Nikolai Tcherepnin: Piano Music / David Witten

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Label
Toccata
Release Date
July 12, 2011
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      TCHEREPNIN, NIKOLAI
    • PERFORMER
      David, Witten
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 12, 2011
    • UPC
      5060113441171
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      TOCC0117
    • LABEL
      Toccata
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Reverie

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    2. No. 2. Etude

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    3. No. 3. Idylle

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    4. No. 1. Moor

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    5. No. 2. Baba-Yaga

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    6. No. 3. General

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    7. No. 4. Dacha

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    8. No. 5. Egypt

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    9. No. 6. Stars

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    10. No. 7. Mama

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    11. No. 8. The Lake

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    12. No. 9. Bed-time

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    13. No. 10. The Forest

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    14. No. 11. Sweets

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    15. No. 12. The Khan

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    16. No. 13. The Tzarina

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    17. No. 14. Stuffed Bear

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    18. I. Andantino commodo

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    19. II. Moderato assai

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    20. III. Moderato assai molto risoluto

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    21. IV. Andantino mosso

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    22. V. Marziale maestoso

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten

    23. VI. Andantino con moto

      Composer: Nikolai Tcherepnin

      Performer: David Witten


[Nikolai Tcherepnin]...student of Rimsky-Korsakov and teacher of Prokofiev, is revealed in all his pianistic glory in these fascinating first recordings, from the lushly romantic early "Three Pieces", with their tinges of Chopin and Rachmaninov, to a charmingly original set of tone poems based on children's alphabet sketches, which display just why his friends teasingly called him "Debussy Ravelovich".

- Stephen Pritchard, The Observer, [15 May 2011]

Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873–1945) – a student of Rimsky-Korsakov and teacher of Prokofiev – was a Russian-born composer and conductor, and the first of his family’s musical dynasty. His piano music reveals a diversity of influences: the Three Pieces (c. 1890) have echoes of Chopin and Rachmaninov; the Fourteen Sketches on Pictures from the Russian Alphabet (1908) are miniature tone-poems inspired by Alexander Benois’ beautifully illustrated alphabet book for children; [reproduced in the CD booklet] and The Fisherman and the Fish (c. 1914) is a vivid musical depiction of this Pushkin poem, complete with watery splashes!

- Toccata Classics

Pianist David Witten's international career has included numerous concert tours in Ireland, Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Europe, Mexico, and South America. As the recipient of a 1990 Fulbright Scholar award, Witten spent five months teaching and concertizing throughout Brazil, and he is frequently invited back to give concerts and masterclasses.