Cordelia Williams - Cascade (2023) [24-96]

Artist: Cordelia Williams

Title: Cascade

Year Of Release: 2023

Label: SOMM Recordings

Genre: Classical Piano

Quality:  flac 24bits - 96.0kHz +Booklet

Total Time: 01:05:10

Total Size:  954 mb



Tracklist



01. Bagatelle in C Minor, WoO 56

02. Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 1, Lentamente

03. Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 2, Andante

04. Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 3, Allegretto

05. Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 4, Animato

06. Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 5, Molto giocoso

07. Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 6, Con eleganza

08. Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 7, Pittoresco

09. Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 8, Commodo

10. Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 9, Allegro tranquillo

11. Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 10, Ridicolosamente

12. Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 11, Con vivacità

13. Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 12, Assai moderato

14. Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 13, Allegretto

15. Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 14, Feroce

16. Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 15, Inquieto

17. Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 16, Dolente

18. Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 17, Poetico

19. Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 18, Con una dolce lentezza

20. Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 19, Presto agitatissimo e molto accentuato

21. Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 20, Lento irrealmente

22. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 1, Eintritt

23. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 2, Jäger auf der Lauer

24. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 3, Einsame Blumen

25. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 4, Verrufene Stelle

26. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 5, Freundliche Landschaft

27. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 6, Herberge

28. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 7, Vogel als Prophet

29. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 8, Jagdlied

30. Waldszenen, Op. 82: No. 9, Abschied

31. 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 1, Andante con moto, cantabile e con piacevole

32. 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 2, Allegro

33. 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 3, Andante, cantabile ed espressivo

34. 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 4, Presto

35. 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 5, Quasi allegretto

36. 6 Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 6, Presto - Andante amabile e con moto



SOMM Recordings announces Cascade; the exhilarating new recital by pianist Cordelia Williams featuring music by Beethoven; Schumann and Prokofiev. Cascade explores music’s mercurial ability to change in an instant; to reveal depths beneath the surface; and to illustrate; as Williams says; “that the whole world can change entirely in one twist of perspective; one change of angle; to offer a glimpse of something bigger”. Early and late Beethoven bookend the programme. Unpublished in his lifetime; the C major Bagatelle (WoO 56) flickers and glints; sparkles and surprises with kaleidoscope-like brilliance. His Op.126 Six Bagatelles – among the very last pieces he wrote for solo piano – alternate between the introspective and the garrulous; each turned inside out to reveal new facets and features. A variegated collection of 20 miniatures with hints of Chopin; Scriabin and Shostakovich to be found; Prokofiev’s Visions fugitives; Op.22 are essentially a series of meditations; each individually pursuing a specific idea or mood while collectively exploring the hinterland between surface appearance and what lies beneath; and all expressed with comparable crystalline clarity. Schumann’s Waldszenen (Forest Scenes); his last major cycle for solo piano; is an enchanted landscape lit up by beguiling pastoralism and shadow-cast by darker recesses of the imagination. Two sides of the same coin: Arcadia in excelsis; and red in tooth and claw. Booklets notes; as with all of Cordelia Williams’ recent SOMM releases; have been written by Michael Quinn. Piano winner of the BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition; Cordelia Williams’ previous SOMM releases include her acclaimed coupling of Bach and Arvo Pärt (SOMMCD 0186); hailed by International Piano as “a magnificently stimulating concept; brilliantly recognised”; well-received recitals of Schubert (SOMMCD 0127) and Schumann (SOMMCD 0150); and Nightlight (SOMMCD 0639); which Fanfare hailed for Williams’ “spectacular playing” and which Gramophone described as “extraordinary”.