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Alexei Lubimov charms Mostly Mozart audience with Satie and Debussy in New York

By Rebecca Lentjes, 03 August 2015
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Reviewed at Lincoln Center: Stanley H Kaplan Penthouse, New York City on 1 August 2015
Programme
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 2: Voiles
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 3: Le Vent dans la plaine
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 10: La Cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral)
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 1 no. 7: Ce qu'a vu le vent d'Ouest
Satie, Le fils des étoiles (Prelude to Act I)
Satie, Petite ouverture à danser
Satie, Gymnopédie no. 1
Debussy, L'Isle joyeuse, Op.26
Satie, Sports et Divertissements (Excerpts)
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 2 no. 2: Feuilles mortes
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 2 no. 4: Les fées sont d'exquises danseuses
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 2 no. 7: La Terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
Debussy, Préludes, Bk 2 no. 12: Feux d'artifice
Satie, Gnossienne no. 5
Performers
Alexei Lubimov, Piano
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Claude DebussyErik SatieGnossienne no. 5Gymnopédie no. 1L'Isle joyeuse, Op.26Le fils des étoilesPréludes, Bk 1 no. 10: La Cathédrale engloutie (The Sunken Cathedral)Préludes, Bk 1 no. 2: VoilesPréludes, Bk 1 no. 3: Le Vent dans la plainePréludes, Bk 1 no. 7: Ce qu'a vu le vent d'OuestPréludes, Bk 2 no. 12: Feux d'artificePréludes, Bk 2 no. 4: Les fées sont d'exquises danseusesPréludes, Bk 2 no. 7: La Terrasse des audiences du clair de lune
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Rebecca Lentjes
Rebecca Lentjes
Rebecca graduated from New York University in 2012, where she studied Music and Romance Languages. She now works as an assistant editor at RILM (Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale) and as manager of contemporary music collective ensemble mise-en.