Bells Across Europe (CD)

ABC Classic is proud to release Bells Across Europe, a major new recording from acclaimed Australian pianist Konstantin Shamray, one of the nation’s most celebrated virtuosos and musical thinkers. More than a recital album, Bells Across Europe draws on over a decade of artistic exploration and doctoral research, tracing the rich symbolism and sonority of bells across the European piano tradition and revealing unexpected connections between composers, cultures and centuries. It invites the listener into a gallery of contrasting musical scenes: celebration in Liszt’s radiant "Sposalizio", monastic contemplation in Borodin’s In the Monastery, spiritual awe in Messiaen’s "Cloches d’angoisse et larmes d’adieu", and mystical transcendence in Scriabin’s visionary "Seventh Sonata", the album’s culmination.