Notes and Editorial Reviews
‘Russia is old, Russia is vast, Russia is mighty. But her advance in art, letters and music is comparatively recent’. So wrote Joseph Lhévinne in 1917. Mikhail, Glinka emerged along with Pushkin, Turgenev and Tolstoy in the early 1800s and was to become the father of Russian music. At the same time as Glinka was establishing himself as the first nationalistic composer of the nation, the first great pianist-composer settled in Moscow - the Irishman John Field. Field can lay claim to not only inventing the nocturne, but also to laying the foundation stone of what would become the great piano school of Russia. The latest students of this great tradition are very much with us today: Lugansky, Kissin and Demidenko can all be found in this
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This remarkable 25CD survey of some of the great Russian pianists of past and present follows the tradition from those who can, through their teachers, trace a direct lineage to Clementi, Field, Beethoven, Czerny, Henselt and Liszt. The Rubinstein brothers Anton and Nikolai established the St Petersburg and Moscow Conservatories, and from the 1840s, Russia started to produce the first of the great virtuosos.
Great names such as Neuhaus and Horowitz are to be found in this set, as well as Richter, Gilels – both with three CDs each – Berman, Ashkenazy, Pletnev, Gavrilov and many more. Other names (Konstantin Igumnov, Viktor Merzhanov, Yakov Zak) may be less familiar to Western ears, but will offer fascinating perspectives on the developing school of Russian pianism, and the subtly various approaches to phrase and timbre within it.
The repertoire ranges from Russian warhorses such as the First Piano Concertos by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev to intimate salon pieces such as Tchaikovsky’s The Seasons, including rarely heard works such as Kabalevsky’s set of Preludes. The monumental concertos by Brahms, Beethoven and others are well represented, as are the litmus tests of Classical and Romantic piano literature: there are several contrasting versions of Liszt’s B minor Sonata and Beethoven’s Sonata No.32.
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Works on This Recording
1.
Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:
Dmitri Bashkirov (Piano),
Nikolai Demidenko (Piano),
Konstantin Igumnov (Piano),
Maria Yudina (Piano),
Lev Oborin (Piano),
Grigory Ginzburg (Piano),
Lazar Berman (Piano),
Vladimir Ashkenazy (Piano),
Andrei Gavrilov (Piano),
Emil Gilels (Piano),
Vladimir Horowitz (Piano),
Mikhail Pletnev (Piano),
Sviatoslav Richter (Piano),
Alan Feinberg (Piano),
Evgeni Kissin (Piano),
Yakov Flier (Piano),
Heinrich Neuhaus (Piano),
Vladimir Sofronitzki (Piano),
Yakov Zak (Piano),
Victor Merzhanov (Piano),
Viktoria Postnikova (Piano),
Maria Grinberg (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia
Notes: Composition written: Russia (1874 - 1875).
2.
Concerto for Piano no 1 in D flat major, Op. 10 by Sergei Prokofiev
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1911-1912; Russia
3.
Les saisons, Op. 37b by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia
Notes: Composition written: Russia (1875 - 1876).
4.
Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 38 by Dmitri Kabalevsky
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1943-1944; USSR
5.
Sonata for Piano in B minor, S 178 by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic
Written: 1852-1853; Weimar, Germany
6.
Variations on "Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen" (JS Bach) for Piano, S 180 by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862; Rome, Italy
7.
Prelude and Fugue in A minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
Period: Baroque
Written: Germany
8.
Concerto for Piano no 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Period: Classical
Written: 1809; Vienna, Austria
9.
Sonata for Piano no 5 in C minor, Op. 10 no 1 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Period: Classical
Written: 1795-1797; Vienna, Austria
10.
Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Period: Classical
Written: 1821-1822; Vienna, Austria
11.
Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1052 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Period: Baroque
Written: circa 1738-1739; Leipzig, Germany
12.
Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier" by Ludwig van Beethoven
Period: Classical
Written: 1817-1818; Vienna, Austria
13.
Sonata for Piano no 27 in E minor, Op. 90 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Period: Classical
Written: 1814; Vienna, Austria
14.
Sonata for Piano no 30 in E major, Op. 109 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Period: Classical
Written: 1820; Vienna, Austria
15.
Sonata for Piano no 31 in A flat major, Op. 110 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Period: Classical
Written: 1821-1822; Vienna, Austria
16.
Sonata for Piano no 32 in C minor, Op. 111 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Period: Classical
Written: 1821-1822; Vienna, Austria
17.
Sonata for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 2 no 3 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Period: Classical
Written: 1794-1795; Vienna, Austria
18.
Sonata for Piano no 28 in A major, Op. 101 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Period: Classical
Written: 1816; Vienna, Austria
19.
Intermezzi (3) for Piano, Op. 117 by Johannes Brahms
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Austria
20.
Phantasie for Piano in C major, Op. 17 by Robert Schumann
Period: Romantic
Written: 1836-1838; Germany
21.
Arabeske for Piano in C major, Op. 18 by Robert Schumann
Period: Romantic
Written: 1838; Germany
22.
Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15 by Johannes Brahms
Period: Romantic
Written: 1854-1858; Germany
23.
Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 22 by Camille Saint-Saëns
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; France
24.
Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83 by Johannes Brahms
Period: Romantic
Written: 1878-1881; Austria
25.
Concerto for Piano no 24 in C minor, K 491 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Period: Classical
Written: 1786; Vienna, Austria
26.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10: no 4 in C sharp minor, B 74 by Frédéric Chopin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832; Poland
27.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10: no 5 in G flat major "Black Keys" by Frédéric Chopin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; Poland
28.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 10: no 8 in F major by Frédéric Chopin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1829; Poland
29.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 25: no 3 in F major by Frédéric Chopin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1832-1836; Paris, France
30.
Mazurkas (5) for Piano, B 61/Op. 7: no 3 in F minor by Frédéric Chopin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1831; Vienna, Austria
31.
Mazurkas (4) for Piano, Op. 41: no 2 in E minor by Frédéric Chopin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1838; Paris, France
32.
Mazurkas (3) for Piano, B 145/Op. 50: no 3 in C sharp minor by Frédéric Chopin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1842; Paris, France
33.
Scherzo for Piano no 4 in E major, B 148/Op. 54 by Frédéric Chopin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1842; Paris, France
34.
Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, B 128/Op. 35 "Funeral March": 1st movement, Grave by Frédéric Chopin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1837-1839; Paris, France
35.
Sonata for Piano in B minor, S 178 by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic
Written: 1852-1853; Weimar, Germany
36.
Mazurkas (3) for Piano, B 153/Op. 56: no 1 in B major by Frédéric Chopin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1843; Paris, France
37.
Poèmes (2) for Piano, Op. 32: no 1 in F sharp major by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1903; Russia
38.
Kreisleriana, Op. 16 by Robert Schumann
Period: Romantic
Written: 1838; Germany
39.
Les saisons, Op. 37b by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia
40.
Nocturnes (2) for Piano, B 142/Op. 48: no 1 in C minor by Frédéric Chopin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1841; Paris, France
41.
Sonata for Piano no 2 in B flat minor, B 128/Op. 35 "Funeral March" by Frédéric Chopin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1837-1839; Paris, France
42.
Polonaise for Piano in A flat major, B 147/Op. 53 "Heroic" by Frédéric Chopin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1842; Paris, France
43.
Sonata for Piano no 3 in B minor, B 155/Op. 58 by Frédéric Chopin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1844; Paris, France
44.
Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3: no 2, Prélude in C sharp minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Russia
45.
Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23: no 5 in G minor, Alla marcia by Sergei Rachmaninov
Period: Romantic
Written: 1901; Russia
46.
Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 38 by Dmitri Kabalevsky
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1943-1944; USSR
47.
Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145: no 1, Waldesrauschen by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1862-63; Rome, Italy
48.
Concert Etudes (3) for Piano, S 144: no 2 in F minor, La leggierezza by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1848; Weimar, Germany
49.
Liebesträume for Piano, S 541: no 3, O Lieb, so lang by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1850; Weimar, Germany
50.
Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244: no 12 in C sharp minor by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic
Written: 1846-1885; Weimar, Germany
51.
Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139: no 10 in F minor by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Weimar, Germany
52.
Symphonic Etudes for Piano, Op. 13 by Robert Schumann
Period: Romantic
Written: 1837/1852; Germany
53.
Theme and Variations for Piano on the name ABEGG, Op. 1 by Robert Schumann
Period: Romantic
Written: 1829-1830; Germany
54.
Widmung (Schumann) for Piano, S 566 by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic
Written: 1848; Weimar, Germany
55.
Fantasie on Beethoven's "Ruinen von Athen", S 389 by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865; Rome, Italy
56.
Concerto for Piano in F sharp minor, Op. 20 by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1896; Russia
57.
Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11 by Frédéric Chopin
Period: Romantic
Written: 1830; Poland
58.
Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, S 161 "Italie": no 7, Après une lecture du Dante by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic
Written: 1837-1849; Weimar, Germany
59.
Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S 514 "Mephisto Waltz no 1" by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic
Written: 1859-1860; Weimar, Germany
60.
Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139: no 1, Preludio by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Weimar, Germany
61.
Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139: no 3, Paysage by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Weimar, Germany
62.
Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139: no 5, Feux follets by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Weimar, Germany
63.
Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139: no 6, Vision by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Weimar, Germany
64.
Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139: no 11, Harmonies du soir by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Weimar, Germany
65.
Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139: no 12, Chasse-neige by Franz Liszt
Period: Romantic
Written: 1851; Weimar, Germany
66.
Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Period: Classical
Written: 1785; Vienna, Austria
67.
Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia
68.
Concerto for Piano no 1 in D flat major, Op. 10 by Sergei Prokofiev
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1911-1912; Russia
69.
Love for Three Oranges Suite, Op. 33a: March by Sergei Prokofiev
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1919/1924; USA
70.
Concerto for Piano no 9 in E flat major, K 271 "Jeunehomme" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Period: Classical
Written: 1777; Salzburg, Austria
71.
Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Period: Classical
Written: 1800; Vienna, Austria
72.
Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 16 by Sergei Prokofiev
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1913/1923; USSR
73.
Variations on a theme of Chopin, Op. 22 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Period: Romantic
Written: 1902-1903; Russia
74.
Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3: no 2, Prélude in C sharp minor by Sergei Rachmaninov
Period: Romantic
Written: 1892; Russia
75.
Lachtäubchen (Behr) "Polka de W.R." by Sergei Rachmaninov
Period: Romantic
Written: 1911
76.
The fountain of Bakhchisaray, Op 46: Prelude by Anton Arensky
Period: Romantic
Written: 1899; Russia
77.
Sonata for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 14 by Sergei Prokofiev
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1912; Russia
78.
Sonata for Piano no 3 in A minor, Op. 28 by Sergei Prokofiev
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1907/1917; Russia
79.
Sonata for Piano no 8 in B flat major, Op. 84 by Sergei Prokofiev
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1939-1944; USSR
80.
Visions fugitives (20) for Piano, Op. 22: Excerpt(s) by Sergei Prokofiev
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1915-1917; Russia
81.
Toccata for Piano in D minor, Op. 11 by Sergei Prokofiev
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1912; Russia
82.
Love for Three Oranges Suite, Op. 33a: March by Sergei Prokofiev
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1919/1924; USA
83.
Etudes-tableaux (9) for Piano, Op. 33 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Period: Romantic
Written: 1911; Russia
84.
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Period: Romantic
Written: 1934; USA
85.
Nights in the gardens of Spain by Manuel de Falla
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1911-1915; Spain
86.
Concertino for Piano by Arthur Honegger
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1925; France
87.
Sonata for Piano in B flat major, D 960 by Franz Schubert
Period: Romantic
Written: 1828; Vienna, Austria
88.
Sonata for Piano in B major, D 575/Op. posth by Franz Schubert
Period: Romantic
Written: 1817; Vienna, Austria
89.
Preludes (6) for Piano, Op. 13: no 1 in C major by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1895; Russia
90.
Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 11: no 2 in A minor by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1888-1896; Russia
91.
Preludes (6) for Piano, Op. 13: no 3 in G major by Alexander Scriabin
92.
Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 11: no 4 in E minor by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1888-1896; Russia
93.
Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 11: no 5 in D major by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1888-1896; Russia
94.
Preludes (6) for Piano, Op. 13: no 6 in G major by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1895; Russia
95.
Preludes (5) for Piano, Op. 15: no 1 in A major by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1895-1896; Russia
96.
Pieces (2) for Piano left hand, Op. 9: no 1, Prélude in C sharp minor by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1894; Russia
97.
Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 11: no 9 in E major by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1888-1896; Russia
98.
Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 11: no 10 in C sharp minor by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1888-1896; Russia
99.
Preludes (4) for Piano, Op. 22: no 2 in C sharp minor by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1897; Russia
100.
Preludes (5) for Piano, Op. 16: no 2 in G sharp minor by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1894-1895; Russia
101.
Preludes (5) for Piano, Op. 16: no 5 by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1894-1895; Russia
102.
Preludes (5) for Piano, Op. 16: no 4 in E flat minor by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1894-1895; Russia
103.
Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 11: no 15 in D flat major by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1888-1896; Russia
104.
Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 11: no 16 in B flat minor by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1888-1896; Russia
105.
Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 11: no 19 in E flat major by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1888-1896; Russia
106.
Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 11: no 21 in B flat major by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1888-1896; Russia
107.
Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 11: no 22 in G minor by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1888-1896; Russia
108.
Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 11: no 24 in D minor by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1888-1896; Russia
109.
Pieces (3) for Piano, Op. 52: no 1, Poème by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1906; Russia
110.
Pieces (2) for Piano, Op. 59: no 1, Poème by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1910; Russia
111.
Pieces (4) for Piano, Op. 51: no 3, Poème ailé by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1906; Russia
112.
Pieces (3) for Piano, Op. 52: no 3, Poème languide by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1906; Russia
113.
Poèmes (2) for Piano, Op. 63: no 1, Masque by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1911; Russia
114.
Poème satanique for Piano, Op. 36 by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1903; Russia
115.
Sonata for Piano no 9 in F major, Op. 68 "Black Mass" by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1912-1913; Russia
116.
Poèmes (2) for Piano, Op. 69 by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1913; Russia
117.
Vers la flamme, Op. 72 by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1914; Russia
118.
Sonata for Piano no 10, Op. 70 by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1913; Russia
119.
Pieces (4) for Piano, Op. 51: no 1, Fragilité by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1906; Russia
120.
Pieces (3) for Piano, Op. 45: no 1, Feuillet d'album by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1904-1905; Russia
121.
Etudes (8) for Piano, Op. 42: no 5 in C sharp minor by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1903; Russia
122.
Mazurkas (2) for Piano, Op. 40: no 2 in F sharp major by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1902-1903; Russia
123.
Etudes (12) for Piano, Op. 8: no 12 in D sharp minor by Alexander Scriabin
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1894; Russia
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