Carlos Manuel Vargas - Souvenirs (2024) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

Pianist Carlos Vargas gives the public a rare glimpse into the depths of a musician’s soul with his intimate new solo album Souvenirs. It is a truly eclectic selection of pianistic gems, expertly collected across several centuries and countries, yet interconnected by profound virtuosity and sweeping romanticism.

SOUVENIRS travels to France, Russia, the United States, and (perhaps most importantly) Latin America; Poulenc makes an appearance, as do Scriabin, Gershwin, and Dominican composer Rafael Bullumba Landestoy, among others. Strikingly, Vargas rotates the kaleidoscope: his interpretation brings Latin flamboyance to Poulenc, Russian drama to Gershwin, and American spontaneity to Scriabin, to name but a few. All the pieces on Souvenirs are highly idiosyncratic; and yet, Vargas effortlessly unites them in their individual brilliance.

TRACKLIST

1. Carlos Manuel Vargas - Ciclo brasileiro, W374: No. 2, Impressões seresteiras
2. Carlos Manuel Vargas - 7 Virtuoso Etudes After Gershwin: No. 3, The Man I Love
3. Carlos Manuel Vargas - 7 Virtuoso Etudes After Gershwin: No. 4, Embraceable You
4. Carlos Manuel Vargas - Romántico
5. Carlos Manuel Vargas - Vals de Santo Domingo
6. Carlos Manuel Vargas - Estudio en zamba
7. Carlos Manuel Vargas - Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 19 "Fantasy": I. Andante
8. Carlos Manuel Vargas - Piano Sonata No. 2 in G-Sharp Minor, Op. 19 "Fantasy": II. Presto
9. Carlos Manuel Vargas - Improvisation No. 15 in C Minor, FP 176 "Hommage à Édith Piaf"
10. Carlos Manuel Vargas - La vie en rose (Arr. for Piano by Roberto Piana)
11. Carlos Manuel Vargas - Hymne à l'amour (Arr. for Piano by Roberto Piana)
12. Carlos Manuel Vargas - Preludio de Sofía
13. Carlos Manuel Vargas - Levante



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