After a sumptuous recital which brought together impromptus by Frederic Chopin and Gabriel Faure (Impromptus, naive, V7860), the pianist Ismael Margain continues his musical explorations in the realm of the small form, this time the rondo and the fantasy.
And for this new journey, as poetic as it is inventive, he returns to one of his favourite composers: Mozart, whose inexhaustible and singular power he glorifies with the immense refinement of his playing.
Beyond the constantly renewed melodic inventiveness, all the works on this album form a fascinating kaleidoscope of Mozartian moods. If the Rondos, strongly characterised, reveal relatively homogeneous atmospheres, the Fantasias, notably K. 397 and K. 475, offer a kaleidoscope of ever-shifting moods and atmospheres, conferring them a definitely theatrical tone. In these quasi-improvisations, many characters come to life. The opera, the stage, permeate the discourse everywhere.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1756-1791
1 Fantasia in C minor, K. 396/385f
Adagio
2 Rondo in A minor, K. 511
Andante
3 Rondo in F major, K. 494
Allegretto
4 Fantasia ("Fragment") in D minor, K. 397/385g
Andante – Adagio – Presto – Tempo primo – Allegretto – a tempo
5 Rondo in D major, K. 485
Allegro
6 Fantasia in C minor, K. 475
Adagio – Allegro – Andantino – Più allegro – Primo tempo
7 Adagio in B minor, K. 540
Adagio