Celimene Daudet – Messiaen & Debussy: Preludes pour piano (2018) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Composed around ten years apart, the preludes of the young Messiaen and of the artistically established Debussy show some amazing similarities, down to the poetry and mysticism of their titles.

For her first solo album with NoMadMusic, Célimène Daudet has created an imaginary connexion between the two composers, juxtaposing their works in order to emphasise their kinship.

Here are twenty preludes in the shape of soundscape postcards, twenty miniatures at the border of Impressionism, like so many snapshots of life and dreamlike evocations, from dead leaves in autumn to an imagined journey to Spain, from the thousand colours of fireworks to the sadness of a desolate landscape…

Some say that you have to reach a great maturity before daring to attack it. For her first solo album, Anna Göckel assumes with great temperament her choice to record one of the founding texts of the violin repertoire: Sonatas and Partitas by Johann Sebastian Bach.

A personal reading of a masterpiece so rich and dense that the young violinist imagines continuing to explore throughout his life … and why not re-record in a few years?

Tracklist:
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
01. Huit Préludes: I. La colombe
02. Huit Préludes: II. Chant d’extase dans un paysage triste
03. Huit Préludes: III. Le nombre léger
04. Huit Préludes: IV. Instants défunts
05. Huit Préludes: V. Les sons impalpables du rêve
06. Huit Préludes: VI. Cloches d’angoisse et larmes d’adieu
07. Huit Préludes: VII. Plainte calme
08. Huit Préludes: VIII. Un Reflet Dans Le Vent
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
09. Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: I. Brouillards
10. Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: II. Feuilles mortes
11. Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: III. La Puerta del Vino
12. Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: IV. Les fées sont d’exquises danseuses
13. Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: V. Bruyères
14. Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: VI. General Lavine-eccentric
15. Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: VII. La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
16. Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: VIII. Ondine
17. Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: IX. Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C
18. Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: X. Canope
19. Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: XI. Les tierces alternées
20. Préludes, Livre 2, L. 123: XII. Feux d’artifice