This is the last act of a trilogy that began 10 years ago with the release of Triadic Memories, performed on piano by composer Jean-Luc Fafchamps. Followed by Piano Pieces For More Than 2 Hands, performed by The Bureau des Pianistes (incuding Jean-Luc Fafchamps and Stephen Ginsburgh), and finally this release, Last Pieces, performed by Stephane Ginsburgh alone.
"My past experience was not to 'meddle' with the material, but use my concentration as a guide to what might transpire. I mentioned this to Stockhausen once when he had asked me what my secret was. 'I don't push the sounds around.' Stockhausen mulled this over and asked: 'Not even a little bit?'. Morton Feldman's own words are simply as valuable for the composer than for the interpreter. As his music slowly draws you towards silence, as some of Beethoven's or Schubert's late pieces do by process of atomization or repetition, you realize how useless it is to try to 'make' anything, to push it against it's own will. Here you will learn something about any interpretation, about any piece: ask the music first and use your concentration. Playing or listening to Morton Feldman brings you back to the very rare moments when you look at a bright starry Summer night, unable to measure its size because it is beyond your sense, a sense of infinity within a finite space." Stephane Ginsburgh








