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Piano Dances / Anna Vinnitskaya
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Piano Dances / Anna Vinnitskaya

Virtuosic Romantic Dramatic Piano
$20.99

Details

Composer
Maurice Ravel, Dmitri Shostakovich, Jorg Widmann
Artist
Anna Vinnitskaya
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Apr 26, 2024
Catalog #
ALPHA1044
UPC
3701624510445

About

Anna Vinnitskaya celebrates dance, or rather the dances of composers from very different periods and styles: Ravel, Shostakovich and Widmann. ‘In all these works, you can feel in some way transported to the world of childhood. Because I believe the childhoods of each of these three composers are reflected there’, says the pianist. In his Valses nobles et sentimentales, Ravel paid tribute to Schubert. A few years later, he transcribed for solo piano his ballet score La Valse, in which ‘billowing clouds part from time to time, allowing us to glimpse waltzing couples’. Shostakovich’s Dances of the Dolls make me think of the Soviet cartoons of my childhood’, says Anna Vinnitskaya. ‘They also remind me of Mozart: they are as bright as diamonds, sincere and beautiful.’ The Zirkustänze (Circus Dances) composed by Jörg Widmann in 2012, a brilliant kaleidoscope of emotions and parodies, round off the programme.

Tracklist 26 tracks

  1. 1 I. Modéré, très franc 01:22
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Modéré, très franc
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  2. 2 II. Assez lent, avec une expression intense 02:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Assez lent, avec une expression intense
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  3. 3 III. Modéré 01:30
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Modéré
    Duration
    01:30
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  4. 4 IV. Assez animé 01:07
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Assez animé
    Duration
    01:07
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  5. 5 V. Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime 01:31
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  6. 6 VI. Vif 00:42
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Vif
    Duration
    00:42
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  7. 7 VII. Moins vif 02:52
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Moins vif
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  8. 8 VIII. Epilogue: Lent 04:37
    Track
    8
    Title
    VIII. Epilogue: Lent
    Duration
    04:37
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  9. 9 I. Lyric Waltz 01:40
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Lyric Waltz
    Duration
    01:40
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  10. 10 II. Gavote 01:26
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Gavote
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  11. 11 III. Romance 02:07
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Romance
    Duration
    02:07
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  12. 12 IV. Polka 01:31
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Polka
    Duration
    01:31
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  13. 13 V. Waltz Scherzo 02:21
    Track
    13
    Title
    V. Waltz Scherzo
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  14. 14 VI. Hurdy Gurdy 01:24
    Track
    14
    Title
    VI. Hurdy Gurdy
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  15. 15 I. Fanfaren 00:24
    Track
    15
    Title
    I. Fanfaren
    Duration
    00:24
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  16. 16 II. Boogie-Woogie 00:56
    Track
    16
    Title
    II. Boogie-Woogie
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  17. 17 III. Erster Walzer 01:24
    Track
    17
    Title
    III. Erster Walzer
    Duration
    01:24
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  18. 18 IV. Vier Strophen vom Heimweh 02:04
    Track
    18
    Title
    IV. Vier Strophen vom Heimweh
    Duration
    02:04
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  19. 19 V. Valse bavaroise 01:21
    Track
    19
    Title
    V. Valse bavaroise
    Duration
    01:21
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  20. 20 VI. Valse sentimentale 01:38
    Track
    20
    Title
    VI. Valse sentimentale
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  21. 21 VII. Kinderreim 00:48
    Track
    21
    Title
    VII. Kinderreim
    Duration
    00:48
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  22. 22 VIII. Karussell-Walzer 01:48
    Track
    22
    Title
    VIII. Karussell-Walzer
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  23. 23 IX. Hebräische Melodie 04:30
    Track
    23
    Title
    IX. Hebräische Melodie
    Duration
    04:30
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  24. 24 X. Venezianisches Gondellied 03:36
    Track
    24
    Title
    X. Venezianisches Gondellied
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  25. 25 XI. Bayerisch-babylonischer Marsch 04:16
    Track
    25
    Title
    XI. Bayerisch-babylonischer Marsch
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Jörg Widmann
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya
  26. 26 La valse (version for piano) 12:43
    Track
    26
    Title
    La valse (version for piano)
    Duration
    12:43
    Composer
    Maurice Ravel
    Performer
    Anna Vinnitskaya