Julien Libeer
Lignes Claires
- Type CD
- Label Evil Penguin
- UPC 0608917720624
- Catalog number EPRC 0020
- Release date 12 February 2016
About the album
Up to now, piano prodigy Julien Libeer (°1987) has – quite surprisingly – been able to steer clear of the international spotlights, in spite of being widely recognized as one of the world’s most astonishing talents. In 2010, at the tender age of 22, he was nominated “Young musician of the year” by the Belgian music press; in 2008 he had already received the prestigious Juventus Award –previously awarded to later icons like Piotr Anderszewski and Emmanuel Pahud. Since then, he has performed on stages like the Palau de la Musica Catalana (Barcelona), Barbican Hall (London), and the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam), often in series typically reserved for more “weathered” virtuosi.
According to Maria João Pires, whose patronage and partnership he has enjoyed since 2012, “Julien Libeer is the complete musician who fuses true understanding, a solid intellectual approach, and an infallible instinct for the impalpable.”
It is characteristic for his belief that “good exists, but good enough does not” that Julien Libeer has waited until his 28th to issue his first solo recording. On his upcoming debut album entitled Lignes Claires, Libeer lays bare the luminous lines in the music of his favourite composers, exploring the reticent sensibility in Ravel’s Tombeau de Couperin and Valses nobles et sentimentales, and the haunting hypnotism and delicate understatement in the Nocturne and Sonatine by the Romanian piano virtuoso Dinu Lipatti (1917-1950), whose output as a composer has been unjustly eclipsed by his aura as a performing genius.
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11Valses nobles et sentimentales Modéré
01:21 -
12Valses nobles et sentimentales Assez lent
02:36 -
13Valses nobles et sentimentales Modéré
01:40 -
14Valses nobles et sentimentales Assez animé
01:13 -
15Valses nobles et sentimentales Presque lent
01:26 -
16Valses nobles et sentimentales Vif
00:45 -
17Valses nobles et sentimentales Moins vif
02:50 -
18Valses nobles et sentimentales Épilogue (lent)
04:27 -
19Nocturne
04:08 -
110Sonatine pour la main gauche Allegro
02:21 -
111Sonatine pour la main gauche Andante espressivo
03:56 -
112Sonatine pour la main gauche Allegro
03:10 -
113Le tombeau de Couperin Prélude
03:01 -
114Le tombeau de Couperin Fugue
03:07 -
115Le tombeau de Couperin Forlane
06:53 -
116Le tombeau de Couperin Rigaudon
03:26 -
117Le tombeau de Couperin Menuet
05:48 -
118Le tombeau de Couperin Toccata
03:57