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Bolcom & Chopin - Vers le Silence: Piano Works | Avie AV2475

Bolcom & Chopin - Vers le Silence: Piano Works

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Label: Avie

Cat No: AV2475

Barcode: 0822252247527

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 20th August 2021

Contents

Works

Bolcom, William

New Etudes (12) for piano (complete)

Chopin, Frederic

Mazurkas (51)
» no.43 in G minor, op.posth 67 no.2
» no.46 in C major, op.posth 68 no.1
» no.49 in F minor, op.posth 68 no.4
» no.51 in A minor 'Emile Galliard'
Polonaise no.4 in C minor, op.40 no.2
Polonaise no.6 in A flat major, op.53 'Heroic'
Waltzes (19)
» no.5 in A flat major, op.42
» no.10 in B minor, op.posth.69 no.2

Artists

Ran Dank (piano)

Works

Bolcom, William

New Etudes (12) for piano (complete)

Chopin, Frederic

Mazurkas (51)
» no.43 in G minor, op.posth 67 no.2
» no.46 in C major, op.posth 68 no.1
» no.49 in F minor, op.posth 68 no.4
» no.51 in A minor 'Emile Galliard'
Polonaise no.4 in C minor, op.40 no.2
Polonaise no.6 in A flat major, op.53 'Heroic'
Waltzes (19)
» no.5 in A flat major, op.42
» no.10 in B minor, op.posth.69 no.2

Artists

Ran Dank (piano)

About

Israeli-American pianist Ran Dank makes his solo debut recording juxtaposing works by Poland’s national composer Frédéric Chopin and the American Pulitzer Prize-winning William Bolcom, revealing their common affinity for the keyboard and ear for sound and sense of structure.

At first glance, the musical worlds of Frederic Chopin and William Bolcom would seem strange bedfellows. But on his solo debut recording, Israeli-American pianist Ran Dank makes a convincing case for pairing the two composers.

The former, Poland’s national composer, is synonymous with pianistic panache. The latter, a leading American, possesses one of contemporary music’s most bold and inventive voices. Juxtaposing the works of these two pianist-composers reveals their common affinity for the keyboard and ear for sound and sense of structure.

William Bolcom’s Twelve New Etudes won the Pulitzer Prize in 1988. Wonderfully eclectic, they move effortlessly between one musical idiom to another with endless ingenuity, exhibiting all the traits of Bolcom’s compositional craft. Chopin equally excelled with his Etudes, but Dank turns to his plentiful Polonaises, Mazurkas and Waltzes which range in style from heroic, to dark and brooding, haunting and beautiful.

Ran Dank, a Van Cliburn International Competition finalist and winner of the New York-based Young Concert Artists auditions, has been significantly influenced by these two composers who have shaped his trajectory as a pianist and musician. As a child to two parents from Poland, Chopin played a meaningful part in his upbringing, and he became mesmerised by the composer’s music at an early age.

Bolcom’s music was a much later discovery, but one that has become equally valuable and fitting, following Dank’s move to America.

“Dank played with impeccable technical surety...explosive force and triumphant exultation” – Washington Post

“a strong player with technique and imagination” – The New York Times

Reviews

a distinctive and excellently engineered debut by a thoughtful and seasoned artist: highly recommended.
Gramophone November 2021

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