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Release Date: 08/31/2010 Label: Cedille Records Catalog #: 120 Spars Code: n/a Composer: Alexander Scriabin, Alfred Schnittke, Sergei Prokofiev, Sergei Rachmaninov, Nikolay Myaskovsky Performer: Irina Nuzova, Wendy Warner Orchestra/Ensemble: Warner Nuzova Duo
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 Wendy Warner is a magnificent cellist, and in Irina Nuzova she has found a keyboard partner who matches her in passion, elegance, and imagination. The result is as beautiful a chamber music recital as we have any right to expect, with the music intelligently organized to make an extremely satisfying full program. Miaskovsky's lovely sonata, written for Rostropovich in the late 1940s, can sound monotonous, with two moderately-paced movements preceding the lively finale. Not here. Warner and Nuzova time each movement perfectly and find so much variety of phrasing and timbre that there's never a dull moment. Instead, we focus on the music's abundance of soulful lyricism before the brilliant finale brings the piece to a virtuosic close. Between this work and the Rachmaninov, Warner and Nuzova offer three charming short pieces: Scriabin's Etude Op. 8 No. 11, transcribed by Piatigorsky; Schnittke's Nostalgica; and the Adagio from Prokofiev's Ten Pieces from Cinderella. They make an arresting and highly varied assortment, but it's the Rachmaninov that's the real prize. Just to hear the wonderful use of rubato at the opening is a treat. Warner has a real gift among cellists: a low register that never sounds like the proverbial dying cow, and a remarkable evenness of timbre throughout her range. Nuzova, for her part, glitters in the scherzo and finale, but never overpowers her colleague. Perfectly balanced engineering puts you in the same room as the players. A stunning release. --David Hurwitz, ClassicsToday.com |
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Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 8: no 11 in B flat minor by Alexander Scriabin |
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Irina Nuzova (Piano),
Wendy Warner (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Warner Nuzova Duo Period: 20th Century Written: 1894; Russia |
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Venue: Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio, Length: 4 Minutes 8 Secs. |
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Musica nostalgica, for cello & piano by Alfred Schnittke |
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Performer:
Irina Nuzova (Piano),
Wendy Warner (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Warner Nuzova Duo Period: Contemporary Written: 1992 |
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Venue: Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio, Length: 3 Minutes 26 Secs. |
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Adagio for Cello and Piano from Cinderella, Op. 97a by Sergei Prokofiev |
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Performer:
Wendy Warner (Cello),
Irina Nuzova (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Warner Nuzova Duo Period: 20th Century Written: 1944; USSR |
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Venue: Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio, Length: 3 Minutes 56 Secs. |
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Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 19 by Sergei Rachmaninov |
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Performer:
Wendy Warner (Cello),
Irina Nuzova (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Warner Nuzova Duo Period: Romantic Written: 1901; Russia |
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Venue: Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio, Length: 33 Minutes 21 Secs. |
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Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in A minor, Op. 81 by Nikolay Myaskovsky |
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Performer:
Irina Nuzova (Piano),
Wendy Warner (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Warner Nuzova Duo Period: 20th Century Written: 1948-1949; USSR |
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Venue: Fay and Daniel Levin Performance Studio, Length: 23 Minutes 18 Secs. |
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