Ludmil Angelov Plays Chopin

Odilon Redon (1840-1916) *Fleurs,* signed ‘ODILON REDON’ (lower left) pastel on blue paper 24 3/8 x 18 ¾ in. (62 x 47.7 cm.), image Source: Christie’s

“Drawing with the vivid tints of his pastel sticks, Redon imbued the present Fleurs with an abundance of ecstatic lyricism that transcends the representation of natural appearances, to a degree characteristically his own, but until then unprecedented in the traditions of this genre. The artist regales the viewer with exquisite hybrids of his own imagining—“choice flowers of fantasy no gardener ever saw,” as Klaus Berger would describe them (Odilon Redon, New York, 1965, p. 90). Evoking only the merest suggestion of corporeal substance, Redon’s blossoms burst open as dazzling figments seen in the mind’s eye, manifest as evanescent flashes of pure color, the organic life-force.” transmuted into light.
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Ludmil Angelov (piano), plays Chopin’s Four Mazurkas, Op. 24 and Polonaise in C sharp minor, Op. 26 No. 1

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