Warner & Nuzova - Russian Music for Cello & Piano

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Date CD: 2010 | Cedille Records | 68:55

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The WarnerNuzova duo cellist Wendy Warner and pianist Irina Nuzova makes its recording debut with five late-Romantic Russian works on an album dedicated to the memory of one of Warner's mentors, the illustrious Russian cellist, composer, and conductor Mstislav Rostropovich (1927 2007). Fittingly, two of the pieces were originally written for Rostropovich: Nikolai Miaskovsky's rarely heard Sonata No. 2 in A Minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 81; and Alfred Schnittke's Baroque-inspired Musica nostalgica, for violoncello and piano. This is the first American recording of Miaskovsky's mellifluous Sonata No. 2, a work that's rarely performed outside of Russia. Alexander Scriabin's Etude Op. 8, No. 11, is a beautiful encore piece brimming with chromatic harmonies; Sergei Prokofiev's Adagio from Ten Pieces from Cinderella, Op. 97b, is based on a duet from his ballet; and Sergei Rachmaninov's Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19, is a riveting four-movement work from the same period as his Second Piano Concerto.

tracklist:

Nikolai Miaskovsky (1881 - 1950)

Sonata No. 2 in A minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 81

Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915)

Etude Op. 8, No. 11 (04:03) Transcription by Gregor Piatigorsky

Alfred Schnittke (1934 - 1998)

Musica Nostalgica, for Violoncello and Piano

Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)

Adagio from Ten Pieces from Cinderella, Op. 97b

Sergei Rachmaninov(1873 - 1943)

Sonata in G minor, Op. 19

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