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Nocturne: Music for Harp / Luise
Brilliant Classics

Nocturne: Music for Harp / Luise

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Details

Composer
Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Carl Czerny, Claude Debussy, John Field, Frederic Chopin
Artist
Alessia Luise
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
Jan 07, 2022
Catalog #
BRI96498
UPC
5028421964980

About

A meticulous, focused search for sound informs the selection of pieces on this recital, a voyage through 19th-century European music, in the vehicle of the nocturne, along the route of harp transcriptions. In these works, the composers capture night as a sliver of time, evoking the intimate and introspective side of the Romantic spirit. Night is also a metaphor for transformation, from darkness to light, for transcription from one musical instrument to another. For this ‘reduction of a big thought to a practical instrument’, as Ferruccio Busoni put it in 1913, the harp was a popular choice, particularly in the late 19th century, when the instrument’s repertoire was augmented by a number of excellent transcriptions and reductions by renowned harp teachers and performers. Beethoven’s ‘Moonlight’ Sonata provides the ideal starting point for a sonic journey through the light and dark of the Romantic spirit. Czerny’s short arabesques, Der Abend und die Nacht, continue the theme of twilight and night-time fantasy. Irishman John Field did not invent the nocturne, but he was responsible for the ‘crystallization of an idiom’ that, a generation later, Chopin would take to new heights. The second movement of Brahms’s Piano Sonata No.3 evokes a nocturne, but on a larger scale. Debussy’s Clair de lune envelops the listener in a night freed from traditional formal structures, providing a brief escape from the 18th-century style of the preceding movements. His Nocturne in D flat, on the other hand, transports us back to Romanticism, its mysterious bass octaves and tender arpeggios leading to a melody of expansive, Chopinesque lyricism, which stands out above the changes in harmonic color. With its pure, abstract sonority the concise Les Soirs illumineìs par l’ardeur du charbon presents night as verging on silence.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Adagio sostenuto 05:20
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Adagio sostenuto
    Duration
    05:20
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Alessia Luise
  2. 2 II. Allegretto 02:29
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Alessia Luise
  3. 3 III. Presto agitato 10:55
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Presto agitato
    Duration
    10:55
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Alessia Luise
  4. 4 No. 1. Der Abend 05:59
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 1. Der Abend
    Duration
    05:59
    Composer
    Carl Czerny
    Performer
    Alessia Luise
  5. 5 No. 2. Die Nacht 05:39
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 2. Die Nacht
    Duration
    05:39
    Composer
    Carl Czerny
    Performer
    Alessia Luise
  6. 6 Nocturne No. 5 in B-Flat Major, H. 37A (arr. for harp) 03:01
    Track
    6
    Title
    Nocturne No. 5 in B-Flat Major, H. 37A (arr. for harp)
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    John Field
    Performer
    Alessia Luise
  7. 7 Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op. posth. (arr. for harp) 03:58
    Track
    7
    Title
    Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor, Op. posth. (arr. for harp)
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Alessia Luise
  8. 8 Nocturne No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 15, No. 3 (arr. for harp) 04:36
    Track
    8
    Title
    Nocturne No. 6 in G Minor, Op. 15, No. 3 (arr. for harp)
    Duration
    04:36
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Alessia Luise
  9. 9 Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5: II. Andante (arr. for harp) 12:28
    Track
    9
    Title
    Piano Sonata No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 5: II. Andante (arr. for harp)
    Duration
    12:28
    Composer
    Johannes Brahms
    Performer
    Alessia Luise
  10. 10 Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune (arr. for harp) 04:33
    Track
    10
    Title
    Suite bergamasque: III. Clair de lune (arr. for harp)
    Duration
    04:33
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Alessia Luise
  11. 11 Nocturne (arr. for harp) 06:56
    Track
    11
    Title
    Nocturne (arr. for harp)
    Duration
    06:56
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Alessia Luise
  12. 12 Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon (arr. for harp) 02:17
    Track
    12
    Title
    Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon (arr. for harp)
    Duration
    02:17
    Composer
    Claude Debussy
    Performer
    Alessia Luise