Bagatellen Op. 1-5, Valentin Silvestrov. Piano

BAGATELLES
Composer: Valentin Silvestrov
for Piano

In this edition, Silvestrov has compiled for the first time five cycles from a multitude of 'Bagatellen', his favourite genre in recent years - and even recorded them on CD (ECM).
What mainly interests him in the bagatelles is the melody, though not as something complete but rather as an answer to 'momentarily' flashing intonations, calls, motifs which the composer can no longer get out of his ear.
The short form makes it possible to capture the 'moment' or 'moment musical' as such and 'bring it to a halt' (Verweile doch! Du bist so schön!... according to Goethe).
Thus, the harmless miniatures are not just mere nothings (fr. bagatelle = trivial matters, trifles), they become as Silvestrov said half in jest - 'sublime trivia in which there is nothing except music.'
Tatjana Frumkis

Content:

I
3 Bagatelles op. 1 (2005):
Allegretto
Moderato
Moderato

II
4 Pieces op. 2 (2006):
Lullaby
Pastorale
Bagatelle
Postlude

III
3 Waltzes with Postlude op. 3 (2005-2006):
Allegretto
Moderato
Vivace
Moderato

IV
3 Bagatelles op. 4 (Jan. 2006):
Moderato
Animato
Andantino

V
Postludium op. 5 (2005):
Adagio

DETAILS
Difficulty: difficult
ISMN: 979-0-2030-0482-0
Opus: op. 1 - 5
Performance duration: 33' 0"
Publisher: M.P. Belaieff Musikverlag
Uraufführung : München Feb. 2006 (Valentin Silvestrov)
Year of composition: 2005 - 2006
page number: 56
Binding: Saddle-wire stitching