Sergey Kostylev & Olga Solovieva – Shebalin: Complete Music for Violin & Piano (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 55:06 minutes | 510 MB | Genre: Classical
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This is the first recording of the complete works for violin and piano by the Russian composer Vissarion Shebalin (190263). He was a close friend and colleague of Shostakovich, who said of him: ‘Shebalin was an outstanding man. His kindness, honesty and absolute adherence to principle always amazed me. His enormous talent and great mastery immediately earned him burning love and authority with friends and musical community’. Like Shostakovich, Shebalin was condemned at the infamous 1948 composers’ congress in Moscow and kicked out of his job at the Moscow Conservatoire.
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Elizaveta Pakhomova, Tatiana Barsukova, Marina Dichenko & Olga Solovieva – Myaskovsky: Vocal Works, Vol. 1 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:08:24 minutes | 581 MB | Genre: Classical
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The dignified bearing and quiet wisdom of Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950) gained him the sobriquet of ‘the conscience of Russian music’ – and those qualities are reflected in the unemphatic strength of his music. His orchestral, chamber and instrumental works are regaining the currency they once enjoyed, but his large corpus of songs, many of them understated masterpieces, has yet to attract systematic attention – a situation this series hopes to remedy. The pairing here of his late Violin Sonata with his last two song-cycles for soprano and piano mirrors the Moscow concert in 1947 when all three were given their first performances.
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Elizaveta Pakhomova, Tatiana Barsukova, Marina Dichenko, Olga Solovieva – Myaskovsky: Vocal Works, Vol. 1 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 01:08:24 minutes | 582 MB | Genre: Classical
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Toccata Classics
The dignified bearing and quiet wisdom of Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881-1950) gained him the sobriquet of “the conscience of Russian music” – and those qualities are reflected in the unemphatic strength of his music. His orchestral, chamber and instrumental works are regaining the currency they once enjoyed, but his large corpus of songs, many of them understated masterpieces, has yet to attract systematic attention – a situation this series hopes to remedy. The pairing here of his late Violin Sonata with his last two song-cycles for soprano and piano mirrors the Moscow concert in 1947 when all three were given their first performances.
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Olga Solovieva – Stanchinsky: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 1 (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:12:17 minutes | 1,16 GB | Genre: Classical
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Alexey Stanchinsky was considered an outstanding student by his teacher Taneyev, his work anticipating Stravinsky, Prokofiev and others, paving the way towards many aspects of 20th-century style. His tragic early death and publishing difficulties meant that his music was hidden for decades. Volume 1 of this complete edition contains his entire output until 1910, including several world première recordings and revealing his early melodic gift and sophisticated virtuosity.
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