Ian Pace - Michael Finnissy: Piano Works (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

CD1
01. Verdi Transcriptions, Book I: No. 1, Sciagurata! A questo lido ricercai l'amante infido
02. Verdi Transcriptions, Book I: No. 2, Bela speranza in vero
03. Verdi Transcriptions, Book I: No. 3, Il maledetto non ha fratelli
04. Verdi Transcriptions, Book I: No. 4, Far tante sciagure
05. Verdi Transcriptions, Book I: No. 5, Vedi come il buon vegliardo
06. Verdi Transcriptions, Book I: No. 6, Take il vento, è questa l'onda
07. Verdi Transcriptions, Book I: No. 7, So che per via di triboli
08. Verdi Transcriptions, Book I: No. 8, Il pianto ... L'angoscia ... Di lean mi priva
09. Verdi Transcriptions, Book I: No. 9, Mentre gonfiarsi l'anima
10. Verdi Transcriptions, Book II: No. 10, Vanitosi! Che abietti e
11. Verdi Transcriptions, Book II: No. 11, Patria oppress! Il dolce nome
12. Verdi Transcriptions, Book II: No. 12, Qual mare, qual terra ...
13. Verdi Transcriptions, Book II: No. 13, Non, ce bruit, ce n'est rien ...
14. Verdi Transcriptions, Book II: No. 14, Non so le tetre immagini
15. Verdi Transcriptions, Book II: No. 15, Dall'Alpi a Caridi echeggi vittoria
16. Verdi Transcriptions, Book II: No. 16, Rea facing d'empie frodi
17. Verdi Transcriptions, Book II: No. 17, Opposte é il calle che in avvenire
18. Verdi Transcriptions, Book II: No. 18, Vendetta del pazzo! Contr'esso un rancore
19. 5 Pieces: Yvaropera No. 1
20. 5 Pieces: Yvaropera No. 2
21. 5 Pieces: Yvaropera No. 3
22. 5 Pieces: Yvaropera No. 4
23. 5 Pieces: Yvaropera No. 5

CD2
01. Verdi Transcriptions, Book III: No. 19, La donna è mobile
02. Verdi Transcriptions, Book III: No. 20, Vivra! Contende il giubilo
03. Verdi Transcriptions, Book III: No. 21, È nulla, sai?
04. Verdi Transcriptions, Book III: No. 22, Merci, jeunes amies, d'un souvenir si doux!
05. Verdi Transcriptions, Book III: No. 23, Tradimento!
06. Verdi Transcriptions, Book III: No. 24, Allora che gl'anni
07. Verdi Transcriptions, Book III: No. 25, Ogni cura si doni al diletto
08. Verdi Transcriptions, Book III: No. 26, Me pellegrina ed orfano
09. Verdi Transcriptions, Book III: No. 27, Trionfai! Securi alfino
10. English Country-Tunes: No. 1, Green Meadows
11. English Country-Tunes: No. 2, Midsummer Morn
12. English Country-Tunes: No. 3, I'll Give my Love a Garland
13. English Country-Tunes: No. 4, May and December
14. English Country-Tunes: No. 5, Lies and Marvels
15. English Country-Tunes: No. 6, The Seeds of Love
16. English Country-Tunes: No. 7, My Bonny Boy
17. English Country-Tunes: No. 8, Come Beat the Drums and Sound the Fifes

CD3
01. Verdi Transcriptions, Book IV: No. 28, S'allontanarono! N'accozzeremo
02. Verdi Transcriptions, Book IV: No. 29, Restez! Auprès de ma personne - J'ai tout compris
03. Verdi Transcriptions, Book IV: No. 30, O cieli azzuri ...
04. Verdi Transcriptions, Book IV: No. 31, Prestissimo - Scherzo fuga
05. Verdi Transcriptions, Book IV: No. 32, Cielo, pietas, rendila
06. Verdi Transcriptions, Book IV: No. 33, Tu che la vanità conoscesti
07. Verdi Transcriptions, Book IV: No. 34, Chanson Grecque - Una gran nube turba
08. Verdi Transcriptions, Book IV: No. 35, Brava! Quelle corner saranno la mio gioia
09. Verdi Transcriptions, Book IV: No. 36, Requiem aeternam

CD4
01. Romeo and Juliet Are Drowning
02. William Billings
03. Beethoven's Robin Adair: No. 1, –
04. Beethoven's Robin Adair: No. 2, —
05. Beethoven's Robin Adair: No. 3, —
06. Beethoven's Robin Adair: No. 4, —
07. Beethoven's Robin Adair: No. 5, —
08. Beethoven's Robin Adair: No. 6, —
09. Beethoven's Robin Adair: No. 7, —
10. Rossini
11. Preambule zu Carnaval, gefolgt von der ersten und zweiten symphonischen Etüde nach Schumann: I. Preambule zu Carnaval
12. Preambule zu Carnaval, gefolgt von der ersten und zweiten symphonischen Etüde nach Schumann: II. Symphonische Etude No. 1
13. Preambule zu Carnaval, gefolgt von der ersten und zweiten symphonischen Etüde nach Schumann: III. Symphonische Etude No. 2
14. What the Meadow-Flowers Tell Me
15. Brahms-Lieder: No. 1, —
16. Brahms-Lieder: No. 2, —
17. Brahms-Lieder: No. 3, —
18. Brahms-Lieder: No. 4, —
19. Strauss-Walzer: No. 1, Wo die Zitronen blühn
20. Strauss-Walzer: No. 2, O, schöner mai
21. Strauss-Walzer: No. 3, Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald

Mtier presents a landmark 4-disc box set from pianist Ian Pace in commanding performances of music by composerMichael Finnissy (b. 1946). Finnissy is widely regarded as one of Britains most important living composers. Pace, one of the leading interpreters of Finnissys work, presents an album focused around Finnissys epic cycle for piano, the Verdi Transcriptions, alongside the second complete recording (after the composers own) of the iconic English Country-Tunes, and works inspired by music of the late-18th and 19th. The result is a broad view of Finnishs extensive output of piano music in relation to romantic aesthetics. The album is released in anticipation of the Mtier labels upcoming celebrations of Michael Finnissys 80th birthday in 2026. Finnissys four-book cycle of Verdi Transcriptions re-imagines Verdis operas through a modern lens. As Finnissy states in his liner notes, Transcribing sound into a written form (notation) involves making signicant choices. The choices can colour the ongoing exploration of that sound as composition. The result of those choices is a monumental, late-Romantic epic.

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