Anton Batagov - The Battell: Johann Pachelbel, William Byrd (2014)
EAC | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | 57:32 | 225 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Fancymusic | Catalog: FANCY053
EAC | FLAC (tracks+.cue, log) | 57:32 | 225 MB
Genre: Classical | Label: Fancymusic | Catalog: FANCY053
I was about to begin this text with something like this: "True minimalists lived in the 16 th – 17 th centuries." And then I thought you might say: "Hmm, there he goes again talking about that minimalism." And it’s true: the word is so unfit. Human language is very limited, and every time we attempt to express something important we discover that our language simply doesn't work.
How can we explain what this music sounds like?
How can we explain that it is more contemporary than contemporary music?
How can we explain that in the sounds written 300 – 400 years ago one can hear the whole volume of all European music of several centuries, as well as everything we now call ethnic music, from bagpipes and Celtic fiddles to Indian sitars?
A refined scent of jazz, and a punk band playing in a club around the corner.
A dramatism stronger than Beethoven's, and the larger-than-life boundless space of a rock ballad.
As for the compositional technique, it is pretty simple. Composers of that time used to write the same things over and over again: exercises of sorts, endless variations on a chord sequence. Not only does this never get boring, but the longer you listen, the less you want it to stop. Each variation opens a door in front of you, and you walk through this endless enfilade and realize that it is none other but a way home.
And this, you could say, is minimalism.
All compositions included in this album were written certainly not for piano. The works of William Byrd are for the virginal (a British modification of the harpsichord). The works of Johann Pachelbel are for organ (Chaconne), and for strings (Canon). I play them on a modern piano, and I treat the scores with a lot of freedom. I don't change even a single note but for some reason it sounds as if it was written this morning.
The recording was made on a 1959 Steinway B. Each composition has its own sonic atmosphere. The way this piano responds to different types of touch and different playing styles is amazing. I emphasized all the distinctions through studio processing. It would make no sense to describe them with words. Just listen.
Track List:
William Byrd (1540 – 1623)
The Battell (1-10)
01. The souldiers sommons
02. The marche of footemen
03. The marche of horsmen
04. The trumpetts
05. The Irishe marche
06. The bagpipe and the drone
07. The flute and the droome
08. The marche to the fighte
09. The retreat
10. The galliarde for the victorie
11. Will yow walke the woods soe wylde
Johann Pachelbel (1653 – 1706)
12. Chaconne in F minor
13. Canon in D major
Performers:
Piano – Anton Batagov
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Anton Batagov / The Battell
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Anton Batagov / The Battell
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