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Les Flexibles

Rihards Plesanovs

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Format: CD

Cat No: LMIC147

Release Date:  17 February 2023

Label:  Skani

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  4751025441175

Genres:  Classical  Contemporary  

  • Description

    Pianist Rihards Plesanovs' debut album is an eclectic mix of works including those by Ligeti, Zemzaris, Say, Leimane, Vasks and Messiaen.

    "None of us is a completely open book to the world, but Rihards Plesanovs is a particularly mysterious man. I have no idea whether he knows how, during conversations, his eyes tend to linger for a while on one or another of his interlocutors, and that this fixed, observant gaze like that of a forest bird makes one wonder what is really going on in the chambers of his mind. One could begin with a different introductory paragraph, but while the music chosen for this first solo album does not specifically provide answers, it does give a better sense of what lies at the core of this person known as Rihards Plesanovs, and albums like this are always a particular delight. Works by Ligeti and Messiaen serve as a nucleus for the album's content, with the other components derived from them". - Orests Silabriedis

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Imants Zemzaris: Fakturas / Textures: I Allegro
      • 2. Imants Zemzaris: Fakturas / Textures: II Andantino
      • 3. Imants Zemzaris: Fakturas / Textures: III Moderato
      • 4. Ligeti: Fanfares Etude
      • 5. Skumju Bralis/ Melancholy Brother
      • 6. Fazil Say: Black Earth
      • 7. Linda Leimane: Les Flexibles
      • 8. Barna Sapyns / Child’s Dream
      • 9. Messiaen: Vingt Regards Sur L’enfant-Jesus: Xv Le Baiser De L’enfant-Jesus
      • 10. Ligeti: L’escalier Du Diable Etude
      • 11. Morning In A Land Of Introverts
      • 12. Vasks: Balta Ainava / White Scenery
      • 13. Edgars Raginskis: Maza Elektroniska Muzika / Small Electronic Music
      • 14. Mushroom Rhapsodyinga
      • 15. Rihards Plesanovs: Mushroom Rhapsody For Prepared Audio Recording And Piano