ELEMENTS & JASMINE PETALS
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Works for piano by Marti Epstein, Jobina Tinnemans, Carolyn Chen, Liza Lim, Hannah Kendall, Rahilia Hasanova, Aleksandra Vrebalov and performed by Fidan Aghayeva-Edler.
A double album by pianist Fidan Aghayeva-Edler grown out of her widely recognised Piano Marathon performances across Europe, in which she performs extended programs of music by women composers for up to 24 hours. The first disc, Elements, explores emotional and conceptual landscapes through works by Marti Epstein, Jobina Tinnemans, and Carolyn Chen. Epstein’s The Piano at the Palace Beautiful draws inspiration from Little Women, capturing the tactile intimacy of piano playing, while Tinnemans’ Seven Sisters gives mythological figures individual musical identities. Chen’s tearing (b) expandsfragments of Scriabin into a haunting exploration of sorrow and sound.
The second disc, Jasmine Petals, focuses on imagery, fragility, and human resilience. Liza Lim’s Winter responds to Cy Twombly’s paintings as climates of inner life, while Hannah Kendall’s Processional distills the spirit of the Civil Rights movement into a concentrated musical statement. Rahilia Hasanova’s Jasmine Petals reflects on the fragility of human existence through delicate miniatures that fade into silence. The album concludes with Aleksandra Vrebalov’s Indigo Codes and Danube Etude, works shaped by experiences of displacement, memory, and transformation.
“… eine außergewöhnliche Edition, die dank Fidan Aghayeva-Edlers klangsensiblem Klavierspiel zu einem wohltuenden Ruhepol in der aktuellen Komponistinnen-Diskografie geworden ist.” Fridemann Leipold (Musikredakteur BR Klassik)
” Fidan Aghayeva-Edler’s Piano Marathons have become a feature of European concert life. For hour after hour, sometimes day and night, she plays a sequence of pieces, all of them composed by women, all of them played with extraordinary insight, skill and commitment. This double album presents eight moments from these epic musical adventures.” Christopher Fox
Recorded in Clynfyw Mansion (Wales) and Texas Woman’s University, with financial support Käthe-Dorsch und Agnes-Straub Stiftung.
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