Arthur Lourié: Solo Piano Works

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Ernst’s sensitively artistic performances point up Lourié’s remarkable diversity of expression, and make a compelling case for his music — Gramophone Magazine, January 2017 More…

Release Date: 14th Oct 2016
Catalogue No: C5281
Label: Capriccio
Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

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Lourié: Preludes fragiles (5), Op. 1

Work length12:13

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

No. 1. Lento

Track length2:45

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No. 2. Calme, pas vite

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No. 3. Tendre, pensif

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No. 4. Affabile

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No. 5. Modéré

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Lourié: Estampes (1910)

Work length10:38

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

No. 1. Crépuscule d'un faune

Track length6:36

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No. 2. 'Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se répondent'

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Lourié: 2 Mazurkas, Op. 7

Work length5:26

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

No. 1. Lent, languidé

Track length2:06

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No. 2. Essoré

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Lourié: 4 Poèmes, Op. 10

Work length11:20

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

No. 1. Spleen

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No. 2. Caprices

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No. 3. Autoportrait

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No. 4. Ironies

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Lourié: 2 Poèmes, Op. 8

Work length11:59

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

No. 1. Essor

Track length3:36

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No. 2. Ivresse

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Lourié: Masques

Work length22:22

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

No. 1. Nuagé, suave

Track length3:37

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No. 2. Caché, avec une ironie suave

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No. 3. Avec une grâce fragile

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No. 4. Dans un mystère profond et calme

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No. 5. Etrange, charmé

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No. 6. Très lent, calme

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No. 7. Pâmé, avec désir croissant

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Lourié: Minuet in the manner of Gluck

Work length3:58

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

Lourié: Synthèses, Op 16

Work length12:39

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

No. 1. Lent

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No. 2. Moderement animé

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No. 3. Vite (aigu)

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No. 4. Assez vite

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No. 5. Mesuré

Track length1:41

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Lourié: Formes En L'Air for piano, Nos 1-3

Work length10:12

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

No. 1.

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No. 2.

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No. 3.

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Lourié: Emploi du temps

Work length11:44

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

No. 1. Etüde

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No. 2. Spaziergang

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No. 3. Schatten

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No. 4. Zauber

Track length2:28

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No. 5. Mutwille

Track length1:39

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Lourié: Scenes (8) of Russian Childhood

Work length12:38

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

No. 1. Paturage en Porcelaine

Track length1:15

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No. 2. Trepachek

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No. 3. Sage comme une image

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No. 4. Diablotin

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No. 5. Loup Garou

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No. 6. Dodo

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No. 7. Le Diable marie ses filles

Track length1:44

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No. 8. Children's song

Track length1:34

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Lourié: Piano Sonatina No. 3

Work length2:53

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

Lourié: Upmann, a Smoking Sketch

Work length3:47

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

Lourié: Nash Marsh (Our March)

Work length5:06

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Oskar Ansull (narrator), Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

Lourié: Toccata

Work length5:48

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

Lourié: Valse

Work length4:40

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

Lourié: Petite Suite in F major

Work length3:31

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

Track length0:39

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II.

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III.

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IV.

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Lourié: Gigue

Work length4:02

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

Lourié: Marche

Work length2:14

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

Lourié: Nocturne

Work length9:43

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

Lourié: Intermezzo

Work length8:30

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

Lourié: Berceuse de la chevrette

Work length4:25

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

Lourié: Phoenix Park Nocturne

Work length5:02

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Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

Lourié: Death's Mistake, Op. 40

Work length34:25

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Oskar Ansull (narrator), Moritz Ernst (piano)
Recorded: 2-4 April 2013 / 21-24 March 2016
Recording Venue: Recorded at Studio Gärtnerstraße, Berlin, Germany

Text

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I. Prélude

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Text

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II. Dance 1: Allegro

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Text

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III. Rubato

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Text

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IV. Lent, mesuré

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Text

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V. Dance 2

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Text

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When we endeavour to grasp the composer Arthur Lourié, we encounter some difficulties. He was born as Naum Izrailevich Lur'ya in 1892, according to his own statements and documents, but there is also evidence for 1891. At the age of 21, the born Jew converted to Christianity; he was a charismatic bohemian and Soviet cultural politician who did not return from a so-called official journey to Berlin in 1922 and was a pioneer of Modernism in music, enjoying mingling among the poets and painters of the Silver Age and being inspired by them. His musical oeuvre is just as multi-faceted and diverse. During his years in Russia, he composed the most differing works next to one another, true to the precept of his role model Ferruccio Busoni that a composer should never repeat himself and has to find a new artistic solution for every work, as it were. But the pieces from his exile in France (1924-1941) paradoxically often sound more Russian than those written in Russia. However, Lourié’s 10-year collaboration and partly also friendship with Igor Stravinsky interestingly found no expression in his piano works. Stravinsky’s percussive piano style remained alien to him.

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January 2017

Ernst’s sensitively artistic performances point up Lourié’s remarkable diversity of expression, and make a compelling case for his music

August 2017

With the added attraction of Death’s Mistake this Capriccio set is by any standards a generous collection of superbly played and glorious but rarely heard music worthy of anyone’s attention.

Arthur Lourié: Solo Piano Works

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