The Suite dans le style ancien updates Baroque dance forms in spiffy Neo-Classical dress characterized by accessible tunes and tart harmonies that take root in Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Poulenc yet sound refreshingly original. Among the six 1930 Arabesques, a Mazurka in homage to Chopin begins with some deliberately "wrong note" melodic trickery, and eventually gives way to more than a few chords lifted (consciously or not) from the Gershwin songbook. The Fanfare's orchestrally evocative rumbles put both pianist and the instrument's bass register in peril, while the concluding Danza is a cross-rhythmic finger-twisting tour-de-force.

Tracklist:

Suite Dans Le Style Ancien: I. Entree
Suite Dans Le Style Ancien: II. Sarabande
Suite Dans Le Style Ancien: III. Gavotte
Suite Dans Le Style Ancien: IV. Choral Fugue
Suite Dans Le Style Ancien: V. Aria
Suite Dans Le Style Ancien: VI. Toccata
Ballade No. 1
Ballade No. 2
Ballade No. 3
Arabesques: No. 1. Intermezzo
Arabesques: No. 2. Mazurka (Hommage A Chopin)
Arabesques: No. 3. Nocturne
Arabesques: No. 4. Fanfare
Arabesques: No. 5. Berceuse
Arabesques: No. 6. Danza
5 Impressions: No. 1. Calme
5 Impressions: No. 2. Burlesque
No. 3. Triste
5 Impressions: No. 4. Anime
5 Impressions: No. 5. Nocturne
8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 1. Prelude
8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 2. Arioso
8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 3. Interlude
8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 4. Choral I
8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 5. Invention
8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 6. Choral II
8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 7. Fuga
8 Cantilenes, "Homage To J.S. Bach": No. 8. Postlude

UPC: 747313302178
Label: Naxos
Release Date: 1.28.14
Format: CD

Eliane Reyes - Ballades Nos.1- 3 6 Arabesques 5 Impressions Suite (CD)