This disc of pieces played by pianist Polina Osetinskaya brings together the music of Nino Rota and Leonid Desyatnikov. An odd combination? Actually, no! Rota lived entirely in the 20th century while Desyatnikov was born in 1955, but what these composers have in common is not just the century they lived in but the way their work challenges what academic music had become. Neither Rota nor Desyatnikov has ever been part of any musical movement, and they have written no theoretical tracts (as was all the rage in the 20th century), but we can still see their music as a riposte to contemporary isolationism, arrogance, and fear.

Tracklist:

Suite From Federico Fellini's Casanova: O Venezia, Venaga, Venusia
Suite From Federico Fellini's Casanova: L'uccello Magico
Suite From Federico Fellini's Casanova: Intermezzo Della Mantide Religiosa
Suite From Federico Fellini's Casanova: The Great Mouna
Suite From Federico Fellini's Casanova: Il Duca Di Wurttemberg - Part One
Suite From Federico Fellini's Casanova: Il Duca Di Wurttemberg Part Two
Suite From Federico Fellini's Casanova: La Poupee Automate
15 Preludes For Piano: Allegro Molto
15 Preludes For Piano: Allegro, Ma Expressivo E Delicate
15 Preludes For Piano: Allegretto Con Spirit
15 Preludes For Piano: Andante Sost.Ed Espressivo
15 Preludes For Piano: Con Impeto
15 Preludes For Piano: Andante
15 Preludes For Piano: Allegro Con Spirit
15 Preludes For Piano: Lento Con Accento
15 Preludes For Piano: Allegretto Quasi Andantino
15 Preludes For Piano: Allegro Mosso E Marcato
15 Preludes For Piano: Andante Senza Lentezza
15 Preludes For Piano: Allegro
15 Preludes For Piano: Andante Cantabile
15 Preludes For Piano: Allegro Non Troppo E Marcato
15 Preludes For Piano: Allegro Robusto
Theatre Echoes - Suite For Piano: Overture, Masque
Theatre Echoes - Suite For Piano: From Kashchey's Life
Theatre Echoes - Suite For Piano: Vaudeville
Theatre Echoes - Suite For Piano: Jamais....(Elegy)
Theatre Echoes - Suite For Piano: Rondeau Chase
Theatre Echoes - Suite For Piano: Little Bells (To The Memory Of E. Rosenfield)
Theatre Echoes - Suite For Piano: Finale. Masque
In Honour Of Dickens, Waltz
Nocturne From Giselle Obsession
Credit Titles From Moscow Nights
Happiness From The Target
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UPC: 880040210429
Label: Quartz
Release Date: 1.13.15
Format: CD

Rota / Polina Osetinskaya - Rota & Desyatnikov (CD)