Silvestrov: Touching the Memory

Vocal and chamber music by a post-Soviet master of poetry and stillness.

Composer: Valentin Silvestrov
Artists: Alexei Lubimov (piano), Ensemble Musiques Nouvelles, Jean-Paul Dessy (conductor)

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Born in 1937, the Ukrainian Valentin Silvestrov may be counted alongside his contemporaries Arvo Pärt and Giya Kancheli as among the most profoundly spiritual composers from the Soviet republics. Silvestrov, however, distinguishes himself from those contemporaries by the sharpness of his ears and the freshness of his thinking.

Silvestrov’s Fifth Symphony achieved a cult status among dissident Soviets and then in the West through the gradual dissemination of a recording made in 1976. The loving adieus of his later music have come about through an immersion in the Western avant-garde, with Webern as the fountain-head, that unlike Pärt he has not so much disowned as refined. This is music perpetually on the threshold of saying goodbye, wholly in love with the Viennese classics and yet regretfully aware that their world is irrecoverable.

Track list:
00:00:00 Valentin Silvestrov: 4 Postludes for Piano and String Orchestra: I. Larghetto, andante
00:03:55 Valentin Silvestrov: 4 Postludes for Piano and String Orchestra: II. Moderato
00:06:51 Valentin Silvestrov: 4 Postludes for Piano and String Orchestra: III. Larghetto
00:09:01 Valentin Silvestrov: 4 Postludes for Piano and String Orchestra: IV. Larghetto
00:12:42 Valentin Silvestrov: Moments of Poetry and Music for Soprano, Piano and String Orchestra: I. “Keine Stimme” Poem by Paul Celan
00:15:04 Valentin Silvestrov: Moments of Poetry and Music for Soprano, Piano and String Orchestra: II. Melody-Postscriptum
00:18:53 Valentin Silvestrov: 3 Postludes for Piano, Op. 64: I. Andantino
00:20:26 Valentin Silvestrov: 3 Postludes for Piano, Op. 64: II. Adagio
00:22:44 Valentin Silvestrov: 3 Postludes for Piano, Op. 64: III. Larghetto
00:24:10 Valentin Silvestrov: Epitaph for Piano and String Orchestra
00:32:24 Valentin Silvestrov: 3 Waltzes for Piano, Op. 54: I. Hommage à A. Schönberg
00:33:43 Valentin Silvestrov: 3 Waltzes for Piano, Op. 54: II. Hommage à A. Webern
00:34:38 Valentin Silvestrov: 3 Waltzes for Piano, Op. 54: III. Hommage à A. Berg
00:36:20 Valentin Silvestrov: 2 Elegies for Piano, Op. 60: I. Moderato
00:38:07 Valentin Silvestrov: 2 Elegies for Piano, Op. 60: II. Andante
00:41:18 Valentin Silvestrov: 6 Pieces for String Orchestra: I. Serenade of Childhood
00:44:43 Valentin Silvestrov: 6 Pieces for String Orchestra: II. Elegy
00:48:46 Valentin Silvestrov: 6 Pieces for String Orchestra: III. Farewell Waltz
00:51:43 Valentin Silvestrov: 6 Pieces for String Orchestra: IV. Postlude
00:54:29 Valentin Silvestrov: 6 Pieces for String Orchestra: V. Autumn Serenade
00:56:51 Valentin Silvestrov: 6 Pieces for String Orchestra: VI. Pastoral
00:59:45 Valentin Silvestrov: 3 pieces for Piano, Op. 27: I. Elegy
01:03:06 Valentin Silvestrov: 3 pieces for Piano, Op. 27: II. Intermezzo
01:04:57 Valentin Silvestrov: 3 pieces for Piano, Op. 27: III. Serenade
01:07:24 Valentin Silvestrov: Hymn-2001
01:12:15 Valentin Silvestrov: 3 Waltzes for Piano: I.
01:13:58 Valentin Silvestrov: 3 Waltzes for Piano: II.
01:15:55 Valentin Silvestrov: 3 Waltzes for Piano: III.

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