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although Janacek, Ravel and Prokofiev write in such different styles, Gavric draws some intriguing parallels between them, especially their preoccupation with piano timbre and texture....Particularly... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 5th Sep 2011
Catalogue No: CHRCD026
Label: Champs Hill Records
Length: 78 minutes

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Contents

Janáček: Piano Sonata 1.X.1905 in E flat minor, JW VIII / 19 'From the Street'

Work length14:18

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Ivana Gavrić

I. P?edtucha (Presentiment)

Track length6:19

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II. Smrt (Death)

Track length7:59

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Excerpt, Janáček: On An Overgrown Path

Work length3:34

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Ivana Gavrić

Excerpt, Janáček: On An Overgrown Path

Work length3:16

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Ivana Gavrić

Excerpt, Janáček: On An Overgrown Path

Work length1:02

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Ivana Gavrić

Excerpt, Janáček: On An Overgrown Path

Work length3:56

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Ivana Gavrić

Excerpt, Janáček: On An Overgrown Path

Work length2:32

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Ivana Gavrić

Excerpt, Janáček: On An Overgrown Path

Work length2:01

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Ivana Gavrić

Excerpt, Janáček: On An Overgrown Path

Work length2:51

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Ivana Gavrić

Excerpt, Janáček: On An Overgrown Path

Work length3:49

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Ivana Gavrić

Excerpt, Janáček: On An Overgrown Path

Work length3:04

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Ivana Gavrić

Excerpt, Janáček: On An Overgrown Path

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Ivana Gavrić

Ravel: Valses Nobles et Sentimenales

Work length15:43

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Ivana Gavrić

I. Modéré - très franc

Track length1:22

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II. Assez lent

Track length2:29

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III. Modéré

Track length1:21

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IV. Assez animé

Track length1:08

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V. Presque lent

Track length1:15

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VI. Vif

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VII. Moins vif

Track length2:56

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VIII. Épilogue: lent

Track length4:37

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Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14

Work length18:38

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Ivana Gavrić

I. Allegro, ma non troppo

Track length6:23

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II. Scherzo: Allegro marcato

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III. Andante

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IV. Vivace

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Ivana Gavrić made her debut on Champs Hill Records in 2010, when her playing described as “altogether of an extraordinary calibre” by BBC Music Magazine who also made her Newcomer of the Year in their 2011 BBC Music Magazine Awards.

Her second recording brings together works written between 1905 and 1912, by composers separated by nationality; but linked together in possibly the most exciting period in modern European culture.

Completing her survey of Janáčekʼs major solo piano works, Ivana puts On an overgrown path and the Sonata, 1. X. 1905 in the context of Ravelʼs Valses nobles et sentimentales and Prokofievʼs Sonata No. 2.

Ivana writes “Ever since my student years, the Ballets Russes have greatly fascinated me, in particular Prokofievʼs involvement with Diaghilev and the company. His second Sonata is a real statement by a young composer who has just formulated his style, full of his trademark soaring melodies and occasional sarcastic gestures.”

At a similar time and as if in another world, Janáček was finding his unique style at his own pace. He uses Moravian folk melodies first in the opening numbers of the Path, and more confidently in the Sonata. His harmonies and textures develop, becoming far more daring and introverted in the later-composed and more obscure numbers of the Path. Like Prokofiev, melody was key for Janáček, although in a more fractured, febrile state.

“ I have always been drawn to the brash, brass-like chords at the start of Ravelʼs Valses nobles et sentimentales” adds Ivana. “They open the work with such a rude gesture, later melting into more sensuous and quirky takes on the waltz which end in an epilogue: a hazy recollection of ʻthe night beforeʼ.”

Reviews

December 2011

although Janacek, Ravel and Prokofiev write in such different styles, Gavric draws some intriguing parallels between them, especially their preoccupation with piano timbre and texture....Particularly impressive is her pacing in the Piano Sonata 1.X.1905, where the use of silence in the second movement creates a feeling of impending doom.

December 2011

In the Sonata, she heightens the speech-like phrasing by overtly differentiating the composer's sometimes idiosyncratic articulation markings...The intimacy, finely honed nuance, conversational flow and subtle underlining of the composer's harmonic surprises that Gavric brings to each of the short pieces comprising On an Overgrown Path prove more memorable still...Gavric obviously revels in the piano-writing's sensuality and gentle resonance.

May 2014

[Gavrić] has emerged as one of the most searching interpreters of the composer's piano music in recent years. The balance between the conversational and lyrical elements is beautifully judged.

22nd September 2011

in both the Sonata and the miniatures of On an Overgrown Path she shows the same careful grading of Janác˘ek's textures, and perfect judgment of mood and manner that made her earlier performance so convincing...Technically, both [the Ravel & Prokofiev] are immaculate, but the Ravel remains just a little too strait-laced, though Gavric parades its range of keyboard colour exuberantly, while the Prokofiev just needs more bite. But it's still a fine disc.

17th September 2011

The performances have clarity, subtlety and beautifully fluid phrasing, but little sense of emotional involvement...Yet there’s a keen intelligence at work, as well as formidable technique.

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