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Bittersweet

Sophie Pacini

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EAN / barcode: 7340198261757
Release date: 28 October 2022
Format: Digital

Like a Gentle Embrace Inspired by a moving concert in a women's shelter in Munich, ECHO Klassik winner Sophie Pacini wanted to give as many other people as possible hope and light in dark hours with a compilation of her personal favorite pieces. The result is bittersweet - a collection of encouraging masterworks intended as a gentle embrace amid crises and challenges. With great emotional depth, Pacini takes the listener on a varied program featuring popular works by Händel, Schumann, Brahms and Mozart, among others, whose music mirrors our lives with all their ups and downs like a pendulum between lightness and melancholy. In twelve carefully selected classics from the piano repertoire, Pacini invites us with passion and sensitivity to let ourselves fall into the soothing sounds of the piano and to find comfort in the great and small crises of life. It is the pianist's most personal project to date, who - unintentionally called a "prodigy" - has had to fight resistance, marginalization and resentment from a young age and has always drawn her strength from music. "Bittersweet is like a musical diary for me," says the now 33-year-old. "The album reminds me of many turbulent phases in my life. Phases that called for reflection and courage and phases that gave me strength and confidence. Playing and listening to it fills me equally with humility and inner joy. I am very grateful for everything I have achieved, but I am also aware of the obstacles I have had to overcome. But it is worth believing in your dreams and not giving up. If I can pass on even a little of what it has given me through my music, that makes me happy."

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Tracklist

01 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: I. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen 01:37
02 Romances sans paroles, Op. 76: I. Souvenance 02:12
03 Kinderszenen, Op. 15: VII. Träumerei 02:26
04 Chaconne in G Major, HWV 435 10:44
05 Album für die Jugend, Op. 68: No. 38, Winterszeit I 02:13
06 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop Prelude" 05:22
07 Fantasia in D Minor, K. 397 05:11
08 Suite bergamasque, CD 82: III. Clair de lune 05:50
09 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 1 in E-Flat Major. Andante moderato 04:22
10 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 2 in B-Flat Minor. Andante non troppo e con molto espressione 04:36
11 3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 3 in C-Sharp Minor. Andante con moto 06:45
12 4 Impromptus, D. 935 (Op. 142): No. 2 in A-Flat Major. Allegretto 07:38

Source: MusicBrainz

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