Poom Prommachart - Liszt, Scriabin & Medtner: Works for Piano (2015)
BAND/ARTIST: Poom Prommachart
- Title: Liszt, Scriabin & Medtner: Works for Piano
- Year Of Release: 2015
- Label: Champs Hill Records
- Genre: Classical
- Quality: flac lossless (tracks) +Booklet
- Total Time: 01:03:29
- Total Size: 166 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
01. Variations on a Theme of Bach, S. 180
02. Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68
03. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: Theme, "The Song of the Water-Nymph"
04. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: I. Meditation
05. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: II. Caprice
06. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: III. Winged Dancers
07. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: IV. Enchantment
08. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: V. Humoresque
09. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: VI. Mid the Waves
10. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: VII. Tumult of the Crowd
11. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: VIII. In the Forest
12. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: IX. The Swan
13. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: X. The Elves
14. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: XI. The Gnomes
15. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: XII. Conjuration
16. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: XIII. The Threat
17. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: XIV. Song of the Water-Nymph
18. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: XV. The Storm
19. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: Conclusion
20. Liebesfreud
The breadth and depth of artistic drives at large in Russia during the dying days of the Romanov dynasty are the focus of this debut album by young Bankok-born pianist Poom Prommachart. The music reflects everything from the die-hard conservatism of Medtner to the introspective mysticism and harmonic daring of late Scriabin. Winner of the second Sussex International Piano Competition and a recent Shigeru Kawai Artist, Poom is regarded as one of the most accomplished Thai pianists today. escribed by a critic as ‘a young Ashkenazy’, Poom was a hugely successful student. He received the most prestigious Tagore Gold Medal for his outstanding career and contribution to the RCM, which was presented to him by HRH The Prince of Wales Liszt dedicated the published score of Variations on a Theme of Bach to Anton Rubenstein – the two men met in Paris in 1840. He built the variations on material from the first movement of the same cantata which Bach revisited for the Crucifixus of his B minor Mass, but which yields to Li szt’s Romantic invention, growing towards a catyclysm out of which rises a chorale. Poom describes Scriabin’s Black Mass sonata as ‘a conversation between human and demon’, the result of the composer’s deep immersion in esoteric philosophy and here he explores the mind’s shadowy side, drawing dark forces into the light of awareness. Medtner is a favourite composer of Poom’s, and he enjoys the opportunity “to inject spirit and powerful imagination” into the piece – so appropriate here in music which takes its cue from the song of the water-nymph, or rusalki, whose siren songs lure young men to their deaths by drowning. A series of variations creates a labyrinthine world of elves, gnomes and winged dancers. The transcription of the famous Liebesfreud, Poom’s encore on the disc, was the result of another great friendship, that of Rachmaninoff and Kreisler who met in 1918 in New York. The first performance in 1925 was hailed as a great success.
01. Variations on a Theme of Bach, S. 180
02. Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68
03. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: Theme, "The Song of the Water-Nymph"
04. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: I. Meditation
05. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: II. Caprice
06. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: III. Winged Dancers
07. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: IV. Enchantment
08. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: V. Humoresque
09. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: VI. Mid the Waves
10. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: VII. Tumult of the Crowd
11. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: VIII. In the Forest
12. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: IX. The Swan
13. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: X. The Elves
14. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: XI. The Gnomes
15. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: XII. Conjuration
16. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: XIII. The Threat
17. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: XIV. Song of the Water-Nymph
18. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: XV. The Storm
19. Improvisation No. 2, Op. 47: Conclusion
20. Liebesfreud
The breadth and depth of artistic drives at large in Russia during the dying days of the Romanov dynasty are the focus of this debut album by young Bankok-born pianist Poom Prommachart. The music reflects everything from the die-hard conservatism of Medtner to the introspective mysticism and harmonic daring of late Scriabin. Winner of the second Sussex International Piano Competition and a recent Shigeru Kawai Artist, Poom is regarded as one of the most accomplished Thai pianists today. escribed by a critic as ‘a young Ashkenazy’, Poom was a hugely successful student. He received the most prestigious Tagore Gold Medal for his outstanding career and contribution to the RCM, which was presented to him by HRH The Prince of Wales Liszt dedicated the published score of Variations on a Theme of Bach to Anton Rubenstein – the two men met in Paris in 1840. He built the variations on material from the first movement of the same cantata which Bach revisited for the Crucifixus of his B minor Mass, but which yields to Li szt’s Romantic invention, growing towards a catyclysm out of which rises a chorale. Poom describes Scriabin’s Black Mass sonata as ‘a conversation between human and demon’, the result of the composer’s deep immersion in esoteric philosophy and here he explores the mind’s shadowy side, drawing dark forces into the light of awareness. Medtner is a favourite composer of Poom’s, and he enjoys the opportunity “to inject spirit and powerful imagination” into the piece – so appropriate here in music which takes its cue from the song of the water-nymph, or rusalki, whose siren songs lure young men to their deaths by drowning. A series of variations creates a labyrinthine world of elves, gnomes and winged dancers. The transcription of the famous Liebesfreud, Poom’s encore on the disc, was the result of another great friendship, that of Rachmaninoff and Kreisler who met in 1918 in New York. The first performance in 1925 was hailed as a great success.
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