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Pietro Bonfilio - Martin Emlquist - Luxembourg Philharmonia
Debussy - Shostakovich - Galynin
Pietro Bonfilio - Martin Emlquist - Luxembourg Philharmonia
Debussy - Shostakovich - Galynin
The album
Debussy - Shostakovich - Galynin
On this CD the young Tuscan pianist Pietro Bonfilio presents five of the most beautiful Preludes by Claude Debussy, and some compositions by the two Soviet composers Dmitrij Sostakovic and bis unfartunate pupil German Galynin.
Let's start with Debussy (1862-1918), whom Svjatoslav Richter - in his persona! list of preferences - placed in the first places together with Fryderyk Chopin far their revolutioruu:y raie in the treatment of the piano: author of non-programmed works, therefare not illustrative and non -desc riptive, music made of sounds, pure music.
Unlike some more famous compositions far both orchestra and piano, which have unmistakable titles or subtitles (La Mer, Nocturnes with three movements: Nuages, Fetes, Sirènes or Estampes made up of Pagodes, La soirée dans Grenade, Jardins sous la pluie), the two Notebooks of Préludes have titles but they are indicated only at the end of each piece, in brackets and after the dots. This cycle of twenty-faur "preludes", which certainly do not correspond to previous models of the genre, was created by Debussy in the years 1909-1913, recalling the homonymous work by Chopin and Bach, without taking into account the keys. The preludes were published in two collections of twelve pieces each, entitled simply Premier livre and Deuxiè-me livre.
The artist
Pietro Bonfilio
The ltalian pianist Pietro Bonfilio was boro in Tuscany in 1990. Graduated at " Conservatorio Giuseppe Vetdi" in Milan and completed a Master's degree in performance at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. He has given recitals andperformed with renowned orchestras in the most importane concert halls in Europe, Asia, America and Africa including: Teatro alla Scala Milano, Carnegie Hall New York, Herk:ulessaal Munchen , Royal Concerto Hall Glasgow, Atheneum Bucharest, Cemal Resit Rey Istanbul. He recorded for the label Brilliant Classics (Dimitti Kabalevsk:y piano music, 2017) and for Suonare Records (Russian 19th century music, 2019).
The artist
Martin Emlquist
Born in 1954 in Kopenbagen, studied at the Royal Danish Conservatory under Ole Schmidt and further under Neeme Jarwi, Wladimir Delman and Arvid Jansons. He debuted with the Arbus Symphony Orchestra in 1982. In 1983 Martin moved to Italy where he stayed for 8 years. He became a finalist in the Arturo Toscanini Competition in 1985. He went on to be the conductor for the orchestra of the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples in 1989. In 1991 Martin moved to Luxemburg to teach at che Conservatoire du Nord in Ettelbruck. He has remained a vita! part of the nation's cultura!!ife ever since. His numerous accomplishments were officially recogni2ed by the UGDA (Union Grand-Duc Adolphe of Luxembourg).
The artist
Luxembourg Philharmonia
Founded in 1979 is a symphony orchestra of 90 musicians including both experienced non professionals and soon-to-be or retired professionals. The repertoire of the orchestra includes the major symphonic works from Beethoven to Shostakovich. The orchestra regularly plays in the concert halls in and around Luxembourg and in the major concert halls of the European Continent.