Posts Tagged “Russian Music”

SHOSTAKOVICH: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87 album coverAn interview with pianist David Jalbert about his recording of the complete Shostakovich Preludes and Fugues, opus 87.

This remarkable piece presents, in concentrated form, everything Shostakovich understood about composition and piano playing

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Catalogue No.: ACD2 2555

 

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RACHMANINOV, S.: All-night Vigil album coverAn introduction to a new recording of Rachmaninoff’s Vespers, one of his finest choral pieces.

Rachmaninoff composed this music in 1915, on the eve of the Russian Revolution, and political events that would lead to a decades-long ban on playing any kind of religious music in concert. This music was finally heard again in churches in the 1960’s and in concert halls in the 1970’s.

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Catalogue No.: Delos DE 3388

 

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Guitar Recital: Dervoed, Artyom - BIKTASHEV / OREKHOV / RUDNEV / KOSHKIN album coverAn introduction to this new CD of Russian Guitar Music, with soloist Atryom Dervoed, one of Russia’s finest young guitarists.

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Catalogue No.: Naxos 8.570447

 

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GEORGIA Kavkasia Trio: Traditional Songs from GeorgiaRaymond Bisha discusses Georgian Guitar Music.

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