Pianist Audrey Vigoureux aims to unite the 'fire of fantasy' and the 'crystal of fugue' in her interpretations of Bach and Beethoven.
Compositional Technique
Beethoven's Sonata Op. 27 No. 1 does not follow traditional sonata form; its movements are played without interruption, featuring unexpected mood shifts like a free fantasy.
Album & Artwork
The album title, 'Quasi una Fantasia,' refers to Beethoven's subtitle for two of his sonatas, including one on this album, signifying a sonata 'like a Fantasy'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Beethoven's 'Quasi una Fantasia' sonatas broke traditional forms, combining formal elaboration with creative freedom, a fusion unprecedented in music history.
Compositional Technique
Beethoven's Sonata Op. 110 incorporates two Silesian folk songs, 'Unsa Kätz häd Katzln ghabt' ('our cat has had kittens') and 'Ich bin lüderlich, du bist lüderlich' ('I am a slob, you are a slob'), into its scherzo movement.
Composer Biography
Beethoven's Sonata Op. 110 reflects the composer's 'sick subjectivity,' with the contrapuntal constraints acting as an 'antidote' and 'vector of life' against his personal suffering.
Performer Biography
Audrey Vigoureux, the pianist, founded 'Les Athénéennes Festival' in Geneva in 2010 to promote collaborations across different musical genres like jazz, contemporary, and electronic music.
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