Moments

Description

Olga Georgievskaya, who made her critically acclaimed debut with Chaconnes & Songs, returns with Moments, a selection of concise yet deeply felt pieces by Rachmaninov and Liszt, as well as world premiere recordings of her own transcriptions of two songs by Dargomyzhsky, and her Chaconne on themes by Purcell, based on the famous “Lamentation of Dido” from Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. As Olga Georgievskaya says in her Artist Statement, a feature of Odradek’s booklets: “Each work on this program is unique and represents in its own way an unusual style in the art of the piano.” About Rachmaninov’s Moments Musicaux, she says: “These brief but evocative pieces capture a range of experiences: they unfold before the listener like a vivid and picturesque soundscape, enchant with their eloquence and expressiveness, invite us to quiet philosophical reflection, or stir the listener with their grandeur.” Of Liszt, she describes “Valley of Obermann” and “After a Reading of Dante: Fantasia quasi sonata” as “two of the most significant pieces from the first two volumes of his cycle Années de Pèlerinage. Compared with traditional variations, Liszt’s transformation of a single motif throughout these works presents a stunning range of possibilities, changing beyond recognition and evolving into diverse and contrasting imaginary worlds.”