Tristan Generation

Description

After Wanderer without words (Alpha 984), which showcased her talents as a transcriber and pianist – "we applaud both the skill of the writing and the interpretation alternating subtle gestures and passionate flashes," writes Diapason – Juliette Journaux embarks here on "a declaration of love for German post-romanticism," born at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, which dares to marry "the sublime and the trivial, beauty and horror, ecstasy and anguish, the divine and the carnal." Composers gradually emancipate themselves from classical structures, the limits of tonality are pushed back, and the system of organizing sounds around a stable main point of attraction is disrupted: "Post-romanticism disturbs clear waters," continues the French pianist. These tensions are particularly strikingly embodied in a work whose shockwave traverses the entire late 19th century: Tristan und Isolde, premiered on June 10, 1865. The "Wagner case" will captivate the musical world for decades, and young Viennese composers will follow in the master's footsteps: Wolf, Zemlinsky, Schoenberg, Schreker, Braunfels, Korngold are on the program of this recital, composed of numerous transcriptions by the pianist, which provides a captivating insight into this historical turning point.