GUILTY PLEASURES

Composer(s): Dirk Brossé

Artist(s): Eliane Reyes
Reference: KTC1692
Barcode: 8720366000941
Format: 1 CD
Release date: 2021-02-01
SKU: KTC1692 Categories: ,

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It was during the first lockdown in March 2020 that I composed 21 concert waltzes for piano, to which I gave the rather mischievous title of “Guilty Pleasures”. The waltzes, with one exception, are far removed from the familiar commercial stereotype of the Viennese waltz. My waltzes are stylised in form, eclectic in their musical language and primarily intended for concert performance. Surprising syncopations, hidden hemiolas and outrageous jazz rhythms conflict and contrast with the traditional waltz accompaniments, whilst the musical styles and genres range from purely classical, romantic and atonal to jazz, Latino, Eastern, African and Chinese.

Guilty Pleasures relates deeply human tales that take place in the hidden rooms of our subconscious. They reveal our wildest fantasies and irrepressible passions, our most intimate feelings and deepest desires. Each waltz tells its own tale, and each tale is steeped in its own musical microcosmos.

The performance and recording of the 21 waltzes called for an exceptional soloist: for me, the much-praised Eliane Reyes was the ideal pianist to take up this challenge. Thanks to her impeccable playing, feeling for colour and nuance, her capability for empathy and her always enthralling interpretations, Eliane presents the essential character of each waltz with purity and simplicity, whether nostalgic, sentimental, witty, dreamy, sensual, noble, mysterious, tempestuous, cheerful, energetic and always passionate. A gift from heaven.

And there was more to come: we were able to record this new music on the Chris Maene Straight Strung Concert Grand. Pure unadulterated beauty flowing from an inexhaustible source of sound, in which we wanted to bathe forever…

I would like to thank everyone who made this project possible, in particular
Inge and Thomas Baert — and Ella as well.

Dirk Brossé, January 2021

1. Sunny Morning Waltz
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

2. Courtly Waltz
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

3. Wistful Waltz
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

4. Afternoon Tea Waltz
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

5. Once Upon a Waltz
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

6. A Waltz in the Park
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

7. Evening Waltz
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

1. The Lady Loves to Waltz
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

2. Playtime Waltz
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

3. Waltz for a Princess
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

4. Wacko Waltz
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

5. Mysterious Shades Waltz
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

6. Ritual Fire Waltz
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

7. I Could Have Waltzed All Night
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

1. Eros in Vienna Waltz
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

2. The Ebony, the Ebony Key Waltz
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

3. Carefree Jazz Waltz
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

4. The Yellow River Waltz
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

5. Oriental Rapture Waltz
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

6. Much Gusto Waltz
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

7. It Takes Two to Waltz
Composer: Dirk Brossé
Artist(s): Eliane Reyes

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GUILTY PLEASURES
 21,50

It was during the first lockdown in March 2020 that I composed 21 concert waltzes for piano, to which I gave the rather mischievous title of “Guilty Pleasures”. The waltzes, with one exception, are far removed from the familiar commercial stereotype of the Viennese waltz. My waltzes are stylised in form, eclectic in their musical language and primarily intended for concert performance. Surprising syncopations, hidden hemiolas and outrageous jazz rhythms conflict and contrast with the traditional waltz accompaniments, whilst the musical styles and genres range from purely classical, romantic and atonal to jazz, Latino, Eastern, African and Chinese.

Guilty Pleasures relates deeply human tales that take place in the hidden rooms of our subconscious. They reveal our wildest fantasies and irrepressible passions, our most intimate feelings and deepest desires. Each waltz tells its own tale, and each tale is steeped in its own musical microcosmos.

The performance and recording of the 21 waltzes called for an exceptional soloist: for me, the much-praised Eliane Reyes was the ideal pianist to take up this challenge. Thanks to her impeccable playing, feeling for colour and nuance, her capability for empathy and her always enthralling interpretations, Eliane presents the essential character of each waltz with purity and simplicity, whether nostalgic, sentimental, witty, dreamy, sensual, noble, mysterious, tempestuous, cheerful, energetic and always passionate. A gift from heaven.

And there was more to come: we were able to record this new music on the Chris Maene Straight Strung Concert Grand. Pure unadulterated beauty flowing from an inexhaustible source of sound, in which we wanted to bathe forever…

I would like to thank everyone who made this project possible, in particular
Inge and Thomas Baert — and Ella as well.

Dirk Brossé, January 2021