Credits:

Hadjidakis / Papandreou

Description:

Ivan Illich's latest disc! Joseph Jongen's Prelude Collection! Duchabre's younger brother, Ivan Illich! A rare collection of piano works by Jongen, who will celebrate the 150th anniversary of his birth next year! A disciple of the legendary French virtuoso François-René Duchabre, is the Belgian composer Joseph Jongen (1873-1953), famous for his "Concerto Symphony for Organ and Orchestra", a collection of preludes for piano! Ilich has been working on recordings of Antoine Reicha (Reicha), who also composed experimental music as a theorist (Volume 1: CHAN10950, Volume 2: CHAN20033, Volume 3: CHAN20194), but this work also features a selection of works with music theory pleasures. 1873, Born in Liège, Belgium, Jongen showed an excellent aptitude for music from an early age, entering the Liège Conservatoire at the unusually young age of 7. He began composing at age 13, winning the Prix de Rome in Belgium in 1897 and receiving a scholarship that took him to Italy, Germany, and France. Discovering Brahms and Richard Strauss in Berlin, Fauré and Dandy in Paris, and Debussy and Ravel, the young Jongen was influenced by their music.Of Jongen's more than 130 numbered works alone, solo piano works account for about one-fifth, and about two-thirds of these were written during the last 30 years of his compositional career. (Many of his early works were influenced by Fauré.) The "Thirteen Preludes," composed in 1922, are highly poetic and sophisticated works, each with evocative titles such as "Anxiety," "Once upon a time," and "The Black Butterfly"; the "24 Minor Preludes," composed around 1940, is a cycle of works in all major and minor keys, like Bach's Mean Clavier cycle. The work is a cycle of 12 pairs of major and minor keys, one for each of the 12 major and minor keys. Composed in 12 pairs of major and minor keys, it reveals Jongen's affinity for free form and his mastery of compositional style. Tokyo M-Plus

Tracklisting:

1.13 Preludes, Op. 69 for Piano~Inquietude....Agitato ma non troppo Vivo in E flat minor
2.13 Preludes, Op. 69 for Piano~Nostalgique... Calme in B major
3.13 Preludes, Op. 69 for Piano~Pour danser... Allegro Modere in G major
4.13 Preludes, Op. 69 for Piano~Tourments... Agitato molto - Meno mosso - Vivo in C minor
5.13 Preludes, Op. 69 for Piano~Eau tranquille... Andantino (sans lenteur) in F minor
6.13 Preludes, Op. 69 for Piano~Appassionato... Vivace (molto agitato) in B flat minor
7.13 Preludes, Op. 69 for Piano~Il etait une fois... Moderato cantabile - Un poco piu mosso - Tempo I in B flat major
8.13 Preludes, Op. 69 for Piano~Interlude... Moderato assai - Piu lento in A minor
9.13 Preludes, Op. 69 for Piano~Angoisse... Tempestuoso in B flat major
10.13 Preludes, Op. 69 for Piano~Giovinezza... Andantino gracevole - Calmato in E flat major
11.13 Preludes, Op. 69 for Piano~Papillons noirs... lmpetuoso - Tempo Vivo in D minor
12.13 Preludes, Op. 69 for Piano~Tendresse... Andantino (tres expressif) - [ ] - Tempo I - Meno mosso, ma agitando - Calmando - Tempo [precedente] in F major
13.13 Preludes, Op. 69 for Piano~Airs de fete... Allegre - Ben cantabile in C major
14.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~1. Preambule. Sans lenteur in C major
15.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~2. Andantino in C minor
16.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~3. Confidence. Andante amabile in A flat major
17.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~4. Aria. Assez lent in G sharp minor
18.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~5. Canon. Moderato, sans lenteur in E major
19.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~6. Grave. Energies in E minor
20.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~7. Allegro commodo. [ ] in D flat major
21.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~8. Fughetta. Moderato in C sharp minor
22.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~9. Etude pour la petite Cecile a l'occasion de sa 3e annee. Allegro ma non troppo in A major
23.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~10. Tristesse. [ ] in A minor
24.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~11. Pastorale. [ ] in F major
25.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~12. Passacaglietta. [ ] in F minor
26.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~13. Rigaudon. [ ] in D major
27.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~14. Sarabande. [ ] in D minor
28.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~15. Valse mignonne. [ ] in B flat major
29.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~16. Molto espressivo in B flat minor
30.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~17. Les Touches noires. [ ] in F sharp major
31.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~18. Petit ruisseau. [ ] in F sharp minor
32.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~19. Bravura.[ ] in E flat major
33.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~20. [ ] in E flat minor
34.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~21. Leggiero. [ ] in B major
35.24 Petits Preludes dans tous les tons, Op.116 for Piano~22. Scarlattiana. [ ] in B minor