The opening movement, marked "Slow," is calm. All three movements are melodic – as well as slow. It is certainly not without merit, and placed between the Debussy and Ravel on the CD, it serves as a change of pace. Musically, I find the Delius Sonata, one of his last works, less appealing than the Debussy or Ravel. At the same time Gauguin explores colours that convey emotional feeling like music, suggesting, as he said, 'Colour is the language of the listening eye.'" Komachi provides an illustration of the painting to let us see and hear this for ourselves. In her program notes, seemingly about synesthesia (and here she and I part company) Komichi writes, "from then on, Delius' harmony began to illustrate deep mysterious colours like Gauguin's Nevermore. The composer met the painter in Paris in 1894 and both were part of a circle of creative writers, painters and composers, including Ravel, Munch, Rodin, Ibsen and Grieg (which presumably explains the presence of the Grieg transcriptions on this CD. It hung in the room where he wrote his music. I recommend the CD to anyone wanting a fine recording of this repertoire.įor Midori Komachi, not to be confused with the famous violinist known simply as Midori, Delius is at the center of this production, and so is a painting by Gauguin, called Nevermore, of which Delius was the first owner. Although I am much less familiar with the other works, I have no reservations about the performances of them also. The Debussy Sonata, one of his last works, has long been a favorite work of mine, so I can say with assurance that this is an excellent performance.
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