, and permeated with brusque mood swings. Cast in a compressed version of the traditional four-movement form, it encompasses many changes of mood, sometimes very abrupt, as if the composer was overflowing with musical ideas and inspiration.