Lunaris CD

Bruce Liu, whose career has surged to worldwide fame and recognition since winning the 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition, is hailed for his “elf-like virtuosity” (Le Monde) and “elegance and lightness of touch” (The Guardian). Liu now presents a deeply personal new album: With Lunaris he invites us into a world where sound, silence and imagination converge in a luminous nocturnal landscape. Inspired by the moon’s indirect glow and the heightened sensitivity of night, the programme unfolds as a journey through shifting states of consciousness, from introspection to flashes of strangeness and dreamlike intensity.

01 Chopin: Nocturnes, Op. 27: No. 2 in D-Flat Major
02 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": I. Adagio sostenuto
03 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": II. Allegretto
04 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 27 No. 2 "Moonlight": III. Presto
05 Debussy: Rêverie, L.68, CD 76
06 J.S. Bach: Prelude in B minor, BWV 855a (Arr. by Alexander Siloti)
07 Obel: Tokka
08 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”: I. Allegro con brio
09 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”: II. Introduzione. Adagio molto.
10 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”: IIIa. Rondo. Allegretto moderato -
11 Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 in C Major, Op. 53 “Waldstein”: IIIb. Prestissimo
12 Mompou: Au clair de la lune: Glossa sobre
13 Mompou: Au clair de la lune: Fantasia sobre
14 Ligeti: ètudes, Book 1: No. 4, Fanfares
15 Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 30: I. Andante
16 Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 4 in F-Sharp Major, Op. 30: II. Prestissimo volando
17 Cage: Dream