Valery Afanassiev – Testament (2019) [Japanese Box Set] SACD ISO + FLAC 24bit/96kHz

Valery Afanassiev is a Russian pianist, writer and conductor. He was the winner of the Bach Competition in Leipzig in 1968, as well as 1st prize recipient at the Concours Reine Elisabeth in Brussels in 1971. Afanassiev become widely known in the 1980s due to his musical partnership with Gidon Kremer. Their joint recordings of chamber works by Mozart, Schubert and Brahms were highly praised. His interpretations of solo piano works by Franz Schubert, Ludwig van Beethoven and the others have aroused controversy on account of Afanassiev’s tempi choices and idiosyncratic expressiveness. Afanassiev has recorded among others for such labels as Denon and Deutsche Grammophone. For this Japan only release by Sony Classical, Afanassiev performed the piano music by Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Debussy and Prokofiev.

Tracklist:

Disc 1 #01. Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI: 20 I. Moderato
Disc 1 #02. Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI: 20 II. Andante con moto
Disc 1 #03. Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI: 20 III. Finale. Allegro
Disc 1 #04. Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in F major, Hob. XVI: 23 I. Allegro
Disc 1 #05. Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in F major, Hob. XVI: 23 II. Adagio
Disc 1 #06. Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in F major, Hob. XVI: 23 III. Finale. Presto
Disc 1 #07. Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in G minor, Hob. XVI: 44 I. Moderato
Disc 1 #08. Joseph Haydn: Piano Sonata in G minor, Hob. XVI: 44 II. Allegretto

Disc 2 #01. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, op. 7 I. Allegro molto e con brio
Disc 2 #02. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, op. 7 II. Largo, con gran espressioone
Disc 2 #03. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, op. 7 III. Allegro
Disc 2 #04. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, op. 7 IV. Rondo. Poco allegretto e grazioso
Disc 2 #05. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, op. 31, No. 1 I. Allegro vivace
Disc 2 #06. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, op. 31, No. 1 II. Adagio grazioso
Disc 2 #07. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 16 in G major, op. 31, No. 1 III. Rondo. Allegretto
Disc 2 #08. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.19 in G minor, op.49, No.1 I. Andante
Disc 2 #09. Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Sonata No.19 in G minor, op.49, No.1 II. Rondo. Allegro

Disc 3 #01. Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 4 in A minor, D. 537 I. Allegro ma non troppo
Disc 3 #02. Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 4 in A minor, D. 537 II. Allegretto quasi Andantino
Disc 3 #03. Franz Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 4 in A minor, D. 537 III. Allegro vivace
Disc 3 #04. Franz Schubert: 4 Impromtus D. 935 No. 1 in F minor. Allegro moderato
Disc 3 #05. Franz Schubert: 4 Impromtus D. 935 No. 2 in A-flat major. Allegretto
Disc 3 #06. Franz Schubert: 4 Impromtus D. 935 No. 3 in B-flat major. Theme. Andante – Variations
Disc 3 #07. Franz Schubert: 4 Impromtus D. 935 No. 4 in F minor. Allegro scherzando

Disc 4 #01. Robert Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 11 I. Introduzione. Un poco Adagio – Allegro vivace
Disc 4 #02. Robert Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 11 II. Aria
Disc 4 #03. Robert Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 11 III. Scherzo e Intermezzo. Allegrissimo
Disc 4 #04. Robert Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 1 in F-sharp minor, op. 11 IV. Finale. Allegro un poco maestoso
Disc 4 #05. Robert Schumann: 3 Fantasiestucke, op. 111 I. Sehr rash, mit leidenschaftlichem Vortrag
Disc 4 #06. Robert Schumann: 3 Fantasiestucke, op. 111 II. Ziemlich langsam
Disc 4 #07. Robert Schumann: 3 Fantasiestucke, op. 111 III. Kraftig und sehr markiert
Disc 4 #08. Robert Schumann: Arabeske in C major, op. 18

Disc 5 #01. Georges Bizet: Variations chromatiques de concert
Disc 5 #02. César Franck: Prelude, choral et fugue I. Prelude. Moderato
Disc 5 #03. César Franck: Prelude, choral et fugue II. Choral. Poco piu lento
Disc 5 #04. César Franck: Prelude, choral et fugue III. Fugue. Tempo I
Disc 5 #05. Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque I. Prelude. Moderato (Tempo rubato)
Disc 5 #06. Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque II. Menuet. Andantino
Disc 5 #07. Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque III. Clair de lune. Andante tres expressif
Disc 5 #08. Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque IV. Passepied. Allegretto ma non troppo

Disc 6 #01. Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, op. 82 I. Allegro moderato
Disc 6 #02. Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, op. 82 II. Allegretto
Disc 6 #03. Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, op. 82 III. Tempo di valzer lentissimo
Disc 6 #04. Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, op. 82 IV. Vivace
Disc 6 #05. Sergei Prokofiev: From 10 Pieces for Piano, op. 12 Legende op. 12, No. 6
Disc 6 #06. Sergei Prokofiev: From 10 Pieces for Piano, op. 12 Gavotte op. 12, No. 2
Disc 6 #07. Sergei Prokofiev: Sarcasms op. 17 I. Tempestuoso
Disc 6 #08. Sergei Prokofiev: Sarcasms op. 17 I. Allegro rubato
Disc 6 #09. Sergei Prokofiev: Sarcasms op. 17 I. Allegro precipitato
Disc 6 #10. Sergei Prokofiev: Sarcasms op. 17 IV. Smanioso
Disc 6 #11. Sergei Prokofiev: Sarcasms op. 17 V. Precipitosissimo

Produced by Gerhard Betz. Recording Engineer & DSD Edited by Philipp Nedel.
Recorded on April 24-26, 2017 (Discs 1, 2, 5) and July 3-5, 2017 (Discs 3, 4, 6) at Festhalle in Viersen, Germany.
Authored by Hifofumi Katada at Sony Music Studios, Tokyo, Nogizaka.

Sony Classical ‎# SICC 19034~9

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