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Johann Sebastian Bach, French Suite No. 5 in G Major, BWV 816 00:00 1. Allemande 3:46 2. Courante 05:22 3. Sarabande 09:55 4. Gavotte 11:09 5. Bourrée 12:27 6. Loure 14:45 7. Gigue Franz Liszt, Venezia e Napoli, Années de pèlerinage, Supplement, S. 162 19:21 1. Gondoliera 24:01 2. Canzone 26:48 3. Tarantella 35:51 Maurice Ravel, Pavane pour une infante défunte (Pavane for a Dead Princess) Nikolai Kapustin, 8 Concert Etudes, Op. 40 42:41 No. 1 in C major: Prelude 44:45 No. 2 in A-flat major: Reverie 48:03 No. 3 in E minor: Toccatina 50:22 No. 4 in B major: Remembrance 54:57 No. 5 in D major: Raillery 57:32 No. 6 in B-flat major: Pastorale 1:00:24 No. 7 in D-flat major: Intermezzo 1:04:12 No. 8 in F minor: Finale 1:08:31 Sergei Rachmaninov/Zoltán Kocsis, Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 Franz Liszt, Grandes Études de Paganini, S. 141 1:15:49 No. 3 in G-sharp Minor: La Campanella (Allegretto) Frédéric Chopin, Études, Op. 10 1:22:03 No. 12 in C Minor Cast Nobuyuki Tsujii (Nobu) — Pianist Program notes Nobuyuki “Nobu“ Tsujii was born without the ability to see, but no obstacle was too great to keep the Japanese piano virtuoso from achieving greatness. The winner of the 2009 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition returns to the Verbier Festival to take us on an international tour in a program of works inspired by foreign melodies: Bach’s bright and stately French Suite No. 5; Liszt’s interpretation of Italian gondola music and tarantella in Venezia e Napoli, a supplement to the Années de pèlerinage; Ravel’s heartbreaking ode to a Spanish princess, the poignant Pavane pour une infante défunte; and, finally, the 8 Concert Etudes by Russian composer Nikolai Kapustin, irresistible blends of classical with American jazz, ragtime, and blues.
