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BAND/ARTIST: Ralph van Raat
- Title: Erik Lotichius: Anaitalrax (25 Virtuosic Piano Studies)
- Year Of Release: 2017/2021
- Label: Solaire Records
- Genre: Classical Piano
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) / flac 24bits - 192.0kHz +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:58:50
- Total Size: 435 mb / 3.82 gb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
CD1
01. Anaitalrax: No. 1, Poco allegro
02. Anaitalrax: No. 2, Vivace
03. Anaitalrax: No. 3, Andante. Dedicated to Roelof B.
04. Anaitalrax: No. 4, Allegrissimo. Dedicated to Ernst Has
05. Anaitalrax: No. 5, Moderato
06. Anaitalrax: No. 6, Allegro non troppo (Ragtime)
07. Anaitalrax: No. 7, Allegro moderato
08. Anaitalrax: No. 8, Andante. Dedicated to Hantzen van H.H.
09. Anaitalrax: No. 9, Allegro
10. Anaitalrax: No. 10, Andante. Dedicated to Martin R.
11. Anaitalrax: No. 11, Vivace. Per Alessandro M.
12. Anaitalrax: No. 12, Grazioso. Dedicated to Hans & Yvonne L.-v.G.
CD2
01. Anaitalrax: No. 13, Allegro
02. Anaitalrax: No. 14, Allegro non troppo
03. Anaitalrax: No. 15, Dedicated to Ralph van Raat
04. Anaitalrax: No. 16, Allegrissimo. Dedicated to Hans Hemeryck
05. Anaitalrax: No. 17, Moderato. Dedicated to Eliane Rodrigues
06. Anaitalrax: No. 18, Comodo. Dedicated to Ernst Has
07. Anaitalrax: No. 19, Comodo
08. Anaitalrax: No. 20, Moderato
09. Anaitalrax: No. 21, Allegro
10. Anaitalrax: No. 22, Vivace
11. Anaitalrax: No. 23, Veloce
12. Anaitalrax: No. 24, Tranquillo. For Hantzen, this last one
13. Anaitalrax: No. 16bis. Moderato. Dedicated to Ernst Has
With the release of Erik Lotichius‘s two-hour long Anaitalrax cycle, Solaire Records focuses on the personal trials and tribulations of a unique artist in a tragic phase in music history. Performed integrally for the first time by esteemed pianist Ralph van Raat, they place the focus on the work of a gifted composer who fell victim to the politicisation and dehumanisation of the arts in the 60s and 70s. In these 25 pieces, Lotichius reveals himself most openly, shedding light on an artist who was as inspired by melancholia and elegance as he was by playfulness and humour.
Both the music and the expansive, 44-page liner notes look back on a time in the Dutch and international music scene when composers were given the choice between surrendering to the demands of atonalism or living in complete isolation. Lotichius could never force himself to do the former, but found it hard to live with the latter. His biography is filled with scenes of despair – from years spent in vain trying to get his works performed in public to physical violence from audience members to the moment he put out some of his most accomplished works for garbage disposal. Although his oeuvre would later find an audience as part of a return of harmony and melody in the 90s, he would never find wider recognition during his lifetime.
Anaitalrax feels like an intimate look back on these episodes and stories. Envisioned as a tribute to one of his favourite composers, Domenico Scarlatti, he wrote the music in short bursts of energy over the course of his entire life, turning them into his personal musical biography. These pieces document his diverse and changing interests, which included the structures and harmonies of the classical masters from Mozart via Ravel to Bartók as well as elements from popular music. Although he expressed himself in string quartets, preludes, symphonies, songs, operas and musicals, no other work in his oeuvre reveals the man behind the music more than this one.
“Life-enhancing stuff: exquisitely produced and packaged, and my favourite keyboard disc of 2017. Go on – treat yourself.” (Graham Rickson, TheArtsDesk)
"This is a striking release that you cannot let pass by.” (OpusKlassiek)
"Ralph van Raat’s virtuosity is unclouded by haste and uncalled for extremes of display, and the music has more than enough content to speak for itself. In the booklet, producer Dirk Fischer talks us through the interesting challenge of setting up a recording of music that has little or no performance tradition, but van Raat’s colourful playing is captured superbly and the whole thing is yet another demonstration-class production, fully in agreement with Fischer’s final philosophy that, in the end, it is the music that counts above all technical considerations." (MusicWeb-International)
CD1
01. Anaitalrax: No. 1, Poco allegro
02. Anaitalrax: No. 2, Vivace
03. Anaitalrax: No. 3, Andante. Dedicated to Roelof B.
04. Anaitalrax: No. 4, Allegrissimo. Dedicated to Ernst Has
05. Anaitalrax: No. 5, Moderato
06. Anaitalrax: No. 6, Allegro non troppo (Ragtime)
07. Anaitalrax: No. 7, Allegro moderato
08. Anaitalrax: No. 8, Andante. Dedicated to Hantzen van H.H.
09. Anaitalrax: No. 9, Allegro
10. Anaitalrax: No. 10, Andante. Dedicated to Martin R.
11. Anaitalrax: No. 11, Vivace. Per Alessandro M.
12. Anaitalrax: No. 12, Grazioso. Dedicated to Hans & Yvonne L.-v.G.
CD2
01. Anaitalrax: No. 13, Allegro
02. Anaitalrax: No. 14, Allegro non troppo
03. Anaitalrax: No. 15, Dedicated to Ralph van Raat
04. Anaitalrax: No. 16, Allegrissimo. Dedicated to Hans Hemeryck
05. Anaitalrax: No. 17, Moderato. Dedicated to Eliane Rodrigues
06. Anaitalrax: No. 18, Comodo. Dedicated to Ernst Has
07. Anaitalrax: No. 19, Comodo
08. Anaitalrax: No. 20, Moderato
09. Anaitalrax: No. 21, Allegro
10. Anaitalrax: No. 22, Vivace
11. Anaitalrax: No. 23, Veloce
12. Anaitalrax: No. 24, Tranquillo. For Hantzen, this last one
13. Anaitalrax: No. 16bis. Moderato. Dedicated to Ernst Has
With the release of Erik Lotichius‘s two-hour long Anaitalrax cycle, Solaire Records focuses on the personal trials and tribulations of a unique artist in a tragic phase in music history. Performed integrally for the first time by esteemed pianist Ralph van Raat, they place the focus on the work of a gifted composer who fell victim to the politicisation and dehumanisation of the arts in the 60s and 70s. In these 25 pieces, Lotichius reveals himself most openly, shedding light on an artist who was as inspired by melancholia and elegance as he was by playfulness and humour.
Both the music and the expansive, 44-page liner notes look back on a time in the Dutch and international music scene when composers were given the choice between surrendering to the demands of atonalism or living in complete isolation. Lotichius could never force himself to do the former, but found it hard to live with the latter. His biography is filled with scenes of despair – from years spent in vain trying to get his works performed in public to physical violence from audience members to the moment he put out some of his most accomplished works for garbage disposal. Although his oeuvre would later find an audience as part of a return of harmony and melody in the 90s, he would never find wider recognition during his lifetime.
Anaitalrax feels like an intimate look back on these episodes and stories. Envisioned as a tribute to one of his favourite composers, Domenico Scarlatti, he wrote the music in short bursts of energy over the course of his entire life, turning them into his personal musical biography. These pieces document his diverse and changing interests, which included the structures and harmonies of the classical masters from Mozart via Ravel to Bartók as well as elements from popular music. Although he expressed himself in string quartets, preludes, symphonies, songs, operas and musicals, no other work in his oeuvre reveals the man behind the music more than this one.
“Life-enhancing stuff: exquisitely produced and packaged, and my favourite keyboard disc of 2017. Go on – treat yourself.” (Graham Rickson, TheArtsDesk)
"This is a striking release that you cannot let pass by.” (OpusKlassiek)
"Ralph van Raat’s virtuosity is unclouded by haste and uncalled for extremes of display, and the music has more than enough content to speak for itself. In the booklet, producer Dirk Fischer talks us through the interesting challenge of setting up a recording of music that has little or no performance tradition, but van Raat’s colourful playing is captured superbly and the whole thing is yet another demonstration-class production, fully in agreement with Fischer’s final philosophy that, in the end, it is the music that counts above all technical considerations." (MusicWeb-International)
Year 2021 | Classical | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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