Ravel, Brahms & Shostakovich: Arc II

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Label
First Hand Records
Release Date
November 11, 2022
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Johannes Brahms, Maurice Ravel, Dmitri Shostakovich
    • PERFORMER
      Orion Weiss
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 11, 2022
    • UPC
      5060216346328
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      FHR128
    • LABEL
      First Hand Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Prélude

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Orion Weiss

    2. No. 2. Fugue

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Orion Weiss

    3. No. 3. Forlane

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Orion Weiss

    4. No. 4. Rigaudon

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Orion Weiss

    5. No. 5. Menuet

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Orion Weiss

    6. No. 6. Toccata

      Composer: Maurice Ravel

      Performer: Orion Weiss

    7. 16 Variations on a Theme by R. Schumann, Op. 9

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Orion Weiss

    8. I. Allegretto

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Orion Weiss

    9. II. Largo

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Orion Weiss

    10. III. Moderato (con moto) - Allegretto con moto - Adagio - Moderato

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Orion Weiss

    11. No. 10. Herzlich tut mich verlangen

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Orion Weiss

    12. No. 11. O Welt, ich muss dich lassen

      Composer: Johannes Brahms

      Performer: Orion Weiss


This album strives to understand the varying ways composers comprehend grief, loss and death. How did they cope, their hearts broken, their peace gone? And how can we cope? In this combination of works Weiss has tried to follow the paths these great composers walked in their own grief. Their tracks lead us from death back towards life, from horror to hope. Of his Arc album series, Orion Weiss explains: ‘The arc of this recital trilogy is inverted, like a rainbow’s reflection in water. Arc I’s first steps here head downhill, beginning from hope and proceeding down to despair. The bottom of the journey, Arc II, is Earth’s center, grief, loss, the lowest we can reach. The return trip, Arc III, is one of excitement and renewal, filled with the joy of rebirth and the anticipation of a better future.’