White Nights: Viola Music from St Petersburg | Haenssler Profil PH20045

White Nights: Viola Music from St Petersburg

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Label: Haenssler Profil

Cat No: PH20045

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 3

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 5th November 2021

Contents

Artists

Tatjana Masurenko (viola)
Roglit lshay (piano)

Works

Banshchikov, Gennady

Viola Sonata

Glazunov, Alexander

Elegie in G minor, op.44
Meditation, op.32

Glinka, Mikhail

Variations on Alyabyev's Song 'The Nightingale' in E minor
Viola Sonata in D minor

Prokofiev, Sergei

Romeo and Juliet, op.64 (excerpts) (tr. Vadim Borisovsky)

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai

Sadko
» Song of the Indian Guest (Song of India)
The Snow Maiden
» Dance of the Tumblers (Act 3)

Rubinstein, Anton

Melodies (2), op.3
» no.1 in F major
Soirees a St Petersbourg (6), op.44
» no.1 Romance in E flat major 'The night'
Viola Sonata in F minor, op.49

Shostakovich, Dmitri

Impromptu for viola and piano, op.33
Preludes (24), op.34 (arr. for viola and piano)
» no.10 Moderato non troppo
» no.14 Adagio
» no.15 Allegretto
» no.16 Andantino
» no.17 Largo
» no.18 Allegretto
» no.24 Allegretto
Viola Sonata, op.147

Stravinsky, Igor

Elegy for solo viola
Mavra
» Russian maiden's song
Pastorale

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Aveu passionne in E minor
Morceaux (6), op.51
» no.6 Valse sentimentale in F minor (arr. for viola and piano)

Artists

Tatjana Masurenko (viola)
Roglit lshay (piano)

About

"I grew up in that wonderful city; I studied there and my family lives there. As a musician who is always on the lookout for interesting new discoveries, I wanted to record these works for viola. You will find some familiar pieces in my selection, works that have long been in the standard repertoire for violists the world over, alongside new, unexpected arrangements.

"Unlike in the first two recordings of this series, in the la test one I am no longer playing on my old viol a by Testore (Milan, 1756), but on a new instrument by the violin-maker Jürgen Manthey (Leipzig, 2020), whom I have known for 25 years and whose work I rate very highly. My playing technique has changed recently. Nowadays I play repertoire of the nineteenth century with more emphasis on the historical accent. For this reason, on this recording I am using gut strings and a bow made by the most famous nineteenth-century bow-maker, Nikolai Kittel from St. Petersburg (1856). The grand piano we used on this recording is also a historic instrument: a Blüthner of 1905 from Leipzig."

- Tatjana Masurenko

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