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Special offer. Visions

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich (piano)

Visions

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Few, if any, duos are better equipped to take on this mantle than Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich.Aimard’s exceptionally close association with Messiaen and Loriod goes back to...

Special offer. Visions

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich (piano)

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Few, if any, duos are better equipped to take on this mantle than Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich.Aimard’s exceptionally close association with Messiaen and Loriod goes back to...

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Visions offers Tamara Stefanovich and Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s return to Pentatone, presenting a programme revolving around Messiaen’s intoxicating Visions de l‘amen for two pianos. This centrepiece is surrounded by Enescu’s Carillon nocturne, Knussen’s Prayer Bell Sketch and Clock IV from Birtwistle’s Harrison’s Clocks. The works performed all share a fascination for the sound of bells, and Stefanovich and Aimard invite the listener on a mesmerizing acoustic journey. Tamara Stefanovich is captivating audiences worldwide with a broad repertoire ranging from Bach to contemporary composers, and made her Pentatone debut with the critically-acclaimed album Influences (2019). Widely acclaimed as a key figure in the music of our time and as a uniquely significant interpreter of piano repertoire from every age, Pierre-Laurent Aimard enjoys an internationally celebrated career. His exclusive engagement to Pentatone has led to a complete recording of Messiaen’s Catalogue d’oiseaux (2018) and a recording of Beethoven’s Hammerklavier Sonata and Eroica Variations (2021).

Contents and tracklist

I. Amen de la création
Track length5:48
II. Amen des étoiles, de la planète à l'anneau
Track length5:35
III. Amen de l'agonie de Jésus
Track length8:46
IV. Amen du désir
Track length11:08
V. Amen des anges, des saints, du chant des oiseaux
Track length8:45
VI. Amen du jugement
Track length2:50
VII. Amen de la consommation
Track length8:08
VII. Carillon nocturne
Track length6:24

Awards and reviews

December 2022

Few, if any, duos are better equipped to take on this mantle than Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich.Aimard’s exceptionally close association with Messiaen and Loriod goes back to his youth when he studied with both of them...Stefanovich is also thoroughly immersed in Visions and, unusually, they have alternated parts in their numerous performances.

December 2022

These seasoned musicians play both the acoustics and their pianos...the joyful asymmetric phrases throughout ‘Amen des étoiles, de la planète à l’anneau’ have plenty of room to both dance and breathe, in contrast with the Argerich/Rabinovitch traversal’s neo-Prokofievian drive.
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