Debussy, Prokofiev, Barber Konstantin Emelyanov

• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117:
• 1 Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117: No. 1, Danseuses de Delphes 02:57
• 2 Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117: No. 2, Voiles 03:44
• 3 Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117: No. 3, Le vent dans la plaine 01:56
• 4 Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117: No. 4, Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir 03:32
• 5 Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117: No. 5, Les collines d'Anacapri 03:03
• 6 Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117: No. 6, Des pas sur la neige 04:00
• 7 Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117: No. 7, Ce qu'a vu le vent d'ouest 03:15
• 8 Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin 03:18
• 9 Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117: No. 9, La serenade interrompue 02:20
• 10 Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117: No. 10, La cathedrale engloutie 06:10
• 11 Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117: No. 11, La danse de Puck 02:23
• 12 Debussy: Préludes, Livre 1, L. 117: No. 12, Minstrels 02:18
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953): Visions fugitives, Op. 22:
• 13 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 1, Lentamente 01:17
• 14 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 2, Andante 01:10
• 15 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 3, Allegretto 00:51
• 16 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 4, Animato 00:54
• 17 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 5, Molto giocoso 00:22
• 18 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 6, Con eleganza 00:24
• 19 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 7, Pittoresco (Arpa) 01:47
• 20 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 8, Commodo 01:06
• 21 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 9, Allegro tranquillo 01:06
• 22 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 10, Ridicolosament 01:00
• 23 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 11, Con vivacita 00:54
• 24 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 12, Assai moderato 00:59
• 25 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 13, Allegretto 00:41
• 26 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 14, Feroce 01:00
• 27 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 15, Inquieto 00:48
• 28 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 16, Dolente 01:43
• 29 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 17, Poetico 01:02
• 30 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 18, Con una dolce lentezza 01:04
• 31 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 19, Presto agitatissimo e molto accentuato 00:43
• 32 Prokofiev: Visions fugitives, Op. 22: No. 20, Lento irrealmente 01:55
• Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981): Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26:
• 33 Barber: Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26: I. Allegro energico 06:13
• 34 Barber: Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26: II. Allegro vivace e leggero 02:01
• 35 Barber: Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26: III. Adagio mesto 04:57
• 36 Barber: Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26: IV. Fuga. Allegro con spirito 04:27
• Total Runtime 01:17:20

Info for Debussy, Prokofiev, Barber

This album of works by Debussy, Prokofiev and Barber aims to show not only the fascination of the increasing complexity of musical language in the 20th century but also the desire to preserve the ideas and achievements of previous musical epochs. The expansion of tonality and the search for new rhythmic and acoustic solutions in the first book of Debussy’s Préludes are followed by Prokofiev’s Visions fugitives , perhaps his only work that was clearly influenced by Impressionism. Some pieces from Visions fugitives could seem to be part of Debussy’s cycle, although Prokofiev’s famous Feroce offers electrifying rhythms and sharp dissonances. I have chosen Barber’s Piano Sonata as my final work. This unique masterpiece literally sprouted from the soil of 20th century musical discoveries but still retained Baroque and Classical structures. The stunning fugue that concludes the sonata sounds like a manifesto: no matter how far the creative process takes us, there is always something constant to which we will always return.

Konstantin Emelyanov,piano

Konstantin Emelyanov
was born in 1994 in Krasnodar. He began to study music at the age of five. Graduated from the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory in 2018. In 2017–2018 he trained at the Rachmaninov Academy in Catania, Sicily, under the tutelage of Professor Epifanio Comis. From 2018 to 2020 he undertook a postgraduate-assistantship study at the Moscow Conservatory (class of Sergei Dorensky and Nikolai Lugansky).

Prize-winner at the International Competition for Young Pianists in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz in Kiev (2012; 2nd prize), the Suzhou Jinji Lake International Piano Competition (China, 2017; 4th prize), the Verona International Piano Competition (2017; 3rd prize) and the Giovan Battista Viotti International Music Competition in Vercelli (Italy, 2017; 1st prize and Audience Award). In 2018 he won 1st prize at the All-Russian Music Competition in Moscow, and in 2019 he took 3rd prize at the International Tchaikovsky Competition. The same year he was also awarded the title “Artist of Radio Russia” and became a Yamaha company artist.

Has given concerts as part of the festivals Great Sonatas of the 20th Century in Genoa and Stars on Baikal among numerous others. Appeared at the Teatro Carlo Felice (Genoa), the Seoul Arts Center, Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, the Zentrum Paul Klee (Bern), the Bulgaria Concert Hall (Sofia), the Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre, the Grand and Small Halls of the Moscow Conservatory, the Zaryadye Hall, the Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, the White Hall of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. In 2019 he took part in projects run by the Bösendorfer Loft Philharmonic concert venue in Moscow.

In 2020 the Melodiya label released the pianist’s debut album featuring works by Tchaikovsky. Information for October 2021.

Booklet for Debussy, Prokofiev, Barber