REM GENRE Classical REM DATE 1990 REM DISCID FB0C0E22 REM COMMENT "ExactAudioCopy v1.0b1" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" TITLE "Schumann: Carnaval, Papillons" FILE "Cecile Licad - Schumann- Carnaval, Papillons.flac" WAVE TRACK 01 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9: Preambule" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 01 00:00:00 TRACK 02 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9: Pierrot" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 02:20:22 INDEX 01 02:20:25 TRACK 03 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9: Arlequin" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 04:07:52 INDEX 01 04:07:55 TRACK 04 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9: Valse noble" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 05:11:07 INDEX 01 05:11:10 TRACK 05 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9: Eusebius" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 07:16:12 INDEX 01 07:16:15 TRACK 06 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9: Florestan" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 09:07:05 INDEX 01 09:07:07 TRACK 07 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9: Coquette" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 10:07:42 INDEX 01 10:07:45 TRACK 08 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9: Replique (Sphinxes)" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 11:47:55 INDEX 01 11:47:57 TRACK 09 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9: Papillons" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 12:35:37 INDEX 01 12:35:40 TRACK 10 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9 - A.S.C.H. - S.C.H.A. (Lettres dansantes)" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 13:16:45 INDEX 01 13:16:47 TRACK 11 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9: Chiarina" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 14:12:25 INDEX 01 14:12:27 TRACK 12 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9: Chopin" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 15:38:67 INDEX 01 15:38:70 TRACK 13 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9: Estrella" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 16:44:72 INDEX 01 16:45:00 TRACK 14 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9: Reconnaissance" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 17:20:17 INDEX 01 17:20:20 TRACK 15 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9: Pantalon et Colombine" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 18:57:32 INDEX 01 18:57:35 TRACK 16 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9 - Valse allemande" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 19:57:07 INDEX 01 19:57:10 TRACK 17 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9: Paganini" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 20:55:32 INDEX 01 20:55:35 TRACK 18 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9: Aveu" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 22:20:30 INDEX 01 22:20:32 TRACK 19 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9: Promenade" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 23:29:50 INDEX 01 23:29:52 TRACK 20 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9: Pause" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 26:04:57 INDEX 01 26:04:60 TRACK 21 AUDIO TITLE "Carnaval, Op.9: Marche des 'Davidsbundler' contre les Philistins" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 26:22:45 INDEX 01 26:22:47 TRACK 22 AUDIO TITLE "Papillons, Op.2: Introduzione: Moderato, 1" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 29:59:12 INDEX 01 30:05:27 TRACK 23 AUDIO TITLE "Papillons, Op.2: 2" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 31:05:07 INDEX 01 31:05:10 TRACK 24 AUDIO TITLE "Papillons, Op.2: 3" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 31:29:22 INDEX 01 31:29:25 TRACK 25 AUDIO TITLE "Papillons, Op.2: 4. Presto" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 32:17:22 INDEX 01 32:17:25 TRACK 26 AUDIO TITLE "Papillons, Op.2: 5" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 33:06:32 INDEX 01 33:06:35 TRACK 27 AUDIO TITLE "Papillons, Op.2: 6" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 34:18:42 INDEX 01 34:18:45 TRACK 28 AUDIO TITLE "Papillons, Op.2: 7. Semplice" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 35:13:25 INDEX 01 35:13:27 TRACK 29 AUDIO TITLE "Papillons, Op.2: 8" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 35:58:72 INDEX 01 35:59:00 TRACK 30 AUDIO TITLE "Papillons, Op.2: 9. Prestissimo" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 37:06:02 INDEX 01 37:06:05 TRACK 31 AUDIO TITLE "Papillons, Op.2: 10. Vivo" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 37:46:55 INDEX 01 37:46:57 TRACK 32 AUDIO TITLE "Papillons, Op.2: 11" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 39:55:52 INDEX 01 39:55:55 TRACK 33 AUDIO TITLE "Papillons, Op.2: 12. Finale" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 42:20:62 INDEX 01 42:20:65 TRACK 34 AUDIO TITLE "Toccata in C major, Op.7" PERFORMER "Cecile Licad" INDEX 00 44:22:00 INDEX 01 44:27:32
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This review is only of the Papillons, which I heard on my car stereo on KDFC, Northern California's only remaining major classical music station.
A spellbinding performance grabs your attention from the first few seconds. Because I tuned in immediately after the start, I missed the initial announcement and immediately set to trying to figure out who the pianist might be. I was impressed with the excellent balance, flawless finger and octave work and beautiful tone, all of which spoke of a first-class technician. Then came the abundant musical treats. Phrases were shaped naturally and exquisitely, never mechanically. There was always a wonderful sense of freedom built into the more lyrical passages. In fast sections such as Nos. 4, 6, 8, and especially in big chord and octave work (especially repeated octaves), there was a depth to the tone and an electricity to the delivery that caused me, several times during the performance, to raise my right fist in the air and say, loudly, "Yes! Yes!!" with no concern whatsoever about what the drivers around me might have been thinking.
Like so many of Schumann's large piano cycles, such as the Humoresque, Fantasy, Carnaval (also on this CD) and Davidsbuendlertaenze, it is by no means easy to get these large, unwieldy works to hang together. I feel Ms. Licad did this with great success. While she created abundant contrast between the sections (which was, after all, Schumann's intention and desire), the performance constantly held my interest and attention. In other words, there was always plenty of forward motion.
Given the quality of my decade-old car stereo and the fact that I was not in the best geographical area for good reception, it is amazing that all these qualities came out nonetheless. I thoroughly enjoyed this performance in every respect and was surprised when the announcer stated that it was Licad, not all of whose playing I have always resonated with in the past. I have sometimes found her performances to be technically perfect but a bit cold. Here, she seems to be digging back into her Romantic lineage (she studied, among other teachers, with Mieczyslaw Horszowski, who was one of the great Theodore Leschetitzky's last students) and coming up with a real winner.
The rating of five stars is, obviously, for the Papillons, which is the only one of the pieces on the CD that I heard. I can only assume that the other two performances, even if they were not at the same high level as this one (and there's nothing to indicate they wouldn't be), warrant serious attention. The CD is absolutely worth buying for this performance alone.
-- John S. Boyajy Miss Licad plays Schumann's "Carnaval" with conviction. Every single note she plays seems to convey meaning and color. It is a pleasure to listen to her wide dynamic range and exquisitely colored phrasing. This is highly intellectual, but by no means mechanical, rendition by Miss Licad. Her rendition of "Toccata" is masterful, yet delicate; compared to Vladimir Horowitz's rendition of the same piece, Miss Licad's is much more eloquent, while Mr. Horowitz's, although technically superb, sounds neurotic, even psychotic. If there is a single flaw in this recording, I would say it is in the "Papillons", where some distracting overtones can be heard, which might be due either to faulty sound engineering or idiosyncratic pedalling by Miss Licad.
-- V. Reyes "music aficionado"
