Everlasting Seasons Vanessa Wagner

• Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893): The Seasons, Op. 37a:
• 1 Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 1, January. By the Fireside 05:06
• 2 Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 2, February. Carnival 02:53
• 3 Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 3, March. Song of the Lark 01:53
• 4 Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 4, April. Snowdrop 02:19
• 5 Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 5, May. White Nights 03:37
• 6 Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 6, June. Barcarolle 05:41
• 7 Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: No 7, July. Reaper's Song 01:22
• 8 Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 8, August. The Harvest 02:57
• 9 Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 9, September. The Hunt 02:43
• 10 Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 10, October. Autumn Song 04:00
• 11 Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 11, November. Troika 02:39
• 12 Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37a: No. 12, December. Christmas 05:18
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907): Lyric Pieces, Op. 43:
• 13 Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 43: No. 1, Butterfly. Allegro grazioso 02:05
• 14 Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 43: No. 4, Little Bird. Allegro leggiero 01:49
• Lyric Pieces, Op. 47:
• 15 Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 47: No. 1, Valse-Impromptu. Allegro con moto 03:06
• 16 Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 47: No. 3, Melody. Allegretto 04:35
• 17 Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 47: No. 7, Elegy. Poco Andante 02:41
• Lyric Pieces, Op. 65:
• 18 Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 65: No. 6, Wedding Day at Troldhaugen. Tempo di Marcia un poco vivace 05:35
• Lyric Pieces, Op. 68:
• 19 Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Op. 68: No. 2, Grandmother’s Minuet. Allegretto grazioso e leggierissimo 01:49
• Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957): Six Impromptus, Op. 5:
• 20 Sibelius: Six Impromptus, Op. 5: No. 3. Moderato (Alla marcia) 02:19
• 21 Sibelius: Six Impromptus, Op. 5: No. 5, Vivace 03:40
• 22 Sibelius: Six Impromptus, Op. 5: No. 6, Comodo 04:38
• Mikhail Glinka (1804 - 1857): Nocturne in F Minor "La Séparation":
• 23 Glinka: Nocturne in F Minor "La Séparation" 04:18
• Total Runtime 01:17:03

Info for Everlasting Seasons

Her curiosity, thirst for discovery and audacity have led her to cultivate eclecticism, leaving the beaten track and taking us to places we might not have expected. Through her dedication to the process of creating new music, she also developed a passion for the minimalist movement and a remarkable fondness for music reduced to the utmost austerity. From her numerous dives into often hypnotic worlds of sound, Vanessa Wagner has emerged as a different, freer and more open person. And so today she presents us with what is probably her most personal recording, a programme that she has developed over two long years and in which she constructs an imaginary, imaginative narrative from miniatures by Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Sibelius and Glinka. The pianist becomes the author and narrator of a story of light and shadow.

Vanessa Wagner, piano

Vanessa Wagner
A highly individual musician, Vanessa Wagner is characterised by her sensitive and thoughtful playing, the richness of her tone colour, and her artistic choices, which prompt her to traverse the di erent repertories, from that of the fortepiano (which she plays on period instruments) to the music of our time, notably that of Pascal Dusapin and François Meïmoun, both of whom have dedicated several pieces to her. After obtaining a Premier Prix at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in Dominique Merlet’s class and a postgraduate diploma in the class of Jean-François Heisser, she entered the International Piano Academy Lake Como, where she received the guidance of such great masters as Leon Fleisher, Dmitri Bashkirov, Murray Perahia, Fou Ts’ong and Alexis Weissenberg.

Since being named ‘Solo Instrumental Discovery of the Year’ at the Victoires de la Musique in 1999, Vanessa Wagner has appeared with the leading international orchestras and conductors.

She is also a sought-after chamber music partner, and often shares the concert platform with her musician friends, notably Augustin Dumay, with whom she has a privileged partnership, the pianists Marie Vermeulin, Cédric Tiberghien and Wilhem Latchoumia, and Murcof, a renowned musician on the electro scene.

Vanessa Wagner is artistic director of the Festival de Chambord and has been appointed Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

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