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APOTHÉOSE INFERNALE

YI LIN JIANG

ANCLEF 20250307

RELEASE DAY: 2025-01-03

APOTHÉOSE INFERNALE
Transcriptions pour piano réduite par l’auteur
«Fresque chorégraphique»

MAURICE RAVEL (1875–1937)
Joyeux 150ème anniversaire

DAPHNIS ET CHLOÉ
«Symphonie chorégraphique»
Ballet en trois parties de Michel Fokine
TABLEAU I
I. Introduction
II. Danse religieuse
III. Danse des jeunes filles
IV. Danse grotesque de Dorcon
V. Danse gracieuse et légère de Daphnis
VI. Danse de Lycéion
VII. Nocturne
TABLEAU II
VIII. Interlude
IX. Danse guerrière
X. Danse suppliante de Chloé
TABLEAU III
XI. Lever du jour
XII. Pantomime
XIII. Bacchanale
[DIGITAL SINGLE]

[World premiere recording of the entire ballet’s original 1910/11 piano reduction without any overlapping recording segments]

LA VALSE
«Poème chorégraphique»
Mouvement de Valse viennoise

YI LIN JIANG

The tradition of ballet transcriptions is probably one of the most technically demanding yet musically fulfilling challenges for any concert pianist. One of those tremendous transcriptions is Maurice Ravel’s La Valse, and his Daphnis et Chloé should be another one as well: this Symphonie chorégraphique somehow lacks an “official” solo transcription, which feels quite shocking as most of Ravel’s works include both a regularly performed piano and orchestra version. How can it be that such an important masterwork is not more often arranged or played; even if not the complete ballet, then at least through excerpts or both symphonic suites? Recorded by nine-time GRAMMY Award winner Peter Laenger, the OPUS KLASSIK and Schallplattenkritik nominated pianist Yi Lin Jiang releases APOTHÉOSE INFERNALE, a birthday gift for the Basque composer to celebrate his 150th anniversary by unravelling his lesser-known piano reduction of the entire Daphnis et Chloé (as a world premiere recording without any overlapping recording segments), symbiotically completed with his well-known piano transcription of La Valse to honour his legacy, as the music of both works is born and goes through all kinds of emotions before fighting its infernal phase to reach an apotheosis.

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UPC/EAN: 198004333344
Distribution: iMusician & CDBaby

Release: 2025-01-03

Steinway & Sons (D 593173)
Peter Laenger (Tonmeister)
Christoph Fuchs (Stimmer)
Alexandra Helldorff (Lektorin)
Ron Eichler (Fotograf & Tattoo Artist)
Yi Lin Jiang (Produzent & Grafiker)
Kronenzentrum Bietigheim (2024·03·26/27/28)