The album cover features the painting 'Castle Garden' from 1931 by Paul Klee, a German-Swiss artist.
Performer Biography
Alexei Lubimov, the pianist on this album, was the first to spark interest in Baroque music on period instruments and contemporary music at the Moscow Conservatory.
Compositional Technique
Silvestrov uses a special technique called 'acoustic harmony,' where reverberating sounds of previous chords are sustained by an almost constant pedal.
Performer Biography
Jean-Paul Dessy, the conductor, is also a composer, cellist, and holds a Master's Degree in Philosophy and Literature.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Silvestrov's 'metaphorical style' or 'metamusic' is composed of fragments and 'moments' rather than whole themes, with the idea of 'memory' generating the 'postlude' genre.
Compositional Technique
Many of Silvestrov's pieces, including some on this album, exist in multiple settings, as melodic clarity and the potential to be remembered are more important to him than timbre.
Composer Biography
Valentin Silvestrov, a member of the Soviet avant-garde, made a dramatic shift in his artistic approach in the mid-1970s.
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