Vierne: 12 Preludes; Solitude; Nocturne

Rubackytė, Mūza

95154

The striking cover image is of the soloist on this recording, the Lithuanian pianist Mūza Rubackytė, who has already made several well-received recordings for Brilliant Classics, among them chamber works (BC93716) and piano music (BC93702) by César Franck, the better-known contemporary of Louis Vierne featured on this disc. Vierne is well-enough known to organists, not least for the ever-popular Carillon de Westminster, but his piano music is well worth exploring. The 12 Preludes sprawl across the French post-Wagnerian tradition that encompasses not just Franck but Magnard and Reyer, full of long melodies and crashing, Lisztian octaves as well as glittering, impressionistic sequences. They demand and here receive a formidable technique and bold interpretative approach. Solitude is a four-movement suite which builds from a gloomy, organ-prelude like first movement to a ‘Hallucinatory vision’ and a ‘fantastical rondo’ finale worthy of Berlioz himself.

CD

Muzyka klasyczna

Brilliant Classics

13-11-2019

5028421951546