{"title":"Samuel Barber","description":"\u003cp\u003eWorks by Samuel Barber in the Reference Music Store catalogue, in the available editions and formats.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/compositori\"\u003eComposers A–Z\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"miroirs-de-la-musique-luca-chiandotto","title":"Miroirs de la musique - Luca Chiandotto","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMiroirs de la musique\u003c\/strong\u003e presents Luca Chiandotto in an early twentieth-century piano programme: Scriabin’s Vers la flamme, Ravel’s Miroirs and Samuel Barber’s Sonata op. 26.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFormats and editions\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eCD — CVLD344CD\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eHi-Res WAV file 88.2kHz · 24bit — CVLD344\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMusicians\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuca Chiandotto — piano\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSteinway \u0026amp; Sons D274, prepared and tuned by Silvano Zanta.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRecording and production\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginal 88.2 kHz · 24-bit recording at Magister Recording Area, Preganziol, Italy, on 8, 9 and 10 October 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProduction: Velut Luna\u003cbr\u003eExecutive producer: Marco Lincetto\u003cbr\u003eRecording, mix and mastering: Marco Lincetto\u003cbr\u003eMusical production and editing: Mattia Zanatta\u003cbr\u003ePhotography: Photoservice Latisana\u003cbr\u003eDesign and layout: L’Image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eTrack listing\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAleksandr Nikolaevič Skrjabin\u003c\/strong\u003e (1872 – 1915)\u003cbr\u003e01 - \u003cstrong\u003ePoème op. 72 Vers la flamme \u003c\/strong\u003e(1914)   \u003cstrong\u003e5:36\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaurice Ravel\u003c\/strong\u003e (1875 – 1937)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMiroirs\u003c\/strong\u003e (1905)   \u003cstrong\u003e30:04\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e02 - Noctuelles  5:23\u003cbr\u003e03 - Oiseaux tristes   4:33\u003cbr\u003e04 - Une barque sur l’océan   7:05\u003cbr\u003e05 - Alborada del gracioso   6:52\u003cbr\u003e06 - La vallée des cloches   6:11\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSamuel Barber\u003c\/strong\u003e (1910 – 1981)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSonata in Mi bemolle minore op. 26\u003c\/strong\u003e (1949)  \u003cstrong\u003e21:10\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e07 - Allegro energico   7:30\u003cbr\u003e08 - Allegro vivace e leggero   2:26\u003cbr\u003e09 - Adagio mesto   5:58\u003cbr\u003e10 - Fuga: Allegro con spirito   5:16\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTotal Time: 56:56\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eCritical notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMysterium\u003c\/em\u003e, an ambitious work, carrying the revolutionary idea of the synesthetic union of the five senses. Its realization - to be set at the foot of the Himalayas - requires a large orchestra, a mixed choir, dancers, incense, and light effects. The ultimate goal is the spiritual evolution of the users of this immense work, in line with late-Romantic aesthetics. Scriabin worked for years on this unprecedented project - albeit indebted to Wagner's \u003cem\u003eGesamtkunstwerk \u003c\/em\u003e- leaving it unfinished upon his death. It is in this context that \u003cem\u003eVers la flamme\u003c\/em\u003e finds its light, a \u003cem\u003epoème\u003c\/em\u003e in which the voice of fire is the protagonist, from the beginning where it burns under the embers, subterranean and magmatic, to the increasingly intense and eager crackle, until the end where it expands uncontrollably, burning everything around it. The ecstatic conclusion is in Scriabin's style, recalling the sense of liberation that the composer yearned for with the \u003cem\u003eMysterium\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eThe French face and title of the present production, focused on early twentieth-century piano music, is Ravel's Suite Miroirs. It is composed of five episodes, each depicting a different subject, observed through a mirror. The musician was in fact inspired by a line from Shakespeare's Julius Caesar: \"The eye sees not itself, but by reflection, by some other things.\"\u003cbr\u003eBarber's Sonata can be defined as a \"War Sonata\", written only four years after the end of the Second World War, and characterized by explicit violence, especially in the opening and closing movements. The \u003cem\u003eallegro energico\u003c\/em\u003e is outlined in an overbearing and willful, almost oppressive, action of the first theme, which opposes the passive lament of the second. It can be seen from the first movement how the Sonata adheres to classical formal models, in this case, to the sonata form. The \u003cem\u003eallegro vivace e leggero\u003c\/em\u003e, with its grotesque atmosphere, contains fragments of dance, probably a waltz, which give it a falsely carefree and heedless character. The expressive heart of the sonata lies in the third movement, the \u003cem\u003eadagio mesto\u003c\/em\u003e, which develops an extremely tormented and agonizing song; in the second page of the score, we can witness a perfect imitation of an anguished cry, which evolves into a climax tremendously overwhelmed by reason. Among the minor ninth and major seventh dissonances, the final quietude is reached, an unexpected B minor chord, a provisional peace before the fourth movement. The final four-voice fugue is famous in concert halls, combining the drama of the previous movements with very characteristic syncopated rhythms and jazz-derived harmonies. Surprising is the carefree nature of the diversions in the central section, and even more so the return to anguish in the final stretto, where the powerful basses are infernal drums that sanction the tragedy that had been evident from the first notes of the sonata.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eListen\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ciframe style=\"border-radius: 20px; border-color: white;\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/velutluna.lnk.to\/Miroirs-de-la-musique\" height=\"370\" border=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/velut-luna\"\u003eVelut Luna\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Velut Luna","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49993492234587,"sku":"CVLD344CD","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"File Hi-Res 88.2kHz · 24bit WAV","offer_id":41083271479348,"sku":"CVLD344","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0575\/1016\/6580\/products\/folder_d84a5807-1895-4da6-916e-1be6116c2aae.jpg?v=1681755405"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.referencemusicstore.com\/collections\/samuel-barber.oembed","provider":"Reference Music Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}