Sofia Gubaidulina - Figures of time
Alice di Piazza (piano), NDR Bigband
Basel Sinfonietta, Titus Engel
Awards:
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
In “Revue Music,” this album’s highlight, themes emerge through stark contrasts, surprising juxtapositions and a dramaturgy that feels organic rather than theatrical.
Sofia Gubaidulina - Figures of time
Alice di Piazza (piano), NDR Bigband
Basel Sinfonietta, Titus Engel
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Awards:
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
In “Revue Music,” this album’s highlight, themes emerge through stark contrasts, surprising juxtapositions and a dramaturgy that feels organic rather than theatrical.
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Sofia Gubaidulina was an iconoclastic maverick whose work is synonymous with unprecedented openness and autonomy. The rarely performed Revue Music for Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Band is an eclectic subversive masterpiece that caused a scandal at its premiere in the USSR in 1978 – the official reaction to which posed a considerable threat to Gubaidulina’s entire family. It contrasts greatly with the sensual piano concerto Introitus, heard here in the revised version created by the composer in collaboration with Alice Di Piazza. Worlds collide in Figures of Time – a work that combines chaotic effects with unifying harmony. The programme also includes the Chaconne for solo piano with its atmospherically dense process of transformation.
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Awards and reviews
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The New York TimesBest Classical Music Albums of 2025
The New York Times 18th December 2025
In “Revue Music,” this album’s highlight, themes emerge through stark contrasts, surprising juxtapositions and a dramaturgy that feels organic rather than theatrical.