33 Simon Ghraichy

• Francisco Tárrega (1852 - 1909):
• 1 Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Transcr. for piano by Simon Ghraichy) 04:29
• Charles Valentin Alkan (1813 - 1888): 25 Preludes, Op.31 / 1st Suite
• 2 25 Preludes, Op.31 / 1st Suite: No.8 in A flat minor: La chanson de la folle au bord de la mer 03:20
• Ariel Ramírez (1921 - 2010):
• 3 Alfonsina y el mar (Transcr. for piano by Simon Ghraichy) 02:47
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Humoreske, Op.20
• 4 Humoreske, Op.20: 1. Einfach 05:41
• 5 Humoreske, Op.20: 2. Hastig 04:58
• 6 Humoreske, Op.20: 3. Einfach und zart 04:32
• 7 Humoreske, Op.20: 4. Innig 05:19
• 8 Humoreske, Op.20: 5. Zum Beschluss 06:01
• Chilly Gonzales (b. 1972):
• 9 Robert on the bridge 04:16
• Philip Glass (b. 1937):
• 10 Raising the sail 04:14
• Michael Nyman (b. 1944):
• 11 Time lapse - Piano version 03:21
• Pawel Szymanski (b. 1954): Deux études pour piano
• 12 Deux études pour piano: I. Presto ritmico sempre staccato e secco 06:23
• 13 Deux études pour piano: II. Prestissimo senza metro ma ritmico 07:33
• Jacopo Baboni Schilingi (b. 1971):
• 14 Huge 05:35
• Robert Schumann: Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31:
• 15 Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: Tema 00:50
• 16 Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: I. Molto moderato 01:21
• 17 Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: II. 00:45
• 18 Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: III. 01:08
• 19 Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: IV. Prestissimo 00:35
• 20 Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: V. 00:56
• 21 Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: VI. Presto 00:44
• 22 Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: VII. Cantando 01:03
• 23 Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: VIII. Passionato 00:52
• 24 Etudes in Variation Form on a Theme by Beethoven, WoO 31: IX. 01:56
• Total Runtime 01:18:39

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After his successful debut album “Heritages”, the French pianist Simon Ghraichy is back with a new album: “33”.

The 33 year old has a reputation of being “the craziest” of all French pianists. He shakes his life in all directions and now presents his personal selection of music, including two world premiere recordings, commissioned by Simon himself: Chilly Gonzales’s Robert on the Bridge and Jacopo Baboni Schilingi’s HUGE.

The central piece of his new album is the Humoreske, op.20, by Schumann: a series of seven short sections, whose musical texture and emotional tones vary widely and differ greatly between the sections. In the second part of the piece Schuman opened up the typical double-staffed score to include a third staff, the middle of which contains a solo voice marked “innere Stimme” (inner voice). Schumann intended this “internal/inner voice” to be seen but not played by the pianist, to appeal not only to the ears, but the eyes as well!

Simon Ghraichy, piano

Simon Ghraichy
is a French pianist of Lebanese and Mexican background. Ghraichy has performed as a soloist with orchestras and in chamber music and solo recitals in music halls across the globe: at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center, as well as venues in France, Netherlands, Peru, Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, and Egypt.

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