On his third PENTATONE album Time Traveler’s Suite, pianist Inon Barnatan redefines our notions of the suite by taking us on a journey through time and space, from Baroque pieces by Bach, Handel, Rameau and Couperin to more recent works by Ravel, Barber, Adès and Ligeti.
Johann Sebastian Bach – Toccata in E Minor, BWV 914
George Frideric Handel – Suite in E Major, HWV 430: II. Allemande
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Suite in A Minor, RCT 5: II. Courante
François Couperin – Pièces de clavecin, Book 2, Ordre douzième: No. 8, L'Atalante
Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: IV. Rigaudon
Thomas Adès – Blanca Variations
György Ligeti – Musica Ricercata: No. 11, Andante misurato e tranquillo ("Girolamo Frescobaldi") & No. 10, Vivace. Capriccioso
Samuel Barber – Piano Sonata in E-Flat Minor, Op. 26: IV. Fuga. Allegro con spirito
Johannes Brahms – Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24
On his third PENTATONE album Time Traveler’s Suite, pianist Inon Barnatan redefines our notions of the suite by taking us on a journey through time and space, from Baroque pieces by Bach, Handel, Rameau and Couperin to more recent works by Ravel, Barber, Adès and Ligeti. The program culminates in Brahms’s ingenious Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel. Inon Barnatan is one of the most admired pianists of his generation (New York Times). His complete recordings of Beethoven’s piano concertos together with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields and Alan Gilbert were released on PENTATONE in 2019 and 2020.
