CIPELLI,CHIARA - Messiaen: 8 Preludes,Ile (Sealed) (CD)

The “8 Pr?ludes” that Olivier Messiaen wrote in 1928/29 bear witness of the deep influence of Claude Debussy on the young composer. • Like Debussy, Messiaen gave each Prelude a title. For example ‘La Colombe’ (‘The Dove’), with delicate flutterings in the high register. In fact, Messiaen’s Preludes are very connected with religion rather than purely impressionistic, and look forward to his great and profoundly spiritual pieces as "Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jesus." • Il de Feu I & II are part of “Quatre Etudes de Rythme”. Both etudes are dedicated to the Papua Nuova Guinee music and the principal motif has “all the violence of the magic rites of this country”. • Italian pianist Chiara Cipelli previously recorded a CD for Brilliant Classics with piano works by Bettinelli, which was very favourably received by the press: “Chiara Cipelli plays these piano pieces with an evident sympathy for their stylistic variety and contrasts; she seems totally in command of the music’s technical armoury.”(Musicweb), “Sie spielt glasklar, betont kontrapunktisch und analytisch, aber auch mit viel Gef?hl f?r Farben, Rhythmen und Stimmungen”(Piano News)