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Opus 8 (double record)

CD1: RUSSIAN POEMS FOR THE PIANO

"The number eight as a symbol has something magical and attractive for me, like a moebius strip or the infinity sign. It is almost mystical that this selection of works (representing an entire layer of Russian music) belongs to one epoch, is composed for one instrument (piano solo) and can be bundled together under the opus number 8. This music is gripping in its visions and, at the same time, moving in its intimacy and authenticity"

 

CD2: FINNO-UGRIC RHAPSODIES FOR THE CELLO

"I am very much concerned here with unifying, in a confrontation, the piano’s brainstorm flooded with light and the cello’s gloomy prophecy."

 

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CD 1 | RUSSIAN POEM

TRACK TITEL COMPOSER INSTRUMENT
01-02
  • 2 Intermezzi, Op. 8 (1883)
  • 01. I. Allegro con fuoco
  • 02. II. Allegretto
Anatoly Konstantinovič Lyadov (1855-1914) Piano
03-04
  • 2 Fairy Tales, Op. 8 (1904/05)
  • 03. I. Andantino
  • 04. II. Recitato – Allegro
Nikolai Medtner (1879–1951) Piano
05
  • Nocturne, Op. 8 (1898)
  • 05. Andante spianato
Sergei Lyapunov (1857–1918) Piano
06-17
  • 12 Etudes, Op. 8
  • 06. I. Allegro
  • 07. II. A capriccio, con forza
  • 08. III. Tempestoso
  • 09. IV. Piacevole
  • 10. V. Brioso
  • 11. VI. Con grazia
  • 12. VII. Presto tenebroso, agitato
  • 13. VIII. Lento
  • 14. IX. Alla ballata
  • 15. X. Allegro
  • 16. XI. Andante cantabile
  • 17. XII. Patetico
Alexander Nikolaevič Scriabin (1872–1915) Piano

CD 2 | FINNO-UGRIAN RHAPSODY

TRACK TITEL COMPOSER INSTRUMENT
01
  • A Theme and Variations for Solo Cello (1887)
Jean Sibelius (1865–1957) Violoncello
02-03
  • Sonata for Cello Solo (1948/53)
  • 02. I. Dialogo: Adagio, rubato cantabile – Poco più mosso
  • 03. II. Capriccio: Presto con slancio
György Ligeti (1923–2006) Violoncello
04-06
  • Sonata for Cello Solo, Op. 8 (1915)
  • 04. I. Allegro maestoso ma appassionato
  • 05. II. Adagio (con grand’ espressione)
  • 06. III. Allegro molto vivace
Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967) Violoncello

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