Rameau, Rachmaninoff & Bach: Over Time / Emelyanov
Details
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Artist
- Konstantin Emelyanov
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Fuga Libera
- Released
- Feb 16, 2024
- Catalog #
- FUG823
- UPC
- 5400439008236
About
My selection of works by Rameau, Rachmaninoff and Bach for this album weaves a tapestry of nostalgia for a Golden Age — an epoch of eternal beauty and purity in which time itself has a completely different meaning.
I have placed the works non-chronologically and in a tripartite form in order to present not only a better perception of time’s effects on the artist, performer and listener but also its presence in essence thanks to the composer’s art: Rameau’s Suite in G from his Nouvelles Suites de pièces de clavecin functions as a type of prelude, Rachmaninoff’s Variations on a theme of Corelli as the central element, and Bach’s French Suite in B minor as a postlude.
The time frames of the two Baroque cycles that open and close the album are extremely flexible; music of this period never seems to hurry — it is as if the composer is saying “Take your time — you have plenty of it — and breathe as freely as you want”. Rachmaninoff, however, pushes us out of our comfort zone, squeezing time like a spring or stopping it completely while reflecting upon the cruelty of the outside world and the harm that it does to harmony and beauty. I decided not to end this recording with the Variations on a theme of Corelli, given the work’s powerful emotional charge; the suite by Bach that concludes the album returns us to a state of harmony and gives us hope that there is time enough.
Konstantin Emelyanov
Tracklist 15 tracks
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1 I. Les tricotets 01:36
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Les tricotets
- Duration
- 01:36
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Performer
- Konstantin Emelyanov
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2 II. L'indifferente 01:58
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. L'indifferente
- Duration
- 01:58
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Performer
- Konstantin Emelyanov
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3 III. Minuet I-II 02:26
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Minuet I-II
- Duration
- 02:26
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Performer
- Konstantin Emelyanov
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4 IV. La poule 03:52
- Track
- 4
- Title
- IV. La poule
- Duration
- 03:52
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Performer
- Konstantin Emelyanov
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5 V. Les triolets 03:18
- Track
- 5
- Title
- V. Les triolets
- Duration
- 03:18
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Performer
- Konstantin Emelyanov
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6 VI. Les sauvages 01:55
- Track
- 6
- Title
- VI. Les sauvages
- Duration
- 01:55
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Performer
- Konstantin Emelyanov
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7 VII. L'enharmonique 05:10
- Track
- 7
- Title
- VII. L'enharmonique
- Duration
- 05:10
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Performer
- Konstantin Emelyanov
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8 VIII. L'egiptienne 02:41
- Track
- 8
- Title
- VIII. L'egiptienne
- Duration
- 02:41
- Composer
- Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Performer
- Konstantin Emelyanov
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9 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42 19:41
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42
- Duration
- 19:41
- Composer
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Performer
- Konstantin Emelyanov
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10 I. Allemande 03:41
- Track
- 10
- Title
- I. Allemande
- Duration
- 03:41
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Konstantin Emelyanov
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11 II. Courante 02:10
- Track
- 11
- Title
- II. Courante
- Duration
- 02:10
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Konstantin Emelyanov
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12 III. Sarabande 03:05
- Track
- 12
- Title
- III. Sarabande
- Duration
- 03:05
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Konstantin Emelyanov
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13 IV. Anglaise 01:20
- Track
- 13
- Title
- IV. Anglaise
- Duration
- 01:20
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Konstantin Emelyanov
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14 V. Menuet - Trio 02:57
- Track
- 14
- Title
- V. Menuet - Trio
- Duration
- 02:57
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Konstantin Emelyanov
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15 VI. Gigue 02:14
- Track
- 15
- Title
- VI. Gigue
- Duration
- 02:14
- Composer
- Johann Sebastian Bach
- Performer
- Konstantin Emelyanov