Alexander Gadjiev’s album Legends takes listeners on a journey through the timeless legends and stories hidden within music, revealing it’s power to conjure entire worlds. In Debussy’s La cathedrale engloutie, ghostly bells rise from a submerged cathedral, bringing a Breton myth to life. Liszt’s Funerailles rages with thunderous chords, evoking a battle against mortality, whilst Musorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition unfolds a vivid tapestry of Slavic folklore and European scenes. Prokofiev’s Legende tells an enchanted tale of light and shadow, and Scriabin’s Sonata No. 9 (Black Mass) immerses us in an eerie, otherworldly soundscape. Franck’s Prelude, Fugue et Variation offers a sublime reflection on the soul’s journey, while Bach-Siloti’s Prelude in B minor resonates like a timeless, universal hymn. The Italian-Slovenian pianist has designed this programme to offer listeners a profound and mythical experience.

Tracklist:

1. cathdrale engloutie (Prludes – Book I. No. 10)
2. Pictures at an Exhibition~
3. Promenade
4. Pictures at an Exhibition~
5. Gnomus
6. Pictures at an Exhibition~
7. Promenade
8. Pictures at an Exhibition~
9. Il vecchio castello
10. Pictures at an Exhibition~
11. Promenade
12. Pictures at an Exhibition~
13. Tuileries (Dispute d’enfants aprs jeux)
14. Pictures at an Exhibition~
15. Bydlo
16. Pictures at an Exhibition~
17. Promenade
18. Pictures at an Exhibition~
19. Ballet des poussins dans leurs coques
20. Pictures at an Exhibition~1
21. Samuel Goldenberg und Schmule
22. Pictures at an Exhibition~1
23. Promenade
24. Pictures at an Exhibition~1
25. Limoges. Le march (La grande nouvelle)
26. Pictures at an Exhibition~1
27. Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum)
28. Pictures at an Exhibition~1
29. Cum mortuis in lingua mortua
30. Pictures at an Exhibition~1
31. La cabane sur des pattes de poule (Baba-Yaga)
32. Pictures at an Exhibition~1
33. La grande porte de Kiev
34. Prlude, Fugue and Variation, Op. 18
35. Funrailles (from Harmonies potiques et religieuses, S.173 No. 7 )
36. Pieces for piano, Op. 12~No. 6 – Legend
37. Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 “Black Mass”
38. Prelude in B minor (after BWV 855a)
39. 12 tudes, Op. 8 – No. 12 in D-sharp minor

UPC: 5400439008496
Label: Fuga Libera Label
Release Date: 10.17.25
Format: CD