Erik Lotichius: Anaitalrax - 25 Virtuosic Piano Studies

by Ralph van Raat

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1.	Anaitalrax 1. Poco allegro 06:09	buy track
2.	Anaitalrax 2. Vivace 05:29	buy track
3.	Anaitalrax 3. Andante. Dedicated to Roelof B. 03:05	buy track
4.	Anaitalrax 4. Allegrissimo. Dedicated to Ernst Has 03:16	buy track
5.	Anaitalrax 5. Moderato 05:36	buy track
6.	Anaitalrax 6. Allegro non troppo (Ragtime) 05:04	buy track
7.	Anaitalrax 7. Allegro moderato 06:02	buy track
8.	Anaitalrax 8. Andante. Dedicated to Hantzen van H.H. 04:24	buy track
9.	Anaitalrax 9. Allegro 05:34	buy track
10.	Anaitalrax 10. Andante. Dedicated to Martin R. 03:44	buy track
11.	Anaitalrax 11. Vivace. Per Alessandro M. 04:37	buy track
12.	Anaitalrax 12. Grazioso. Dedicated to Hans & Yvonne L.-v.G. 05:21	buy track
13.	Anaitalrax 13. Allegro 04:17	buy track
14.	Anaitalrax 14. Allegro non troppo 05:09	buy track
15.	Anaitalrax 15. Allegro. Dedicated to Ralph van Raat 07:09	buy track
16.	Anaitalrax 16. Allegrissimo. Dedicated to Hans Hemeryck 05:07	buy track
17.	Anaitalrax 17. Moderato. Dedicated to Eliane Rodrigues 02:52	buy track
18.	Anaitalrax 18. Comodo. Dedicated to Ernst Has 04:07	buy track
19.	Anaitalrax 19. Comodo 03:35	buy track
20.	Anaitalrax 20. Moderato 05:45	buy track
21.	Anaitalrax 21. Allegro 04:13	buy track
22.	Anaitalrax 22. Vivace 03:52	buy track
23.	Anaitalrax 23. Veloce 01:19	buy track
24.	Anaitalrax 24. For Hantzen, this last one 07:07	buy track
25.	Anaitalrax 16 bis. Moderato. Dedicated to Ernst Has 05:45	buy track

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With the release of Erik Lotichius‘s two-hour long Anaitalrax cycle, Solaire Records focuses on the personal trials and tribulations of a unique artist in a tragic phase in music history. Performed integrally for the first time by esteemed pianist Ralph van Raat, they place the focus on the work of a gifted composer who fell victim to the politicisation and dehumanisation of the arts in the 60s and 70s. In these 25 pieces, Lotichius reveals himself most openly, shedding light on an artist who was as inspired by melancholia and elegance as he was by playfulness and humour.

Both the music and the expansive, 44-page liner notes look back on a time in the Dutch and international music scene when composers were given the choice between surrendering to the demands of atonalism or living in complete isolation. Lotichius could never force himself to do the former, but found it hard to live with the latter. His biography is filled with scenes of despair – from years spent in vain trying to get his works performed in public to physical violence from audience members to the moment he put out some of his most accomplished works for garbage disposal. Although his oeuvre would later find an audience as part of a return of harmony and melody in the 90s, he would never find wider recognition during his lifetime.

Anaitalrax feels like an intimate look back on these episodes and stories. Envisioned as a tribute to one of his favourite composers, Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) – the title of the work is an inversion of 'Scarlattiana' – Lotichius wrote the music in short bursts of energy over the course of his entire life, turning them into his personal musical biography. These pieces document his diverse and changing interests, which included the structures and harmonies of the classical masters from Mozart via Ravel to Bartók as well as elements from popular music. Although he expressed himself in the most diverse settings, from string quartets, preludes and symphonies to songs, operas and musicals, no other work in his oeuvre reveals the man behind the music more than this one.

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released August 29, 2017

Produced by: Dirk Fischer
Liner Notes: Tobias Fischer

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