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Shostakovich and Pupils, Vol. 2 - Weinberg, Sviridov, Bunin

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Details

Composer
Dmitri Shostakovich
Artist
Fernanda Damiano
Format
CD
Label
Piano Classics
Released
Feb 20, 2026
Catalog #
PCL10295
UPC
5063758102957

About

While the solo piano output of Dmitri Shostakovich is smaller than one might anticipate from a composer who was himself a gifted (albeit erratic) pianist, there is more to it than the monumental sequence of 24 preludes and fugues which he composed shortly after the Second World War for the pianist Tatiana Nikolaeva, and in emulation of The Well-Tempered Clavier by Bach. Indeed some of the composer's earliest surviving music is a set of Eight Preludes, Op.2, several of which were long presumed lost. Composed between 1919 and 1921, they demonstrate the teenage composer's grasp of pianistic idioms from Chopin to Scriabin as well as the melodic facility which, it would seem, was his native gift. Towards the other end of his career, another rarity: the contributions he made in 1957 for a portmanteau set of variations on a theme of Glinka commissioned from eight different composers. In complement to Shostakovich's Preludes, Fernanda Damiano presents a gentle Berceuse from the pen of the 16-year-old Mieczyslaw Weinberg. Conceived on a much more epic scale is the Second Piano Sonata which Weinberg wrote in 1942, the year before he first met Shostakovich and became in time one of his closest confidants. Dating from two years later, and thus still very much marked by conflict, is the sonata by Gyorgy Sviridov: a ferocious and too-rarely known work in one movement (but several sections) breathing the same combative air as the 'War' Sonatas by Prokofiev. By the side of these two sonatas, the Sonatina of Revol Bunin is relatively slight, but as the work of a fluent 15-year-old, it already shows signs of the talent which caught the ear of Shostakovich before long, when he took Bunin on as his only composition pupil at the time (between 1943 and 1945). Thus, although only Sviridov's Sonata was composed under the influence of the older composer, Damiano's recital presents a compelling sketch of mid-war and mid-century Soviet culture, through the prism of both the piano and of four gifted composers, each with their own distinctive voice. 'Fernanda Damiano plays. With intelligence, conviction and. #appreciation of the music's flavour.' (Fanfare review of Volume 1)

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 04:24
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:24
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Performer
    Fernanda Damiano
  2. 2 II. Allegretto 02:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    02:48
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Performer
    Fernanda Damiano
  3. 3 III. Adagio 06:28
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    06:28
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Performer
    Fernanda Damiano
  4. 4 IV. Vivace 03:25
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Vivace
    Duration
    03:25
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Performer
    Fernanda Damiano
  5. 5 Berceuse, Op. 1 05:01
    Track
    5
    Title
    Berceuse, Op. 1
    Duration
    05:01
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Performer
    Fernanda Damiano
  6. 6 I. Allegro vivo e risoluto 06:01
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Allegro vivo e risoluto
    Duration
    06:01
    Composer
    Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov
    Performer
    Fernanda Damiano
  7. 7 II. Largo 04:07
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov
    Performer
    Fernanda Damiano
  8. 8 III. Allegro vivo 04:48
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Allegro vivo
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov
    Performer
    Fernanda Damiano
  9. 9 Sonatina 03:05
    Track
    9
    Title
    Sonatina
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Revol' Samuilovich Bunin
    Performer
    Fernanda Damiano
  10. 10 No. 1 in G Minor: Agitato 01:50
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 1 in G Minor: Agitato
    Duration
    01:50
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Fernanda Damiano
  11. 11 No. 2 in G Major: Andante 01:16
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 2 in G Major: Andante
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Fernanda Damiano
  12. 12 No. 3 in E Minor: Allegro non troppo e furioso 01:11
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 3 in E Minor: Allegro non troppo e furioso
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Fernanda Damiano
  13. 13 No. 4 in B-Flat Major: Allegretto 00:35
    Track
    13
    Title
    No. 4 in B-Flat Major: Allegretto
    Duration
    00:35
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Fernanda Damiano
  14. 14 No. 5 in A Minor: Allegro molto 00:49
    Track
    14
    Title
    No. 5 in A Minor: Allegro molto
    Duration
    00:49
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Fernanda Damiano
  15. 15 No. 6 in F Minor: Andante 01:36
    Track
    15
    Title
    No. 6 in F Minor: Andante
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Fernanda Damiano
  16. 16 No. 7 in D-Flat Major: Moderato 01:28
    Track
    16
    Title
    No. 7 in D-Flat Major: Moderato
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Fernanda Damiano
  17. 17 No. 8 in D-Flat Major: Allegretto 00:48
    Track
    17
    Title
    No. 8 in D-Flat Major: Allegretto
    Duration
    00:48
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Fernanda Damiano
  18. 18 Variations on a Theme by Glinka 06:06
    Track
    18
    Title
    Variations on a Theme by Glinka
    Duration
    06:06
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    Fernanda Damiano