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After the tonal luminosity of the Bagatelles, the piercing dissonances at the opening of the Elegy exert a particularly poignant impact, as does The Messenger where the interaction between the... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 24th Sep 2007
Catalogue No: 4766178
Label: ECM
Series: New Series
Length: 74 minutes

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Sylvestrov: Bagatellen

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Valentin Silvestrov (piano)
Recorded: 2006-02-10
Recording Venue: Himmelfahrtskirche Sendling, München

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VII

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VIII

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XIII

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Sylvestrov: II

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Valentin Silvestrov (piano)
Recorded: 2006-02-10
Recording Venue: Himmelfahrtskirche Sendling, München

Sylvestrov: Elegie

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Munich Chamber Orchestra
Christoph Poppen
Recorded: 2006-02-10
Recording Venue: Himmelfahrtskirche Sendling, München

Sylvestrov: Stille Musik

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Valentin Silvestrov (piano)
Munich Chamber Orchestra
Christoph Poppen
Recorded: 2006-02-10
Recording Venue: Himmelfahrtskirche Sendling, München

1. Walzer des Augenblicks

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2. Abendserenade

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3. Augenblicke der Serenade

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Sylvestrov: Abschiedsserenade

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Munich Chamber Orchestra
Christoph Poppen
Recorded: 2006-02-10
Recording Venue: Himmelfahrtskirche Sendling, München

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Sylvestrov: Der Bote

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Alexei Lubimov (piano)
Munich Chamber Orchestra
Christoph Poppen
Recorded: 2006-02-10
Recording Venue: Himmelfahrtskirche Sendling, München

Sylvestrov: Zwei Dialoge mit Nachwort

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Alexei Lubimov (piano)
Munich Chamber Orchestra
Christoph Poppen
Recorded: 2006-02-10
Recording Venue: Himmelfahrtskirche Sendling, München

1. Hochzeitswalzer

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2. Postludium

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3. Morgenserenade

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“Valentin Silvestrov is one of the greatest composers of our time” Arvo Pärt

ECM celebrates the 70th birthday (on 30 September) of Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov in style with an album of almost otherworldly beauty featuring shimmering, ravishing playing from Russian pianist Alexei Lubimov and the strings of the Munich Chamber Orchestra. Among the five world premieres is one dedicated to his good friend Arvo Pärt, and Silvestrov himself plays his Bagatelles for piano - music of aching lyricism - very touchingly.

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November 2007

After the tonal luminosity of the Bagatelles, the piercing dissonances at the opening of the Elegy exert a particularly poignant impact, as does The Messenger where the interaction between the resonances of piano and strings is extremely haunting.

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ECM marks Valentin Silvestrov's 70th birthday with a disc that assembles smaller pieces and collections written over the past decade. A disc, moreover, of two distinct halves – the first of which features the composer in his Bagatelles: 13 miniatures that do not so much succeed as 'bleed' into each other in a half-hour sequence whose spectral allusions to Romantic pianism and consistently attenuated dynamics (the damper pedal sustained throughout) go some way to defining the essence of Silvestrov's music. Even then, the dissonance on which the final piece evanesces hints at those darker ambiguities which are present in even his seemingly most unequivocal statements.
The second half focuses on music for strings, sensitively rendered by the Munich Chamber Orchestra and Christoph Poppen. If the trio of ethereal dances comprising Stille Musik and distanced elegance of the two-part Abschiedsserenade are all of a piece with what came before, Elegie evinces a more anguished expression. Pianist Alexei Lubimov makes a fastidious contribution to Der Bote – a Mozartian rondo of deceptive tranquillity – and the oblique recollections of Wagner and Schubert that inform the serene Zwei Dialoge mit Nachtwort. Recording and annotations reflect ECM's customary high standards, and the release can be recommended as an ideal résumé of one aspect – though not necessarily the lighter one – of Silvestrov's creativity.

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