Susana Gomez Vazquez - Sisters Of The Moon (2024) [DSD]

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Inspired by the Sisters of the Moon paintings by the surrealist artist Leonora Carrington, the concept behind this album revolves around the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters. Metaphorically embodied by the composers who feature on this album: Montgeroult, Mendelssohn, Beach, Larrocha, Boulanger, Price, Montero, Pérez and Susana Gómez Vázquez.

The album is an ode to that cluster of female composers who, despite their different nationalities and cultures, connect us through this fascinating voyage of sonorities. It is a Pure DSD 256 recording with no DXD or PCM processing used in the releases at NativeDSD from the Edit Master Source.

According to Greek mythology, these nymphs, also known as the dancers, served the goddess Artemis. They lived a life devoted to love and rebelled against the obligation to preserve their virginity. One day, on being pursued by the hunter Orion, they were given their freedom by being transformed into doves and then a cluster of stars in the night sky.

In Inca mythology, they are seen as the mothers of the universe. In a way, the Pleiades are metaphorically embodied by the composers who feature on this album: Montgeroult, Mendelssohn, Beach, Larrocha, Boulanger, Price, Montero, Pérez and me. This is why most of the works on Sisters of the Moon are either linked to night-time, when the stars can be glimpsed in the sky, or related to love and dancing.

Tracks:

01. Cours complet pour l'enseignement du forte-piano: Piano Étude No. 37 in G Major
02. Cours complet pour l'enseignement du forte-piano: Piano Étude No. 111 in G Minor
03. Das Jahr: 12 Characterstücke: No. 6, June
04. Das Jahr: 12 Characterstücke: No. 9, September
05. A Hermit Thrush at Eve, Op. 92 No. 1
06. A Hermit Thrush at Morn, Op. 92 No. 2
07. Petites pieces por piano: No. 1
08. Petites pieces por piano: No. 2
09. Petites pieces por piano: No. 3
10. Festívola
11. Le Sette Sorelle dal Cielo, for piano and electroacustic
12. Interludio (Oda a Kassia)
13. Rondo
14. Fantasie Nègre No. 1 in E Minor

Personnel:

Susana Gomez Vazquez — piano (Steinway & Sons)