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Nightlight

Cordelia Williams (piano)

Nightlight
this superbly programmed recital explores night and its uncertainties and fears… but with a peaceful ending. Williams is as at home in the wilder moments of Scriabin as she is serenading us...

Nightlight

Cordelia Williams (piano)

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this superbly programmed recital explores night and its uncertainties and fears… but with a peaceful ending. Williams is as at home in the wilder moments of Scriabin as she is serenading us...

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"SOMM Recordings announces the return of pianist Cordelia Williams with Nightlight, a compelling exploration of the contrariness of night, its turmoil, terror and tenderness, and the longing for light. Inspired by Williams’ experience mothering her two infant children in the isolating dead of night while the world around her slept, Nightlight is dedicated, she says, “to the many people who… feel alone in the darkness. To those who experience despair or sublime melancholy during the hours before the dawn, who are searching for solace, peace or impossible hope. To anyone lost who is waiting to be found by the light”.Piano winner of the 2006 BBC Young Musician of the Year Competition, Cordelia Williams’ previous SOMM releases include her acclaimed coupling of Bach and Arvo Pärt (SOMMCD 0186) hailed by International Piano as “a magnificently stimulating concept, brilliantly recognised” and well-received recitals of Schubert (SOMMCD 0127) and Schumann (SOMMCD 0150)."

Contents and tracklist

I. Andante
Track length7:53
II. Presto
Track length4:05
No. 1 in E Major
Track length1:34
No. 2 in E Major
Track length3:51
I. Allegro
Track length7:37
II. Adagio
Track length8:02
III. Menuetto. Allegro
Track length3:11
IV. Allegro
Track length9:17
No. 1, Im ruhigen Tempo
Track length2:39
No. 2, Belebt, nicht zu rasch
Track length1:58
No. 3, Lebhaft
Track length2:35
No. 4, Bewegt
Track length2:27
No. 5, Im Anfange ruhiges, im Verlauf bewegtes Tempo
Track length3:29

Awards and reviews

December 2021

this superbly programmed recital explores night and its uncertainties and fears… but with a peaceful ending. Williams is as at home in the wilder moments of Scriabin as she is serenading us with Schumann.

May/June 2022

What makes this recital so successful for me is not only Cordelia William’s spectacular playing of individual works, but the thoughtful and overarching musical and emotional journey of the entire recital from beginning to end.
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