Echoes Of Life

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Alice Sara Ott is releasing a deluxe version of her tenth album on Deutsche Grammophon. In addition to Frédéric Chopin's 24 Préludes, the repertoire of "Echoes Of Life" includes seven contemporary works by various composers, including a piece written by Francesco Tristano especially for the album, as well as a composition by Alice Sara Ott herself, based on Mozart's Lacrimosa. With these seven compositions from the 20th and 21st centuries, the pianist places the piano cycle in a contemporary context - behind each of the seven "Interludes" lies an autobiographical moment of Ott, documented in detail and personally in the album booklet. In addition to the works on the original album, eleven new recordings complete the Echoes Of Life story.

"When I started playing the program live in front of audiences in November 2021, I suddenly realized that this was no longer just my personal Echoes Of Life journey… Echoes Of Life had acquired new dimensions, and while my original associations slowly began to fade, the thoughts and stories of the people who attended and witnessed the project began to take shape and reverberate in the concert hall with the music.” – Alice Sara Ott

Tracklist:

CD1 (original album):

1. Tristano: In The Beginning Was
2. Chopin: No. 1 in C Major. Agitato [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
3. Chopin: No. 2 in A Minor. Lento [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
4. Chopin: No. 3 in G Major. Vivace [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
5. Chopin: No. 4 in E Minor. Largo [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
6. Ligeti: I. Sostenuto. Misurato. Prestissimo [Musica ricercata]
7. Chopin: No. 5 in D Major. Molto allegro [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
8. Chopin: No. 6 in B Minor. Lento assai [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
9. Chopin: No. 7 in A Major. Andantino [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
10. Chopin: No. 8 in F Sharp Minor. Molto agitato [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
11. Chopin: No. 9 in E Major. Largo [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
12. Rota: Valzer
13. Chopin: No. 10 in C Sharp Minor. Molto allegro [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
14. Chopin: No. 11 in B Major. Vivace [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
15. Chopin: No. 12 in G Sharp Minor. Presto [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
16. Chopin: No. 13 in F Sharp Minor. Lento [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
17. Chopin: No. 14 in E Flat Minor. Allegro [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
18. Chopin: No. 15 in D Flat Major. Sostenuto "Raindrop" [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
19. Gonzales: Prelude in C Sharp Major
20. Chopin: No. 16 in B Flat Minor. Presto con fuoco [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
21. Chopin: No. 17 in A Flat Major. Allegretto [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
22. Chopin: No. 18 in C Minor. Molto allegro [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
23. Takemitsu: I. Adagio [Litany (In Memory of Michael Vyner)]
24. Chopin: No. 19 in E Flat Major. Vivace [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
25. Chopin: No. 20 in C Minor. Largo [24 Preludes, Op. 28
26. Pärt: Für Alina
27. Chopin: No. 21 in B Flat Major. Cantabile [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
28. Chopin: No. 22 in G Minor. Molto agitato [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
29. Chopin: No. 23 in F Major. Moderato [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
30. Chopin: No. 24 in D Minor. Allegro appassionato [24 Preludes, Op. 28]
31. Ott: Lullaby To Eternity (on fragments of W.A. Mozart's "Lacrimosa")

CD 2 (additional works):

1. J.S. Bach: I. Prelude [The Well-Tempered Clavier / Book 1, BWV 846-869 / Prelude & Fugue in C Major, BWV 846] - Grand Piano
2. Field: No. 1, Prelude [2 Album Leaves in C Minor] - Grand Piano
3. Field: No. 2, Largo [2 Album Leaves in C Minor] - Grand Piano
4. Chopin: Prelude No. 26 in A-Flat Major, KK IVb/7
5. Chopin: Prelude No. 25 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45
6. Gonzales: Contretemps
7. Silvestrov: No. 6, Prelude [Naive Music]
8. Silvestrov: No. 3, Prelude [Distant Music]
9. Field: No. 1, Prelude [2 Album Leaves in C Minor] - Upright Piano
10. Field: No. 2, Largo [2 Album Leaves in C Minor] - Upright Piano
11. J.S. Bach: I. Prelude [The Well-Tempered Clavier / Book 1, BWV 846-869 / Prelude & Fugue in C Major, BWV 846] - Upright Piano