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Rachmaninoff & Prokofiev: Cello Sonatas
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Rachmaninoff & Prokofiev: Cello Sonatas

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Composer
RACHMANINOFF PROKOFIEV TCHAI
Artist
Russakovsky, Nicholson
Format
CD
Label
Brilliant Classics
Released
May 27, 2014
Catalog #
BRI94771
UPC
5028421947716

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Rachmaninov, Prokofiev: Cello Sonatas / Russakovsky, Nicholson / Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alexander Glazunov, Sergei Prokofiev / Performer: Alexander Russakovsky, Amber Shay Nicholson / Number of Discs: 1. Cellist Alexander Russakovsky enjoys an international reputation as a performer and teacher. He has given master classes as far afield as Latin America and Taiwan, and in recent years has won first prize at the Angela and Maurice M. Clairmont Competition in Tel Aviv and the Performing Arts Foundation Competition in Santa Barbara. Pianist Amber Shay Nicholson won the 2001 Rachmaninoff Concerto No.3 competition at the Eastman School of Music; she is also a former member of the piano faculty of the University of Southern Mississippi. Recorded in 2012. This new recording brings together two great, but altogether different 20th century Cello Sonatas from Russia: the gorgeous and deeply romantic cello sonata by Rachmaninoff, of near-symphonic proportions, and the cello sonata by Prokofiev, a hybrid piece of his later period, a fascinating mixture of the romantic, the grotesque and the introspective side of the multi faceted composer. As interludes we hear arrangements of Tchaikovsky's ballet music from Sleeping Beauty, and the Sérénade Espagnole by Glazunov, a brilliant show piece. Beautiful, expressive and "Slavic" performances by Russian cellist Alexander Russakovsky.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 I. Lento - Allegro moderato 12:27
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Lento - Allegro moderato
    Duration
    12:27
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alexander Russakovsky, Amber Shay Nicholson
  2. 2 II. Allegro scherzando 06:51
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro scherzando
    Duration
    06:51
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alexander Russakovsky, Amber Shay Nicholson
  3. 3 III. Andante 05:43
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alexander Russakovsky, Amber Shay Nicholson
  4. 4 IV. Allegro mosso 11:04
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Allegro mosso
    Duration
    11:04
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Alexander Russakovsky, Amber Shay Nicholson
  5. 5 The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act II: Pas d'action: Andante cantabile (arr. A. Kleineke for cello and piano) 04:20
    Track
    5
    Title
    The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66, Act II: Pas d'action: Andante cantabile (arr. A. Kleineke for cello and piano)
    Duration
    04:20
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Alexander Russakovsky, Amber Shay Nicholson
  6. 6 2 Morceaux, Op. 20: No. 2. Sérénade espagnole (version for cello and piano) 02:46
    Track
    6
    Title
    2 Morceaux, Op. 20: No. 2. Sérénade espagnole (version for cello and piano)
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Alexander Glazunov
    Performer
    Alexander Russakovsky, Amber Shay Nicholson
  7. 7 I. Andante grave 11:40
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Andante grave
    Duration
    11:40
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Alexander Russakovsky, Amber Shay Nicholson
  8. 8 II. Moderato 04:56
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Moderato
    Duration
    04:56
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Alexander Russakovsky, Amber Shay Nicholson
  9. 9 III. Allegro ma non troppo 08:44
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    08:44
    Composer
    Sergei Prokofiev
    Performer
    Alexander Russakovsky, Amber Shay Nicholson