Artist(s): Choni, Dmytro
Label: Naxos
Series: Laureate Series
Genre: Instrumental
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.574136
Barcode: 747313413676
Release Date: 05/2020

Piano Recital: Choni, Dmytro - DEBUSSY, C. / GINASTERA, A. / LIGETI, G. / PROKOFIEV, S.

The Ukrainian pianist Dmytro Choni, winner of the 2018 Paloma O’Shea Santander International Piano Competition, has selected a programme that spans the 20th century. The first book of Debussy’s Images offers poetic evocation and virtuoso caprice, whereas Prokofiev’s Piano Sonata No. 6, completed in 1940, is the first of his ‘War Sonatas’, characteristically contrasting rhythmic vitality with rich lyricism. Ginastera, too, supplies vivid intensity in his Piano Sonata No. 1 suggesting the sound of the guitar, while Ligeti’s Étude is a Debussyian evocation of a rainbow.

Tracklist

Debussy, Claude
Choni, Dmytro (piano)
1No. 1. Reflets dans l'eau05:42
Choni, Dmytro (piano)
2No. 2. Hommage à Rameau07:02
Choni, Dmytro (piano)
3No. 3. Mouvement03:27
Choni, Dmytro (piano)
Ginastera, Alberto
Choni, Dmytro (piano)
4I. Allegro marcato03:55
Choni, Dmytro (piano)
5II. Presto misterioso02:35
Choni, Dmytro (piano)
6III. Adagio molto appassionato05:29
Choni, Dmytro (piano)
7IV. Ruvido ed ostinato02:35
Choni, Dmytro (piano)
Ligeti, György
Choni, Dmytro (piano)
8Études, Book 1: No. 5. Arc-en-ciel03:29
Choni, Dmytro (piano)
Prokofiev, Sergey
Choni, Dmytro (piano)
9I. Allegro moderato08:52
Choni, Dmytro (piano)
10II. Allegretto05:41
Choni, Dmytro (piano)
11III. Tempo di valzer lentissimo08:51
Choni, Dmytro (piano)
12IV. Vivace07:46
Choni, Dmytro (piano)

Total Playing Time: 01:05:24