Fedor Rudin & Boris Kusnezow – Heritage (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24bit/48kHz | Time – 01:14:26 minutes | 705 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Digital Booklet, Front Cover | © Orchid Classics
On this fascinating new release, violinist Fedor Rudin and pianist Boris Kusnezow perform works by mid-20th-century Russian composers Edison Denisov, Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev, including previously unpublished music. French-Russian violinist Fedor Rudin explores and pays tribute to his heritage via this rich collection of works, including his own arrangement of Denisov’s orchestration of Debussy’s Prelude and Duo, which comes from Debussy’s unfinished opera, Rodrigue et Chimène. Other gems include Denisov’s rarely-heard Three concert pieces for violin and piano (1958), and his previously unpublished Sonatina (1972), which marks a return to his melodic youth after the musically experimental interim years. Those years are represented here by Denisov’s dodecaphonic Sonata (1963). We also hear an unfinished Sonata by Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff’s arrangement of Mussorgsky’s Hopak from his opera Sorochinsky Fair, and Prokofiev’s unusually theatrical Violin Sonata No. 1.
Tracklist:
1. 3 Concert Pieces for Violin & Piano, Op. 15: No. 1, Improvisation (05:05)
2. 3 Concert Pieces for Violin & Piano, Op. 15: No. 2, Adagio (07:19)
3. 3 Concert Pieces for Violin & Piano, Op. 15: No. 3, Dance (03:13)
4. Prelude & Duo Scene from the Opera “Rodrigue et Chimène” (After Debussy’s L. 72) [Arr. F. Rudin for Violin & Piano] (10:30)
5. Violin Sonata: I. Allegro moderato (02:44)
6. Violin Sonata: II. Largo (03:44)
7. Violin Sonata: III. Vivace (04:55)
8. Violin Sonata in G Minor: I. Moderato con moto (Unfinished) (05:15)
9. Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80: I. Andante assai (06:49)
10. Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80: II. Allegro brusco (06:44)
11. Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80: III. Andante (06:52)
12. Violin Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 80: IV. Allegrissimo (07:09)
13. Violin Sonatina: I. Andante (01:22)
14. Violin Sonatina: II. Allegretto (00:58)
15. Sorochinsky Fair: Hopak (Arr. S. Rachmaninoff for Violin & Piano) (01:47)
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