Nuron Mukumi - Portraits of Bowen: 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102 (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 1 in C Major. Moderato appassionato
02. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 2 in C Minor. Andante tranquillo
03. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 3 in D-Flat Major. Andante grazioso
04. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 4 in C-Sharp Minor. Allegro con fuoco
05. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 5 in D Major. Allegro risoluto
06. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 6 in D Minor. Andante con moto
07. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 7 in E-Flat Major. Andantino amabile
08. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 8 in E-Flat Minor. Poco lento, serioso
09. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 9 in E Major. Allegro risoluto e ritmico
10. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 10 in E Minor. Moderato, a capriccio
11. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 11 in F Major. Andante con moto e grazioso
12. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 12 in F Minor. Allegro con fuoco
13. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 13 in G-Flat Major. Andante tranquillo
14. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 14 in F-Sharp Minor. Allegretto scherzando
15. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 15 in G Major. Allegretto grazioso
16. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 16 in G Minor. Moderato semplice
17. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 17 in A-Flat Major. Andante molto espressivo
18. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 18 in G-Sharp Minor. Allegro con fuoco
19. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 19 in A Major. Andantino con moto
20. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 20 in A Minor. Allegro con fuoco
21. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 21 in B-Flat Major. Andante piacevole
22. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 22 in B-Flat Minor. Allegro molto e con fuoco
23. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 23 in B Major. Andante con moto
24. 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102: No. 24 in B Minor. Moderato serioso e tragico
25. Rêverie in B Major, Op. 86. Andante espressivo e rubato
26. Zazra in E-Flat Major (An Intermezzo). Andantino grazioso
27. Miniature Suite in C Minor, Op. 14: II. Nocturne



Bis heute ist es ein Rätsel, warum der englische Komponist und Pianist York Bowen weitgehend in Vergessenheit geraten ist und seine Musik selbst Fachleuten unbekannt ist – und das, obwohl Camille Saint-Saëns Bowen für den „besten englischen Komponisten“ hielt…
Pianist Nuron Mukumi war sofort fasziniert von Bowens 24 Präludien, die 1950 veröffentlicht wurden – jedes Präludium hat seinen eigenen Charakter und Stil,
als wären sie von einem anderen Komponisten der Spätromantik geschrieben worden – und doch repräsentieren sie einen außergewöhnlichen Personalstil und sind von einer persönlichen Ausdrucksweise, die sie sofort und unverkennbar als Kompositionen York Bowens ausweist.

To this day, it remains a mystery as to why the English composer and pianist York Bowen has largely fallen into obscurity, and his music is unknown even to experts today – even though Camille Saint-Saëns considered Bowen to be the “best English composer”… Pianist Nuron Mukumi was immediately fascinated by Bowen’s 24 Preludes , published in 1950 – each prelude has its own character and style, as if they had been written by another composer of the late Romantic period – and yet at the same time they are unified under a distinctive personal idiom that unmistakably marks the preludes as Bowen’s compositions.

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