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The modern Steinway grand seems a bit of a blunt instrument to convey the full range of Bach's individuality, but Lazic's fastidiously articulated fingerwork and his feel for CPE's cultivated... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 31st Oct 2011
Catalogue No: CCSSA28511
Label: Channel
Series: Liaisons
Length: 68 minutes

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Bach, C P E: Harpsichord Sonata in D minor, Wq. 69 (H53)

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I. Allegro

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II. Andante

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III. Allegretto. Theme and Variations

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Britten: Five Waltzes for piano

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I. Rather fast and nervous

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II. Quick, with wit

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III. Dramatic

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IV. Rhythmic, not fast

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V. Variations. Quiet and simple

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Bach, C P E: Fantasia in D Major, Wq. 117 / 14, H. 160. Allegro

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Bach, C P E: La Boehmer in D Major, Wq. 117 / 26, H. 81. Prestissimo

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Britten: Holiday Diary Op. 5 for solo piano

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I. Early Morning Bathe. Vivace ma non troppo presto

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II. Sailing. Andante comodo

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III. Fun-Fair. Allegro brillantissimo

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IV. Night. Molto lento e tranquillo, sempre rubato

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Bach, C P E: Keyboard Sonata in E flat major, Wq. 65 / 42 (H189)

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I. Allegro di molto

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II. Adagio assai sostenuto, ed affetuoso

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III. Presto

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Britten: Night Piece. Notturno. Lento tranquillo

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The word liaison can be translated in many ways: affair, affinity, connection, link, relationship, union. The CDs in the Liaisons series each feature two particular composers, enabling us to explore their musical worlds, sources of inspiration and degree of influence. At the same time, the recordings reveal their most conspicuous differences and their common denominators. Some of these composers are not often heard together (for example D. Scarlatti & Bartók or C.Ph.E. Bach & Britten). However, when time barriers and stylistic differences are put aside, many similarities may be discovered: as if the dialect is different, but the language common. On the other hand, composers who we may imagine to be very similar and easy to combine in any programme (for example Schumann & Brahms), reveal a whole new world of diversity and contrast when heard together. Through a careful choice of composers and compositions on each CD, the Liaisons series offers a bright spectrum of colours, variety and dynamic range, challenging the listener anew with every release.

The present third volume combines the very few original works for piano solo by Benjamin Britten with C.Ph.E. Bach's Prussian Sonatas. Britten's pieces, in all their minimalism, "unusual purity" (Arvo Pärt), perfect clarity and sometimes even emotionally restricted formality, contrast with the emerging Sturm und Drang atmosphere of Bach's sonatas, with their freedom and variety of structural design, lucid style, delicate and tender expression, inventiveness and extreme unpredictability. Dejan Lazic

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December 2011

The modern Steinway grand seems a bit of a blunt instrument to convey the full range of Bach's individuality, but Lazic's fastidiously articulated fingerwork and his feel for CPE's cultivated waywardness are persuasive. He toys with the finale of the D minor Sonata like a precision-powered cat with a mouse, and La Bohmer positively fizzes. He also turns the pages of Britten's pungent Holiday Diary with a compelling, sometimes Puckish, narrative flair.

January 2012

This is Vol. 3 of Lazic's series entitled 'Liaisons' - unexpected pairings of composers who we might not necessarily expect to have much in common...Lazic's unpredictable union works surprisingly well. His feather-light despatch of the D minor Sonata's last-movement variations almost melts into the first of Britten's early Five Waltzes.

March 2012

The Bach/Britten pairing is a useful one, and it does throw up some interesting similarities and contrasts, but the real pleasure resides in Lazic’s magical readings of the Britten pieces.

20th October 2011

Lazic plays with palpable heart, with genuine spirit that derives entirely from the music itself, with dexterity, subtlety and insight that make this recital thoroughly compelling.

Volume 3 - CPE Bach & Britten

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