{"product_id":"v1-album-dun-voyage-europe","title":"V1: ALBUM D'UN VOYAGE: EUROPE","description":"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eALBUM D’UN VOYAGEUR: VOLUME 1: EUROPE \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"BULLET12b\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e Cyprien Katsaris (pn) \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"BULLET12b\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e PIANO-21 032 (75:50) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eLISZT \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eAllegro Pastorale. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eR. STRAUSS \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eAn einsamer Quelle. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eJ. STRAUSS JR-SCHÜTT \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eAn der schönen blauen Donau. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eBRAHMS \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eHungarian Dance\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003e No. 1. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eKATSARIS \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eFree Improvisation on the Brahms \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eHungarian Dance\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003e No. 1. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eDVO?ÁK-KATSARIS \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eSlavonic Dance, \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003eop. 72\/2. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eHARRIS \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003ePiosenka o mojej Warszawi. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003ePETYREK \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eZu Pressburg an der Donau. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eELLER \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eAndantino; Alla Ballata;\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003e Kodumaine Viis. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eSIBELIUS-KATSARIS \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eFinlandia. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eHANNIKAINEN \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eSuomalainen Kehtosävel; Debussyn Varjokuva. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eLEIFS \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eRímnadanslög No. 4. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eLATOUR \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eVariations on \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eRule Britannia. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eRÖNTGEN \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eBergerette: Les Grandes Douleurs. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eALBÉNIZ-GODOWSKY \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eTango. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eJAËLL \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eCaprice brilliant on\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003e La Traviata. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eTRADITIONAL \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eKalamatianos. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eECONOMOU \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eSong of Freedom \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eVIENNESE CONNECTIONS \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"BULLET12b\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e Cyprien Katsaris (pn) \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"BULLET12b\"\u003e•\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e PIANO-21 033 (2 CDs: 153:32) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eBEETHOVEN \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003ePiano Sonata No. 8 in c, \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003eop. 13, “Pathétique”; \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003e6 Ecossaisen,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e WoO 83; \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eEcossaise,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e WoO 86; \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003e6 Kontretänze,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e WoO 14; \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eVariations on a Waltz of Diabelli\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003eop. 120\/1, 13, 20 \u0026amp; 22. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eBEETHOVEN-LISZT \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eSymphony No. 7: Allegretto. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eHÜTTENBRENNER \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eFuneral Tribute to Beethoven in Chords; Erlkönig Walzer; 6 Variations, \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003eop. 2; \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eFuneral Tribute to Schubert; Variation on a Waltz of Diabelli. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eSCHUBERT \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eVariations on a Theme of Hüttenbrenner, \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003eD 576; \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003e16 Ländler and 2 Ecossasien, \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003eD 734; \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eVariation on a Waltz of Diabelli. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eLISZT \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eSoirées de Vienne No. 2, \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003eS 427; \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eWalzer,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e S 208a; \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eValse,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e S 210b; \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eLändler,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e S 211; \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eVariation on a Waltz of Diabelli. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eSCHUBERT-LISZT \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eDie junge Nonne, \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003eD 828; \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12bi\"\u003eErlkönig,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e D 328. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eSCHUBERT-REINECKE-KATSARIS \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eSymphony No. 8, \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e“Unfinished.” \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eDIABELLI \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eSonatine, \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003eop. 151\/1; \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eSonatine,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e op. 168\/6; \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eSonatine,\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12\"\u003e op. 168\/7; \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eWaltz. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"COMPOSER12\"\u003eBEETHOVEN-DIABELLI \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"ARIAL12b\"\u003eString Quintet movement \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan\u003eIn certain ways, these two enterprising and imaginative collections are polar opposites. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eViennese Connections\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e gathers together music by four composers all working in a given place at a given time (Biedermeier Vienna) in order to give us a rich and detailed sense of the texture of a particular artistic ethos. \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eAlbum d’un Voyageur\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e, in contrast, wanders over three centuries and 16 countries apparently in order to give us some sense of the broad range within which musical nationalism can operate. In many other ways, though, they fit together well. Both interleave “serious” art with more “popular” works, original works with transcriptions and adaptations, canonical items with pieces you’re liable never to have heard before. (Among the rarities is Petyrek’s setting of a Ukrainian folk song, \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eZu Pressburg an der Donau\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e, with an astonishing similarity to the theme of Alkan’s \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eFestin d’Esop.\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e) And both collections are performed with the refreshing intelligence, wit, legerdemain, and variety of utterance that mark Katsaris’s maturity. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan\u003eThere’s no space for (nor profit in) a detailed account of each of the dozens and dozens of pieces on display here. Suffice it to say that from the granitic solidity of the Schubert-Liszt \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eDie junge Nonne\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e to the heartfelt sweetness of Strauss’s \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eAn einsamer Quelle\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e, from the zest of the Diabelli sonatinas (their conventionality overridden by the pianist’s relish) to the graciousness of the Liszt Allegro Pastorale, from the utter simplicity of Eller’s Andantino to the key-smashing exuberance of Schütt’s Strauss paraphrase (a welcome alternative to the Schulz-Evler), Katsaris gives us an all-embracing tour. And while even he can’t quite convince me that the few harmonic swerves make Hüttenbrenner’s otherwise foursquare op. 2 Variations worth resurrecting, virtually everything else here brings its special pleasures. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan\u003eHigh points? The “Unfinished” Symphony, where Katsaris brings out the splinters in Reinecke’s rough-hewn transcription to excellent effect (although I do wish, if only for historical accuracy, that he had given us Reinecke unadorned, rather than adding his own embellishments); Albert Harris’s deliciously tacky paean to Warsaw, played with just the right self-consciousness to keep it from turning tasteless; Liszt’s transcription of \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eErlkönig\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e, a torrential onslaught that reminds us that Katsaris, for all his mellowing, has not lost the virtuoso smash of his earlier days; \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eFinlandia\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e, which starts with such a growl and continues with such monumental assurance that you hardly miss the orchestra; Jaëll’s \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eTraviata\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e paraphrase, decked with such finely wrought glitter that the music’s gestural banality barely registers. But that’s just this week’s list; the playing is so committed and so consistently inspired, and the music is so varied, that I’m sure with next week’s turn of the kaleidoscope, new favorites will emerge. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan\u003eThe production values are excellent. The Viennese album was recorded in the studio in 2009; the pieces in \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-style:italic\"\u003eAlbum d’un Voyageur\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e were taped at 10 different venues (some during live performances) over more than a decade, but everything emerges with immediacy and impact. And the notes for both albums, in English, French, and German, are extensive and detailed—sufficiently so that, once you’ve taken out the booklet, you may find it difficult to get it back into the jewel case. Warmly welcomed. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cspan style=\"font-weight:bold\"\u003eFANFARE: Peter J. Rabinowitz \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Piano 21","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":49704379875608,"sku":"3760051450403","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/1659130.jpg?v=1747170951","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/v1-album-dun-voyage-europe","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}