24 Preludes & Fugues
William Howard
- Label
- Champs Hill
- Katalognummer
- CHRCD 016
- EAN / Barcode
- 5060212590176
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 31 März 2011
"I have no doubt that these 24 Preludes and Fugues are one of the finest piano works of our time..." - David Matthews Novakʼs music is intensely spiritual, and is truly modern in that it adds something completely new to what has existed before. At the same time it is not overtly radical; it does not seek to destroy the existing order and replace it with something new. Novak retains strong links with tonality, but his tonality, with its frequent use of triads, sounds uniquely his. The 24 Preludes and Fugues were written for the pianist William Howard over a 17-year period, and consequently reflect the evolution of Novakʼs musical language during this time. Many of them were premiered at the Dartington International Summer School. This 75-minute work is divided into four ʻbooksʼ, the first two based on the Old Testament and the second two on the New Testament. Whereas the pieces in the first two books are distinct and individual, the cycle strives increasingly towards a unity of form as it develops, while at the same time revealing Novakʼs growing interest in unison and a consonance in his compositional language.
Titelliste
- 01 Book One (Old Testament): Prelude One. The Creation of Heaven and Earth 02:17
- 02 Book One (Old Testament): Fugue One, The Creation of Man 01:52
- 03 Book One (Old Testament): Prelude Two. The Age of the Patriarchs 01:37
- 04 Book One (Old Testament): Fugue Two. Noah 01:41
- 05 Book One (Old Testament): Prelude Three. The Flood 01:22
- 06 Book One (Old Testament): Fugue Three. Noah's Ark 02:14
- 07 Book One (Old Testament): Prelude Four. The Departure of Abraham 00:57
- 08 Book One (Old Testament): Fugue Four. Abraham and Isaac 00:47
- 09 Book One (Old Testament): Prelude Five. The Burning Bush 03:02
- 10 Book One (Old Testament): Fugue Five. Moses 01:04
- 11 Book One (Old Testament): Prelude Six. Saul and David 01:47
- 12 Book One (Old Testament): Fugue Six. King David 02:59
- 13 Book Two (Old Testament): Prelude Seven. Job 00:43
- 14 Book Two (Old Testament): Fugue Seven. The Book of Proverbs 01:09
- 15 Book Two (Old Testament): Prelude Eight. The Little Book of Psalms - I 02:41
- 16 Book Two (Old Testament): Fugue Eight. The Little Book of Psalms - II 03:59
- 17 Book Two (Old Testament): Prelude Nine. Ecclesiasticus 02:37
- 18 Book Two (Old Testament): Fugue Nine. The Song of Songs 01:01
- 19 Book Two (Old Testament): Prelude Ten. Elijah 04:04
- 20 Book Two (Old Testament): Fugue Ten. Elisha 02:39
- 21 Book Two (Old Testament): Prelude Eleven. The Lamentations of Jeremiah 01:21
- 22 Book Two (Old Testament): Fugue Eleven. Jeremiah 01:03
- 23 Book Two (Old Testament): Prelude Twelve. Isaiah - I 01:57
- 24 Book Two (Old Testament): Fugue Twelve. Isaiah - II 02:36
- 25 Book Three (New Testament) - 'The Word became flesh and dwelt among us': Prelude Thirteen 01:46
- 26 Book Three (New Testament) - 'The Word became flesh and dwelt among us': Fugue Thirteen 01:19
- 27 Book Three (New Testament) - 'The Word became flesh and dwelt among us': Prelude Fourteen 02:14
- 28 Book Three (New Testament) - 'The Word became flesh and dwelt among us': Fugue Fourteen 01:11
- 29 Book Three (New Testament) - 'The Word became flesh and dwelt among us': Prelude Fifteen 01:15
- 30 Book Three (New Testament) - 'The Word became flesh and dwelt among us': Fugue Fifteen 01:33
- 31 Book Three (New Testament) - 'The Word became flesh and dwelt among us': Prelude Sixteen 01:54
- 32 Book Three (New Testament) - 'The Word became flesh and dwelt among us': Fugue Sixteen 00:30
- 33 Book Three (New Testament) - 'The Word became flesh and dwelt among us': Prelude Seventeen 00:56
- 34 Book Three (New Testament) - 'The Word became flesh and dwelt among us': Fugue Seventeen 02:07
- 35 Book Three (New Testament) - 'The Word became flesh and dwelt among us': Prelude Eighteen. Aria, The Seven Last Words of Jesus Christ on the Cross 02:19
- 36 Book Three (New Testament) - 'The Word became flesh and dwelt among us': Fugue Eighteen 00:42
- 37 Book Four (New Testament) - Landscapes of the Lamb: Fugue Nineteen 00:52
- 38 Book Four (New Testament) - Landscapes of the Lamb: Postlude Nineteen 00:40
- 39 Book Four (New Testament) - Landscapes of the Lamb: Fugue Twenty 00:50
- 40 Book Four (New Testament) - Landscapes of the Lamb: Postlude Twenty 00:44
- 41 Book Four (New Testament) - Landscapes of the Lamb: Fugue Twenty One 00:50
- 42 Book Four (New Testament) - Landscapes of the Lamb: Postlude Twenty One 00:40
- 43 Book Four (New Testament) - Landscapes of the Lamb: Fugue Twenty Two 00:55
- 44 Book Four (New Testament) - Landscapes of the Lamb: Postlude Twenty Two - Consonance 00:31
- 45 Book Four (New Testament) - Landscapes of the Lamb: Fugue Twenty Three 00:27
- 46 Book Four (New Testament) - Landscapes of the Lamb: Postlude Twenty Three - Consonance 00:28
- 47 Book Four (New Testament) - Landscapes of the Lamb: Parellel Fugue and Postlude Twenty Four - Unison 04:05
