Andrea Kauten – Promenade – Works by Chopin & Mussorgsky (2021) [FLAC 24bit/44,1kHz]

The new Solo Musica recording “Promenade” of Frédéric Chopin’s Préludes, Op. 28 and Modest Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition brings together two prominent piano cycles that are almost emblematic of their creators’ oeuvre. In the juxtaposition, pianist Andrea Kauten shows what unites them despite all the expected contrasts, which goes far beyond some obvious references by Mussorgsky to Chopin’s Préludes. Both large-scale cycles combine miniatures of partly aphoristic character. They stand in the tension between European art music and the national influences of Eastern European and Slavic traditions. For the time being, they seek different solutions. The cosmopolitan Chopin, rejecting any demonstrative patriotism, manages the seamless integration of his Polish idiom into a universally European expression. Mussorgsky, as a self-confessed post-cosmopolitan, emphatically recalled the folk-Russian, which he offensively opposed to everything “Western”. Both composers found their way to a personalised musical language which, while freely handling the form, allows the traditional harmonies to be broken up by deliberate instabilities. Both meet on the path to modernity. Even if emotional exhibitionism was alien to both composers and the works can only be related to the biographical snapshots of their genesis with extreme caution: Both cycles are set against the background of a confrontation with death that is as surprising as it is inexorable.

Tracklist:

01. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 1 C-Dur, Agitato
02. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 2 A-Moll (Lento)
03. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 3 G-Dur (Vivace)
04. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 4 E-Moll (Largo)
05. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 5 D-Dur (Allegro Molto)
06. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 6 H-Moll (Lento Assai)
07. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 7 A-Dur (Andantino)
08. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 8 Fis-Moll (Molto Agitato)
09. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 9 E-Dur (Largo)
10. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 10 Cis-Moll (Allegro Molto)
11. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 11 H-Dur (Vivace)
12. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 12 gis-Moll (Presto)
13. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 13 Fis-Dur (Lento)
14. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 14 Es-Moll (Allegro-Pesante)
15. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 15 Des-Dur (Sostenuto)
16. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 16 B-Moll (Presto Con Fuoco)
17. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 17 as-Dur( Allegretto)
18. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 18 F-Moll (Allegro Molto)
19. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 19 Es-Dur (Vivace)
20. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 20 C-Moll (Largo)
21. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 21 B-Dur (Cantabile)
22. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 22 G-Moll (Molto Agitato)
23. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 23 F-Dur (Moderato)
24. Andrea Kauten – 24 Préludes, Op. 28 No. 24 D-Moll (Allegro)
25. Andrea Kauten – Pictures at an Exhibition Promenade. Allegro Giusto, Nel Modo Rustico
26. Andrea Kauten – Pictures at an Exhibition Gnomus. Sempre Vivo
27. Andrea Kauten – Pictures at an Exhibition Promenade. Moderato Commodo Assai E Con Delicatezza
28. Andrea Kauten – Pictures at an Exhibition The Old Castle. Andantino Molto Cantabile E Con Dolore
29. Andrea Kauten – Pictures at an Exhibition Promenade. Moderato Non Tanto, Pesamente
30. Andrea Kauten – Pictures at an Exhibition The Tuileries Gardens. Allegretto Non Troppo Troppo, Capriccioso
31. Andrea Kauten – Pictures at an Exhibition Bydlo. Sempre Moderato, Pesante
32. Andrea Kauten – Pictures at an Exhibition Promenade. Tranquillo
33. Andrea Kauten – Pictures at an Exhibition Ballet of the Chickens in Their Shells
34. Andrea Kauten – Pictures at an Exhibition Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle. Andante. Grave-Energico
35. Andrea Kauten – Pictures at an Exhibition Promenade. Allegro Giusto, Nel Modo Russico, Poco Sostenuto
36. Andrea Kauten – Pictures at an Exhibition The Market-Place at Limoges. Allegretto Vivo, Sempre Scherzando
37. Andrea Kauten – Pictures at an Exhibition The Catacombs Sepulchrum Romanum. Largo
38. Andrea Kauten – Pictures at an Exhibition Con Mortuis in Lingua Mortua. Andante Non Troppo, Con Lamento
39. Andrea Kauten – Pictures at an Exhibition The Hut on Fowl’s Legs Baba-Yaga. Allegro Con Brio, Feroce
40. Andrea Kauten – Pictures at an Exhibition The Great Gate of Kiev. Allegro Alla Breve. Maestoso. Con Grandezza

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