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Three Generations - I., A. & N. Tcherepnin
Toccata

Three Generations - I., A. & N. Tcherepnin

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Composer
Alexander Tcherepnin, Nikolai Tcherepnin, Ivan Tcherepnin
Artist
Quan Yuan, Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin, Ian Greitzer, David Witten, Donald Berman
Format
CD
Label
Toccata
Released
Mar 18, 2022
Catalog #
TOCN0012
UPC
5060640070127

About

This album explores music by three generations of the Tcherepnin family of composers: Nikolai, Alexander and Ivan. Although each wrote a wide range of scores, from solo pieces to operas and ballets, this recording focuses on their chamber music, presenting pieces spanning 95 years. Nikolai's works for violin and piano reveal a late-Romantic, post-Tchaikovskian sensibility, whereas those of Alexander have a more modern, twentieth-century touch, closer to the style of his friend Sergei Prokofiev (a student of his father). Ivan is represented by two works - early and late - for flute, clarinet and piano, which have an improvisatory and playful quality.

REVIEW:

Chamber music from three generations and almost 100 years from the Tcherepnin family, is presented on this CD. The family is represented by Nikolai, Alexander and Ivan. The works for violin and piano are by Nikolai and Alexander. Ivan is represented by compositions for flute, clarinet and piano. In five cases these are premiere recordings. Their music always develops on the basis of their Russian roots, which also leads to folk-song sounding elements. However, other influences always play into the music, such as expressionism in Nikolai’s case, Peruvian culture in Ivan’s, and in the well-traveled Alexander’s diverse influences and penchant for hexachordal scales alternating semitones and minor thirds. These recordings from a concert performance offer an opportunity to get acquainted with this assemblage of three generations of musicians – the fourth is not represented here. By far the best known, Alexander, is represented with his violin sonata and three small works for this instrumentation. The internationally experienced performers, all of whom have a connection to the United States, particularly Boston, offer a carefully crafted and spiritedly presented picture of these works by the three composers in mature performances.

-- Pizzicato

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 Romance for Violin and Piano, WoO 02:06
    Track
    1
    Title
    Romance for Violin and Piano, WoO
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Alexander Tcherepnin
    Performer
    Quan Yuan, David Witten
  2. 2 Elegy, Op. 43 03:52
    Track
    2
    Title
    Elegy, Op. 43
    Duration
    03:52
    Composer
    Alexander Tcherepnin
    Performer
    Quan Yuan, David Witten
  3. 3 Arabesque, Op. 11, No. 5 02:28
    Track
    3
    Title
    Arabesque, Op. 11, No. 5
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Alexander Tcherepnin
    Performer
    Quan Yuan, David Witten
  4. 4 I. Allegro moderato 05:16
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    05:16
    Composer
    Alexander Tcherepnin
    Performer
    Quan Yuan, David Witten
  5. 5 II. Larghetto 05:28
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    05:28
    Composer
    Alexander Tcherepnin
    Performer
    Quan Yuan, David Witten
  6. 6 III. Vivace 03:41
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Vivace
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Alexander Tcherepnin
    Performer
    Quan Yuan, David Witten
  7. 7 Liricheskaya poėma (Lyrical Poem), Op. 9 10:37
    Track
    7
    Title
    Liricheskaya poėma (Lyrical Poem), Op. 9
    Duration
    10:37
    Composer
    Nikolai Tcherepnin
    Performer
    Quan Yuan, David Witten
  8. 8 I. Andante commodo espressivo 08:25
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Andante commodo espressivo
    Duration
    08:25
    Composer
    Nikolai Tcherepnin
    Performer
    Quan Yuan, David Witten
  9. 9 II. Allegro risoluto marcato 05:10
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Allegro risoluto marcato
    Duration
    05:10
    Composer
    Nikolai Tcherepnin
    Performer
    Quan Yuan, David Witten
  10. 10 Pensamiento 03:19
    Track
    10
    Title
    Pensamiento
    Duration
    03:19
    Composer
    Ivan Tcherepnin
    Performer
    Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin, David Witten
  11. 11 Cadenzas in Transition 13:15
    Track
    11
    Title
    Cadenzas in Transition
    Duration
    13:15
    Composer
    Ivan Tcherepnin
    Performer
    Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin, Ian Greitzer, Donald Berman