Recorded in April 2020, in times of household-isolation due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. Hexaméron, Morceau de concert, S. 392. Grande variations sur le march des Bellini’s “I Puritains.” Conceived in 1837 by Princess Belgiojoso, composed in cooperation by 6 great composers (Liszt, Thalberg, Pixis, Herz, Czerny, Chopin), HEXAMERON refers to the Six Days of Creation of the World. In 2020, 9 pianists, in 8 Countries, decided to recreate it, in the available conditions of the coronavirus confinement. Because MIND prevails over MATTER, because the Pandemic has no borders, and because we will have to recreate a new World.
Pianists:
Introduction. Extrêmement lent (Liszt) VILA NOVA DE GAIA Manuel Araújo (Portugal)
Tema. Allegro marziale (Liszt) SAINT PETERSBURG Galina Zhukova (Russia)
Var:1. Ben marcato (Thalberg) BUDAPEST Monika Ruth Vida (Hungary)
Var:2. Moderato (Liszt) TRIESTE Luca Delle Donne (Italy)
Var:3. Di bravura (Pixis) – Ritornello. (Liszt) BOSTON Tracy Tang (China/USA)
Var:4. Legato e grazioso (Herz) OSLO Marina Kan Selvik (Russia/Norway)
Var:5. Vivo e brillante (Czerny) – Fuocoso molto energico (Liszt) – Lento. quasi Recitativo (Liszt) COMISO Ruben Micieli (Italy) Var:6. Largo (Chopin) – Finale. Molto vivace quasi prestissimo (Liszt) ABU DHABI Aldo Dotto (Italy)
Allegro animato – Molto animato (Liszt) ATHENS Grigoris Ioannou (Greece)
Artistic conception: Aldo Dotto