I was struck throughout by Dariescu’s beauty of tone, her close attention to detail and the refinement of her playing. There is a focus on beauty of tone and conjuring up atmosphere and the graduated build-up and final fading away of the piece is adeptly handled.įauré’s Preludes date from 1909-1910 when he was starting to lose his hearing. They carry many of the hallmarks of his late style including a spare, clear means of expression and elusive harmonies. Dariescu’s performance of Boulanger’s sole piano prelude is refined and poetic. Boulanger showed exceptional musical talent from a very early age before her life was tragically cut short by TB at the age of tender age of 24. She begins her recital, however, with a glimpse of what might have been with Lili Boulanger’s Prelude in D Flat. ![]() I would have expected her to focus on Debussy in this final set, but instead she champions the lesser known preludes of Fauré and Messiaen. In the first, she focused on Chopin and Dutilleux and in the second Shostakovich and Szymanowski. This is Alexandra Dariescu’s third recording of preludes for Champs Hill. Support us financially by purchasing this from
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