Notes and Editorial Reviews
DEBUSSY
2 Arabesques. Images:
Sets 1 & 2.
Children’s Corner. Suite bergamasque:
Clair de lune.
L’isle joyeuse
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Simon Trp?eski (pn)
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EMI 00272 (62:27)
This young Macedonian-born pianist has won prizes in several international competitions and already made lauded EMI recordings of works by Rachmaninoff and Chopin, among others. This disc, my introduction to his playing, offers
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colorful, persuasive, and technically accomplished readings of many of Debussy’s best pre-1910 works. He is equally at home in the charming, early
Arabesques
, the touching and often humorous vignettes of
Children’s Corner
, the masterful colorism of the
Images
, and the striking virtuosity of
L’isle joyeuse
. He is especially good at differentiating his touches even while providing the requisite washes of pedalled sound, particularly in the first, fourth, and sixth of the
Images.
His pacing in the faster pieces and especially his control of sound during climactic moments attest to a degree of musicianship that goes well beyond the obvious sensational approaches of some of his younger peers. Rather, the comparison should be with such venerable pianists as Michelangeli in the
Images
and Gieseking in
Children’s Corner.
Like them, Trp?eski plays with much imagination, yet he never calls attention to himself. And in the concluding pages of
L’isle joyeuse
, he stirs up more excitement than even Horowitz and Richter mustered on their otherwise fine accounts. Trp?eski provides just the sort of playing that Debussy himself seems to have liked, to judge from his letters and coaching. In short, I highly recommend this disc and I look forward to the time when this pianist will favor us with the complete
Préludes
and the
Douze Etudes.
FANFARE: Charles Timbrell
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Works on This Recording
1.
Arabesques (2) for Piano by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Simon Trpceski (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1888-1891; France
Length: 7 Minutes 45 Secs.
2.
Children's Corner by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Simon Trpceski (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1906-1908; France
Length: 16 Minutes 1 Secs.
3.
Images for Piano, Set 1 by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Simon Trpceski (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1905; France
Length: 27 Minutes 11 Secs.
4.
Images for Piano, Set 2 by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Simon Trpceski (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1907; France
6.
L'isle joyeuse by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Simon Trpceski (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1904; France
Length: 5 Minutes 47 Secs.
Sound Samples
Children's Corner: I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
Children's Corner: II. Jimbo's Lullaby
Children's Corner: III. Serenade for the Doll
Children's Corner: IV. The Snow is Dancing
Children's Corner: V. The Little Shepherd
Children's Corner: VI. Golliwogg's Cake Walk
Images: Book 1, Set 1: Reflets dans l'eau
Images: Book 1, Set 1: Hommage à Rameau
Images: Book 1, Set 1: Mouvement; SET 2
Images: Book 1, Set 1: Cloches à travers les fénilles
Images: Book 1, Set 1: Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fût
Images: Book 1, Set 1: Poissons d'or
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