New releases attracting international attention.
From 1 to 8 May: Hélène Grimaud (piano), Live at Park Avenue Armory, New York 2014
Eight compositions on the theme ‘water’, fluently connected by short electro-acoustic compositions by Nitin Sawhney, the British DJ and multi instrumentalist.
Albéniz: Almeria (from Iberia, book 2)
Berio: Six Encores: Wasserklavier
Debussy: Préludes – Book 1: No. 10, La cathédrale engloutie
Fauré: Barcarolle No. 5 in fis Op. 66
Janacek: In the Mists
Liszt: Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este (Années de pèlerinage III, S. 163 No. 4)
Ravel: Jeux d’eau
Sawhney: Water – 7 Transitions
Takemitsu: Rain Tree Sketch II
Hélène Grimaud, piano
Nitin Sawhney: keyboard, guitar, electronics
[DG – 0289 4793426-4]
