Christina Petrowska-Quilico - Sound Visionaries (2021)

Tracklist

01. Preludes, Book 2, L. 123 (Excerpts): No. 1, Brouillards
02. Preludes, Book 2, L. 123 (Excerpts): No. 2, Feuilles mortes
03. Preludes, Book 2, L. 123 (Excerpts): No. 3, La puerta del vino
04. Preludes, Book 2, L. 123 (Excerpts): No. 4, Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses
05. Preludes, Book 2, L. 123 (Excerpts): No. 7, La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
06. Preludes, Book 2, L. 123 (Excerpts): No. 8, Ondine
07. Preludes, Book 2, L. 123 (Excerpts): No. 11, Les tierces alternées
08. Preludes, Book 2, L. 123 (Excerpts): No. 12, Feux d'artifice
09. Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus, I/27 (Excerpts): No. 4, Regard de la vierge
10. Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus, I/27 (Excerpts): No. 11, Première communion de la vierge
11. Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus, I/27 (Excerpts): No. 16, Regard des prophètes, des bergers et des Mages
12. Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus, I/27 (Excerpts): No. 2, Regard de l'étoile
13. Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus, I/27 (Excerpts): No. 14, Regard des anges
14. Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus, I/27 (Excerpts): No. 8, Regard des anges
15. Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus, I/27 (Excerpts): No. 13, Noël
16. Piano Sonata No. 1
17. Piano Sonata No. 3: II. Trope


Claude Debussy, Olivier Messiaen, and Pierre Boulez are stunningly reconciled in Christina Petrowska Quilico's Navona Records release SOUND VISIONARIES. Boasting a track record of over 50 recorded albums and having recently been named to the Order of Canada, the veteran pianist proves that despite all difficulties, finding common ground between these three composers can be done spectacularly.

The works in question are cleverly chosen: Debussy's ethereal Preludes, Book Two is contrasted with Messiaen's quasi-spiritual Vingt Regards Sur L'Enfant Jésus, and the album rounds off with Boulez's atmospheric Première Sonate and Troisième Sonate. Petrowska Quilico unearths the modernity in the impressionist, the impressionism in the mystic, and the mysticism in the modernist. Sagacious, riveting, and indeed – visionary.

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