大象传媒

Recorded at Wigmore Hall on 17th September.
Jeremy Denk explores six centuries of repertoire, transcribed for the piano.

Machaut: Doulz amis, oy mon compleint
Binchois: Triste plaisir
Ockeghem: Missa prolationum - Kyrie
Dufay: Franc cuer gentil
Josquin des Prez: Missa Pange lingua - Kyrie I
Janequin: Au joly jeu
Byrd: My Ladye Nevells Booke - A voluntarie
Gesualdo: Madrigali libro sesto - O Dolce mio tesoro
Monteverdi: Zefiro torna e di soavi accenti
Purcell: Ground in C minor
Scarlatti: Sonata in B flat major, K551
Bach: Chromatic fantasia and fugue, BWV903

8.15: Interval

8.35: Mozart: Piano Sonata in C major, K545 - II. Andante
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 5 in C minor, Op. 10 No. 1 - I. Allegro molto e con brio
Schumann: Fantasiest眉cke, Op. 12 - No. 5 In der Nacht
Chopin: 24 Preludes Op. 28 - No. 1 in C major; No. 2 in A minor
Liszt: Isoldes Liebestod aus Tristan und Isolde, S447 (transcription from Richard Wagner)
Brahms: 4 Klavierst眉cke, Op. 119 - No. 1: Intermezzo in B minor
Schoenberg: M盲ssige, Op. 11 No. 1
Debussy: Images Book 1 - Reflets dans l'eau
Stravinsky: Piano Rag Music
Stockhausen: Klavierst眉ck I
Glass: Etude No. 2
Ligeti: 脡tude No. 6 Automne 脿 Varsovie
Gilles de Binchois: Triste plaisir

In a fascinating programme spanning six centuries of repertoire, Jeremy Denk charts the history of Western music from the Medieval and Renaissance worlds of Machaut, Binchois and Frescobaldi to Bach, Beethoven and Brahms, and journeys via Stockhausen, Ligeti and Philip Glass back to Binchois.

The American pianist, honoured by Musical America as its 2014 Instrumentalist of the Year, is blessed with the potent combination of intellectual curiosity, expressive generosity and poetic spirit, qualities at the heart of his strikingly individual interpretations of everything from Bach and Beethoven to Cowell and Kirchner.