Carlos Manuel Vargas - Souvenirs (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Ciclo brasileiro, W374: No. 2, Impressões seresteiras
02. 7 Virtuoso Etudes After Gershwin: No. 3, The Man I Love
03. 7 Virtuoso Etudes After Gershwin: No. 4, Embraceable You
04. Romántico
05. Vals de Santo Domingo
06. Estudio en zamba
07. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 19 "Fantasy": I. Andante
08. Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 19 "Fantasy": II. Presto
09. Improvisation No. 15 in C Minor, FP 176 "Hommage à Édith Piaf"
10. La vie en rose (Arr. for Piano by Roberto Piana)
11. Hymne à l'amour (Arr. for Piano by Roberto Piana)
12. Preludio de Sofía
13. Levante

Pianist Carlos Vargas gives the public a rare glimpse into the depths of a musician’s soul with his intimate new solo album SOUVENIRS. It is a truly eclectic selection of pianistic gems, expertly collected across several centuries and countries, yet interconnected by profound virtuosity and sweeping romanticism.

SOUVENIRS travels to France, Russia, the United States, and (perhaps most importantly) Latin America; Poulenc makes an appearance, as do Scriabin, Gershwin, and Dominican composer Rafael Bullumba Landestoy, among others. Strikingly, Vargas rotates the kaleidoscope: his interpretation brings Latin flamboyance to Poulenc, Russian drama to Gershwin, and American spontaneity to Scriabin, to name but a few. All the pieces on SOUVENIRS are highly idiosyncratic; and yet, Vargas effortlessly unites them in their individual brilliance.

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