℗ 2019 ECM Records
| Released | May 24, 2019 |
| Duration | 1h 02m 21s |
| Record Label | ECM New Series |
| Genre | Classical |
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Concerto in G Minor, BWV 975 (after Vivaldi RV 316)
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1.1
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2. Largo
Johann Sebastian Bach; Anna Gourari |
3:46 | |||
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Five Aphorisms for Piano
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1.2
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1. Moderato assai
Alfred Schnittke; Anna Gourari |
3:51 | |||
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1.3
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2. Allegretto
Alfred Schnittke; Anna Gourari |
2:15 | |||
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1.4
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3. Lento
Alfred Schnittke; Anna Gourari |
2:14 | |||
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1.5
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4. Senza tempo
Alfred Schnittke; Anna Gourari |
2:33 | |||
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1.6
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5. Grave
Alfred Schnittke; Anna Gourari |
3:03 | |||
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1.7
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Piano Piece No. 15
Giya Kancheli; Anna Gourari |
1:31 | |||
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Diary - Seven Pieces for Piano
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1.8
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1. Sostenuto assai
Rodion Shchedrin; Anna Gourari |
0:50 | |||
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1.9
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2. L'istesso tempo
Rodion Shchedrin; Anna Gourari |
2:12 | |||
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1.10
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3. Allegretto moderato (in ritmo)
Rodion Shchedrin; Anna Gourari |
2:12 | |||
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1.11
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4. Allegro, ma non troppo
Rodion Shchedrin; Anna Gourari |
0:46 | |||
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1.12
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5. Lento, sempre poco rubato
Rodion Shchedrin; Anna Gourari |
3:37 | |||
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1.13
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6. Presto leggiero
Rodion Shchedrin; Anna Gourari |
1:07 | |||
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1.14
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7. Sostenuto alla campana
Rodion Shchedrin; Anna Gourari |
4:46 | |||
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1.15
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Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka
Arvo Pärt; Anna Gourari |
5:36 | |||
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Zwiesprache
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1.16
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Alfred Schlee in memoriam
Wolfgang Rihm; Anna Gourari |
3:03 | |||
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1.17
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Paul Sacher in memoriam
Wolfgang Rihm; Anna Gourari |
4:03 | |||
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1.18
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Heinrich Klotz in memoriam
Wolfgang Rihm; Anna Gourari |
3:44 | |||
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1.19
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Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht in memoriam
Wolfgang Rihm; Anna Gourari |
3:38 | |||
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1.20
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Hermann Wiesler in memoriam
Wolfgang Rihm; Anna Gourari |
2:19 | |||
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1.21
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Piano Piece No. 23
Giya Kancheli; Anna Gourari |
1:23 | |||
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Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974 (after Marcello S.Z799)
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1.22
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2. Adagio
Johann Sebastian Bach; Anna Gourari |
3:52 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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In this imaginatively shaped and sensitively played album – her third for ECM - Russian pianist Anna Gourari explores musical connections and influences extending across the arts.
Three suites of contemporary music are heard here. Alfred Schnittke’s "Five Aphorisms" (1990) draw impulses from the poetry of his friend Joseph Brodsky. Rodion Shchedrin’s "Diary - Seven Pieces" (2002) dedicated to Gourari and inspired by her playing, reflects the life of a pianist and composer. Wolfgang Rihm’s sequence of tombeaux, "Zwiesprache" (1999) pays tribute to musicologists Alfred Schlee and Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht, conductor Paul Sacher, and art sociologist Hermann Wiesler. Threaded between the cycles are two Giya Kancheli miniatures drawn from theatre and movie music, as well as Arvo Pärt’s early tintinnabuli-style Variations for the "Healing of Arinuschka" (1977).
Gourari’s investigation of artistic affinities is framed with Bach’s transcriptions of Venetian composers Antonio Vivaldi and Alessandro Marcello: “Anna Gourari makes these Bach slow movements, too, ours,” Paul Griffiths writes in the liner notes. “And the newer music is cherished and invigorated.”
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – ECM New Series Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -7.98 -24.12 to -0.35 | -33.84 -43.41 to -23.38 | -28.54 -39.40 to -17.70 | 15 10 to 20 | |
| 1 | 2. Largo | -8.30 | -30.61 | -26.9 | 14 |
| 2 | 1. Moderato assai | -0.46 | -27.56 | -18.8 | 16 |
| 3 | 2. Allegretto | -0.58 | -23.38 | -17.7 | 13 |
| 4 | 3. Lento | -0.42 | -28.41 | -19.9 | 17 |
| 5 | 4. Senza tempo | -6.57 | -36.76 | -29.1 | 19 |
| 6 | 5. Grave | -0.35 | -28.04 | -21.6 | 17 |
| 7 | Piano Piece No. 15 | -8.55 | -31.76 | -26.9 | 12 |
| 8 | 1. Sostenuto assai | -4.33 | -33.46 | -26.1 | 12 |
| 9 | 2. L'istesso tempo | -24.12 | -42.03 | -39.4 | 10 |
| 10 | 3. Allegretto moderato (in ritmo) | -14.85 | -36.79 | -33.6 | 14 |
| 11 | 4. Allegro, ma non troppo | -9.49 | -30.07 | -26.8 | 12 |
| 12 | 5. Lento, sempre poco rubato | -21.06 | -43.41 | -39.4 | 13 |
| 13 | 6. Presto leggiero | -11.93 | -29.77 | -26.8 | 11 |
| 14 | 7. Sostenuto alla campana | -0.39 | -30.30 | -21.1 | 19 |
| 15 | Variationen zur Gesundung von Arinuschka | -10.86 | -37.20 | -32.7 | 15 |
| 16 | Alfred Schlee in memoriam | -19.51 | -41.55 | -37.7 | 14 |
| 17 | Paul Sacher in memoriam | -8.37 | -39.71 | -35.9 | 20 |
| 18 | Heinrich Klotz in memoriam | -0.38 | -38.66 | -32.6 | 20 |
| 19 | Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht in memoriam | -5.64 | -36.73 | -30.7 | 20 |
| 20 | Hermann Wiesler in memoriam | -4.16 | -33.15 | -28.3 | 14 |
| 21 | Piano Piece No. 23 | -9.44 | -34.72 | -29.7 | 14 |
| 22 | 2. Adagio | -5.81 | -30.34 | -26.2 | 13 |