Sardinian pianist Andrea Vivanet is one of the most interesting musicians of our time. Far more than a fabulous virtuoso, Vivanet captivates with finely chiseled art of characterization, organically coherent performance and utmost refinement of colorism in both large and smallest forms. His Szymanovsky album on the Naxos label was hailed by international critics, and his new album for AldilÃ Records is an unconventional panorama of Russian piano music from the traditional to the classical modernism of the 1930s. Sergei Taneyev's only piano work 'Prelude and Fugue' is not only a breathtaking contrapuntal masterpiece, it is also considered a pianistic acid test and is brilliantly performed here. Nikolai Tcherepnin, like Glazunov one of the great Rimsky-Korsakov pupils driven into emigration by the Russian Revolution, is still not completely rediscovered. Three of his miniature cycles are presented here in first recordings. The poetic lyricism of the turn-of-the-century music with it's romantic, shimmering richness of color contrasts with the subtle originality of the folk song arrangements 'Primitifs' from 1926, in which the new era has it's say. The 'Russian Album' closes with Shostakovich's overflowingly diverse miniature cycle of 24 Preludes Op. 34 from 1933. Russian piano music has arrived in the modern age, but everywhere the tradition continues to shine through in a transformed manner.

Tracklist:

Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor Op. 29~Andante
Prelude and Fugue in G-sharp minor Op. 29~Allegro vivace e con fuoco
Cinq Morceaux Op. 18~II. Improvisation. Andantino tranquillo
Cinq Morceaux Op. 18~IV. HumorÃ¨sque. Allegretto ma tranquillo
Cinq Morceaux Op. 18~V. Modo religioso. Andante sostenuto
24 Preludes Op. 34~I. Moderato
24 Preludes Op. 34~II. Allegretto
24 Preludes Op. 34~III. Andante
24 Preludes Op. 34~IV. Moderato
24 Preludes Op. 34~V. Allegro vivace
24 Preludes Op. 34~VI. Allegretto
24 Preludes Op. 34~VII. Andante
24 Preludes Op. 34~VIII. Allegretto
24 Preludes Op. 34~IX. Presto
24 Preludes Op. 34~X. Moderato non troppo
24 Preludes Op. 34~XI. Allegretto
24 Preludes Op. 34~XII. Allegro non troppo
24 Preludes Op. 34~XIII. Moderato
24 Preludes Op. 34~XIV. Adagio
24 Preludes Op. 34~XV. Allegretto
24 Preludes Op. 34~XVI. Andantino
24 Preludes Op. 34~XVII. Largo
24 Preludes Op. 34~XVIII. Allegretto
24 Preludes Op. 34~XIX. Andantino
24 Preludes Op. 34~XX. Allegretto furioso
24 Preludes Op. 34~XXI. Allegretto poco moderato
24 Preludes Op. 34~XXII. Adagio
24 Preludes Op. 34~XXIII. Moderato
24 Preludes Op. 34~XXIV. Allegretto

UPC: 9003643980228
Label: Gramola
Release Date: 10.15.21
Format: CD

Shostakovich / Vivanet - Russian Album (CD)