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℗ 2024 Sono Luminus
Released | May 17, 2024 |
Duration | 1h 23m 59s |
Record Label | Sono Luminus |
Catalogue No. | DSL-92275 |
Genre | Classical (Piano) |
Manuscripts Don't Burn
Inna Faliks
Available in 352.8 kHz / 24-bit, 192 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC and 11.2896 MHz DSD high resolution audio formats
Master and Margarita Suite
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1.1
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I. Time to Go - a Sarabande
Veronika Krausas; Inna Faliks |
1:37 | |||
1.2
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II. 14th of the Month of Nisan
Veronika Krausas; Inna Faliks |
3:06 | |||
1.3
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III. Night Streets of Moscow - a Polonaise
Veronika Krausas; Inna Faliks |
2:00 | |||
1.4
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IV. Yellow Flower Waltz
Veronika Krausas; Inna Faliks |
2:40 | |||
1.5
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V. Fantasia, "Have you stopped loving me?"
Veronika Krausas; Inna Faliks |
2:30 | |||
1.6
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VI. Behemoth's Somersaults into Cognac - a Bagatelle
Veronika Krausas; Inna Faliks |
2:08 | |||
1.7
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VII. Listen to the Silence - Epilogue
Veronika Krausas; Inna Faliks |
2:33 | |||
1.8
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Gretchem am Spinnrade
Franz Schubert; Franz Liszt; Inna Faliks |
4:30 | |||
1.9
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Manuscripts Don't Burn
Maya Miro Johnson; Inna Faliks |
6:59 | |||
1.10
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Notturno in G minor
Fanny Hensel-Mendelssohn; Inna Faliks |
4:23 | |||
1.11
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Erlkonig
Franz Schubert; Franz Liszt; Inna Faliks |
4:43 | |||
1.12
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Am Meer
Franz Schubert; Franz Liszt; Inna Faliks |
4:37 | |||
1.13
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Black Earth
Fazil Say; Inna Faliks |
7:06 | |||
1.14
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"A Psalm for Odesa"
Mike Garson; Inna Faliks |
4:36 | |||
"Voices"
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1.15
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I. Sirota
Ljova Zhurbin; Inna Faliks |
6:51 | |||
1.16
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II. Alter(ed) Zhok
Ljova Zhurbin; Inna Faliks |
5:16 | |||
1.17
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III. Freydele
Ljova Zhurbin; Inna Faliks |
6:05 | |||
Godai (The Five Elements)
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1.18
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I. Dry Bones - Wind
Clarice Assad; Steve Schroeder; Inna Faliks |
2:30 | |||
1.19
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II. Absence - Fire and Water
Clarice Assad; Steve Schroeder; Inna Faliks |
3:07 | |||
1.20
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III. Earth
Clarice Assad; Steve Schroeder; Inna Faliks |
2:01 | |||
1.21
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IV. Ascension-Sky
Clarice Assad; Steve Schroeder; Inna Faliks |
2:19 | |||
1.22
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Hero (for piano solo)
Clarice Assad; Inna Faliks |
2:22 |
Manuscripts Don’t Burn is a famous line in Bulgakov’s Master and Margarita – the retelling of Faust, the 20th century cult novel of an artist surviving in a Totalitarian regime, the love story, the burlesque with giant, vodka drinking cats and vampiric theater administrators.
The five premieres, written for Inna Faliks and recorded here, are vastly different in styles and esthetic. The understated, elegant "Master and Margarita Suite" by Veronika Krausas complements the wild, theatrical, brooding and extended techniques-filled “Manuscripts Don’t Burn” by Maya Miro Johnson. Mike Garson’s "Psalm to Odesa", an improvisatory ballad, with bits of Faliks' own improvisation based a well known Odesan song, sets off “Voices” by Ljova, a piece for piano and historical recordings of Jewish cantorial and klezmer music.
The poetry that Faliks recites, sings and hums while performing the four-movement "Godai - the Four Elements" - is rounded off by the propulsive bravura whirlwind of "Hero". Fasil Say’s "Black Earth" takes the listener on a journey from Odesa across the Black Sea - a Turkish ballad and jazzy beats alternates with improvisatory melisma of a Turkish lute, played on muted strings of the piano. The rarely heard Notturno of Fanny Mendelssohn connects a gifted female voice to the others on this disc, as well as, perhaps, to the dark, impassioned character of Margarita. In "Master and Margarita", “Manuscripts Don’t Burn” is spoken by Satan when he retrieves the manuscript of a novel presumed burnt – and in Clarice Assad’s “Godai”, Steve Schroeder’s poem depicts the loss of a manuscript in a fire.
The lieder of Schubert, transcribed for solo piano by Liszt, riffs on the mythical and the Faustian lore found also in Master and Margarita: Gretchen (Margarita) at the spinning wheel, a mystical love story by the sea, a monstrous Elf King and the death of a child, of innocence, of joy - one’s worst fear.
"This collection of music speaks to my love of dialogue between music and words. As in my Music/Words series, where I pair poets with musical programs in the form of a recital/reading, the connections between text and sound here are not just literal but emotional, based on memory, intuition, dreams and hopes."
- Inna Faliks
352.8 kHz / 24-bit, 192 kHz / 24-bit PCM and 11.2896 MHz DSD – Sono Luminus Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -1.33 -4.24 to -0.66 | -22.55 -28.80 to -17.89 | -18.55 -24.20 to -14.40 | 13 10 to 16 | |
1 | I. Time to Go - a Sarabande | -2.04 | -23.40 | -19.4 | 12 |
2 | II. 14th of the Month of Nisan | -0.97 | -21.62 | -17.5 | 13 |
3 | III. Night Streets of Moscow - a Polonaise | -1.22 | -21.77 | -18.4 | 12 |
4 | IV. Yellow Flower Waltz | -2.19 | -24.08 | -20.6 | 13 |
5 | V. Fantasia, "Have you stopped loving me?" | -4.24 | -26.25 | -21.2 | 14 |
6 | VI. Behemoth's Somersaults into Cognac - a Bagatelle | -0.97 | -23.13 | -18.7 | 14 |
7 | VII. Listen to the Silence - Epilogue | -3.00 | -28.80 | -24.2 | 15 |
8 | Gretchem am Spinnrade | -0.89 | -20.56 | -16.8 | 11 |
9 | Manuscripts Don't Burn | -0.97 | -25.73 | -19.7 | 16 |
10 | Notturno in G minor | -1.06 | -23.64 | -20.6 | 13 |
11 | Erlkonig | -0.97 | -19.02 | -16.0 | 11 |
12 | Am Meer | -1.27 | -24.66 | -20.2 | 13 |
13 | Black Earth | -0.97 | -22.87 | -19.2 | 13 |
14 | "A Psalm for Odesa" | -0.97 | -25.28 | -20.7 | 16 |
15 | I. Sirota | -0.97 | -21.00 | -17.0 | 12 |
16 | II. Alter(ed) Zhok | -0.97 | -20.19 | -17.1 | 13 |
17 | III. Freydele | -0.97 | -19.90 | -15.5 | 12 |
18 | I. Dry Bones - Wind | -0.93 | -20.47 | -16.8 | 12 |
19 | II. Absence - Fire and Water | -0.97 | -22.78 | -18.8 | 14 |
20 | III. Earth | -0.66 | -23.38 | -18.8 | 14 |
21 | IV. Ascension-Sky | -0.97 | -19.75 | -16.5 | 12 |
22 | Hero (for piano solo) | -0.95 | -17.89 | -14.4 | 10 |