Ivan Ilic – Reicha Rediscovered, Vol. 2 (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:02:33 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Chandos
The eagerly awaited volume 2 in the fascinating exploration of Antoine Reicha’s keyboard music by the trailblazing pianist Ivan Ilic is now out! Ilic here digs into a crucial aspect of Antoine Reicha’s music: counterpoint and the manner in which Bach’s music served as a point of departure for Reicha’s eclectic, fertile mind and wide variety of musical styles. If most of these etudes are made up of a Prelude paired with a Fugue, their variety offers the album great diversity, and unveils the compositional genius of Antoine Reicha: here are unexpected moods and textures, sophisticated canons, cheeky invertible counterpoint, chaconnes and minuet-like character pieces, even a piece the only unifying characteristic of which seems to be its tumbling scales in dotted rhythm. Ilic’s unique interpretations are supported by enlightening booklet notes, written by the pianist himself, shedding light on revelatory moments in the composer’s life. While the musical world will soon become saturated with celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven, his friend and exact contemporary Antoine Reicha will enjoy a renaissance with this unmissable series.
Tracklist:
01. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 1a, Introduction. Poco andante (02:18)
02. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 1b, Allegro (01:53)
03. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 2a, Andante (01:28)
04. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 2b, Andante poco allegretto (02:14)
05. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 3a, Andante poco allegretto (03:22)
06. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 3b, Allegro (02:10)
07. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 4a, Air. Lento (03:47)
08. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 4b, Allegretto è sempre legato (02:07)
09. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 5a, Air. Lento (01:41)
10. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 5b, Allegretto (01:29)
11. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 6a, Poco allegretto (02:37)
12. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 6b, Allegretto (02:23)
13. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 7a, Allegretto (01:26)
14. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 7b, Allegro (02:11)
15. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 8a, Allegro moderato (02:27)
16. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 8b, Allegro (02:02)
17. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 9a, Air. Lento (02:42)
18. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 9b, Allegro-Lento-Allegro (02:53)
19. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 10a, Andante maestoso-Largo (02:15)
20. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 10b, Allegro moderato (02:09)
21. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 11a, Poco allegretto (01:16)
22. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 11b, Lento (04:17)
23. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 12a, Air. Lento (01:56)
24. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 12b, Allegro (02:51)
25. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 13a, Tempo di minuetto-Legato-Tempo di minuetto (03:03)
26. Ivan Ilić – Études dans le genre fugué, Op. 97: No. 13b, Allegro assai (01:59)
27. Ivan Ilić – 36 Fugues, Op. 36: No. 12, Allegretto (01:25)
