Florian Noack offers a clear, imaginative and vigorous reading of these brilliant yet still little-known pieces. Like Liszt’s Douze Études d’exécution transcendante, which Lyapunov revered, these visionary and colorful works, sometimes steeped in Russian folklore, require the performer to possess technical prowess and poetic sensibility in equal measure. Florian Noack overcomes their countless difficulties with magnificent brio and exemplary musicality.
‘Nowhere are there so many little- known, unsung and unknown figures as in the realm of music. An entire lifetime would not suffice us, were we to undertake to rehabilitate this obscure horde of neglected composers, to gain recognition for these treasures abandoned in the night of ignorance.’ – Vladimir Jankélévitch
1 Lyapunov: 12 Études D’exécution Transcendante – Berceuse (Lullaby) in F Sharp Major
2 Lyapunov: 12 Études D’exécution Transcendante – Rondes Des Fantômes (Ghosts’s Dance) in D Sharp minor
3 Lyapunov: 12 Études D’exécution Transcendante – Carillon (The Bells) in B Major
4 Lyapunov: 12 Études D’exécution Transcendante – Térek in G Sharp minor
5 Lyapunov: 12 Études D’exécution Transcendante -Nuit D’ÉTÉ (Summer Night) in E Major
6 Lyapunov: 12 Études D’exécution Transcendante – Tempête (Storm) in C Sharp minor
7 Lyapunov: 12 Études D’exécution Transcendante – Idylle in a Major
8 Lyapunov: 12 Études D’exécution Transcendante – Chant Épique (Epic Song) in F Sharp minor
9 Lyapunov: 12 Études D’exécution Transcendante – Harpes Éoliennes (Aeolian Harps) in D Major
10 Lyapunov: 12 Études D’exécution Transcendante – Lesghinka in B minor
11 Lyapunov: 12 Études D’exécution Transcendante – Rondes Des Sylphes (Dance of the Sylphs) in G Major
12 Lyapunov: 12 Études D’exécution Transcendante – Élégie en Mémoire de François Liszt in E minor