Lubimov charms Mostly Mozart audience with Satie and Debussy

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

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

Alexei Lubimov, Piano

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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.

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