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This program brings together two great French composers, separated by almost two centuries, that we would not think of bringing together spontaneously. But the freedom of mind of the Icelandic pianist looks at it otherwise, who, for his third album with Deutsche Grammophon, wanted to highlight their affinities as their contrasts in the light of their innovative contribution to the musical thought of their time. "I scratch my head wondering why Rameau's music is not played more. Between quality, inventiveness and unpredictability, there is never any element of formula in these pieces”, says Víkingur Ólafsson. By instinctively associating these style characteristics with those specific to Debussy, he decided to make an album of them: "I want to show Rameau as a futurist and underline the deep roots of Debussy in French baroque — and in Rameau's music in particular. The idea is that the listener almost forgets who is who by listening to the album." Debussy, who never stopped defending the French tradition by opposing it to German music, liked the decorative and complex lines of this Baroque composer with a French spirit like his own.
An initial idea in the development of this skillfully constructed program, the transcription for piano of Debussy from Prélude to his Cantata La Damoiselle introduces it. Like the album's visual, Víkingur Ólafsson aims to be suggestive even in the accent he gives in Rameau to polyphonic voices supported by a flawless rhythmic impulse, which contrasts with Debussy, whose among other things the beautiful tumultuous Jardins sous la pluie which is played with a large breath in the image of wind load until the light returns. © Qobuz / GG
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La damoiselle élue, L. 62 (Claude Debussy)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Claude Debussy, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Le Rappel des oiseaux (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Rigaudons 1, 2 & Double (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Musette en rondeau (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Tambourin (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
La Villageoise (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Gigues en rondeau 1 & 2 (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Estampes, L. 100 (Claude Debussy)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Claude Debussy, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Children's Corner, L. 113 (Claude Debussy)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Claude Debussy, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Claude Debussy, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Les Tendres Plaintes (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Les tourbillons (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
L'entretien des Muses (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Préludes / Book 1, L. 117 (Claude Debussy)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Claude Debussy, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
La joyeuse (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Les Cyclopes (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
The Arts and the Hours (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Composer & Piano - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Préludes / Book 1, L. 117 (Claude Debussy)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Claude Debussy, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Préludes / Book 2, L. 123 (Claude Debussy)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Claude Debussy, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Cinquième concert (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Quatrième Concert (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
La Poule (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
L’Enharmonique (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Menuets 1 & 2 (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Les Sauvages (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
L’Égyptienne (Jean-Philippe Rameau)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Jean-Philippe Rameau, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Images - Book 1, L. 110 (Claude Debussy)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Piano - Claude Debussy, Composer - Christopher Tarnow, Producer - Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer - Róbert Steingrímsson, Asst. Recording Engineer - Einar Valur Einarsson, Asst. Recording Engineer
℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
Album review
This program brings together two great French composers, separated by almost two centuries, that we would not think of bringing together spontaneously. But the freedom of mind of the Icelandic pianist looks at it otherwise, who, for his third album with Deutsche Grammophon, wanted to highlight their affinities as their contrasts in the light of their innovative contribution to the musical thought of their time. "I scratch my head wondering why Rameau's music is not played more. Between quality, inventiveness and unpredictability, there is never any element of formula in these pieces”, says Víkingur Ólafsson. By instinctively associating these style characteristics with those specific to Debussy, he decided to make an album of them: "I want to show Rameau as a futurist and underline the deep roots of Debussy in French baroque — and in Rameau's music in particular. The idea is that the listener almost forgets who is who by listening to the album." Debussy, who never stopped defending the French tradition by opposing it to German music, liked the decorative and complex lines of this Baroque composer with a French spirit like his own.
An initial idea in the development of this skillfully constructed program, the transcription for piano of Debussy from Prélude to his Cantata La Damoiselle introduces it. Like the album's visual, Víkingur Ólafsson aims to be suggestive even in the accent he gives in Rameau to polyphonic voices supported by a flawless rhythmic impulse, which contrasts with Debussy, whose among other things the beautiful tumultuous Jardins sous la pluie which is played with a large breath in the image of wind load until the light returns. © Qobuz / GG
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 28 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:56
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Víkingur Ólafsson
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
- Area: France
- Genre: Classical
© 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin ℗ 2020 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin
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