André Mathieu was a Montreal piano prodigy, born in 1928, fêted in his early life, but later forgotten, even before his early death at 39. He did most of his composing between the ages of 4 and 21, as far as is known. Probably because of his age, expression is at the core of his music rather than form and structure, but despite his age, there is a ...
Pianist Alain Lefèvre has taken on the musicological duties of cataloging the works of Quebec composer André Mathieu. As part of his mission of discovery, he also plans on performing and publishing what he can in order to raise greater awareness of Mathieu. This is his third album to feature Mathieu, and as on his concerto disc, once again one of ...
Joyaux Romantiques, the second volume of Analekta's Jewels of the Romantic Era, covers very familiar ground, insofar as its program includes some of the best-known examples of nineteenth century music. Yet in its representation of the era's masters, it overlaps the first volume by drawing from two composers who were already introduced. Granted, ...
Alain Lefèvre's third album of his own compositions is more of his "incurable romantic" music, which borders on the loungy, glittery piano playing of Liberace or on overly relaxing spa Muzak. It is almost self-indulgent in the way waves of notes swell and recede with emotion and in how it is often melancholy or dreamy. What saves it from ...
André Mathieu was a child prodigy at the piano who evolved into one of Canada's most distinctive, original, and universal- sounding composers well before he reached the age of 20. This was followed -- as is typically the case with many prodigies -- by an adulthood marked with mental illness, alcoholism and an early death; moreover, his tragedy was ...
Canadian pianist Alain Lefèvre has a penchant for selecting programs filled with impassioned, even cathartic music; this album is no exception. Rachmaninov's Op. 39 Etudes-Tableaux were composed after a series of emotionally devastating setbacks. Similarly, Schubert's D. 946 Drei Klavierstucke were completed only months before his own death. ...
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