Lucas Debargue - Bach, Beethoven, Medtner (2016)

Lucas Debargue, the most talked about pianist at the 2015 Tchaikovsky Piano Competition, releases his first studio album BACH, BEETHOVEN, MEDTNER.

Nikolai Medtner is a Russian composer, contemporary of Rachmaninov & Scriabin with German roots and influences. Debargue performed Medtner’s melodious sonata to spectacular success at the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition with applause that lasted over fifteen minutes.

"I think it makes more sense to engage in a work like this one, brilliant but misunderstood, rather than in others we are too used to hearing," says Debargue about Medtner

Besides Bach's melancholic Toccata C minor BWV 911, Debargue is keen to engage in forgotten works as with Medtner and further puts a spotlight on the Sonata No. 7 in D major by Beethoven, which remained in the shadow of the famous Pathétique

TRACKLIST
01. Toccata in C Minor, BWV 911: Toccata in C Minor, BWV 911: Toccata
02. Toccata in C Minor, BWV 911: Toccata in C Minor, BWV 911: Fugue
03. Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3: I. Presto
04. Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3: Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3: II. Largo e mesto
05. Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3: Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3: III. Menuetto - Allegro - Trio
06. Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3: Sonata No. 7 in D Major, Op. 10, No. 3: IV. Rondo - Allegro
07. Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 5: I. Allegro - Maestoso, ma a tempo - Alla breve
08. Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 5: Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 5: II. Intermezzo - Allegro
09. Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 5: Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 5: III. Largo divoto - Maestoso
10. Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 5: Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 5: IV. Finale - Allegro risoluto