Gabrielius Alekna - Bacevicius: Piano Music, Vol. 1 (2012)

Tracklist

01. Premier mot, Op. 18
02. Deuxieme mot, Op. 21
03. Troisieme mot, Op. 27
04. Quatrieme mot, Op. 31
05. Cinquieme mot, Op. 59
06. Sixieme mot, Op. 72
07. Septieme mot, Op. 73: I. Allegro moderato
08. Septieme mot, Op. 73: II. Larghetto misterioso
09. Septieme mot, Op. 73: III. Allegro con fuoco

The Lithuanian pianist and composer Vytautas Bacevičius (1905-70) is one of the undiscovered pioneers of twentieth-century music. His series of seven Mots ('Words') for keyboard — five for solo piano, one for organ and one for two pianos — were written between 1933 and 1966 and show the evolution of his musical language from the post-Skryabin style of the early works, via the influence of Prokofiev and Stravinsky, to a highly individual modernism, akin to that of two fellow radicals, Varése and Wolpe.

Gabrielius Alekna, piano
Matthew Lewis, organ
Ursula Oppens, piano

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