Sergey Malov – Paganini 24 Capricci, Op. 1 (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:16:57 minutes | 1,20 GB | Genre: Classical
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This recording is already the artist’s second encounter with Niccolò Paganini. After the 2014 album “Hommage á Paganini”, this is now the complete Opus 1 of the great Italian.
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Sergey Malov – J.S. Bach – Six Suites for Violoncello Solo (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 01:13:10 minutes | 1,21 GB | Genre: Classical
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“The personal story of the cello played braced against the shoulder (violoncello da spalla) began, when Sergey Malov first listened to a vinyl recording of Bach’s cello suites played by the legendary Pablo Casals from his father’s collection. Later on, when he listening to the recordings he could not get rid of the feeling that this light and dancing music does not after all fit that well with such a heavy big instrument as a cello. Although perhaps he just wanted to play these amazing pieces himself. Malov was dreaming about playing them authentically. He had no idea though what that authentic way was like and how he could place such a huge bass instrument on my shoulder. One cold winter day in 2009 he accidentally found a video recording of Allemanda from the 2nd Bach Cello Suite played by Dmitry Badiarov – a violin maker, co-author of the violoncello da spalla revival project and an inspiring violinist himself. Suddenly his boldest dreams and phantasies came true in a most detailed way. Moreover, he remembered that back in the day, probably still in Leningrad, his mother once took him to a man with curly black hair and blue eyes, a violin maker who had to check his little violin – that man was Dmitry Badiarov. Malov used this fragile bridge from the past to get in touch with him. Soon, when he realized that I could quickly learn to play the violoncello da spalla, he asked Dmitry to make one for me.…”
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Benedikt Kristjánsson, Ensemble Continuum & Sergey Malov – Judas. Arias and Recitatives by Johann Sebastian Bach (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 54:40 minutes | 1,03 GB | Genre: Classical
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Tenor Benedikt Kristjánsson has his own view of the biblical figure of Judas, who has imprinted himself in the collective memory of Christianity as the arch-villain. He wants to see him not only as the explicitly negative figure responsible for Jesus’ death, but as someone who played his part in the inevitable path of sacrificing the Messiah and thus in the core of Christian doctrine. Kristjánsson also has his own view of Johann Sebastian Bach. For his picture of Judas, he has chosen arias and recitatives from his oeuvre.
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