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Tchaikovsky - The Seasons, Dumka | Haenssler Profil PH18088

Tchaikovsky - The Seasons, Dumka

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Label: Haenssler Profil

Cat No: PH18088

Barcode: 0881488180886

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 30th November 2018

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The present recording presents a well-matched programme comprising two piano works by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893): The Seasons, op. 37a: Twelve Character Pieces, 1875/76, and the Dumka: Scène rustique russe (Russian rural scene), op.59, in C minor, 1885/1886. Both compositions have “scenic” subtitles: The Seasons are characteristic scenes, the Dumka a Russian village scene. Since time immemorial, the seasons of the year have played a major part in the arts. They symbolize the eternal cycle of nature, the relentless progress of time, the coming and going of people and things, the process of decay and renewal. Thus they have come to stand for the phases of human life. In the fine arts, human figures were often used in allegorical manner.

Born in St Petersburg (known then as Leningrad), Andrei Hoteev is one of the most influential and intriguing Russian pianists of our time. Alongside his piano studies, Andrei Hoteev engaged in detailed musicological research, which led him time and again to discover various composers’ original scores.

“Russian pianist Andrei Hoteev is a phenomenon. His performance was akin to a breathtaking dash with Glenn Gould” (Nordhollands Dagblad, Amsterdam); “An outstanding pianist” (Kurier, Vienna); “One of the best Russian pianists” (Midi libre, France). And in Crescendo, Brussels: “A fanatic of textual authenticity, [Andrei Hoteev’s] brilliant, spellbinding technique [is flawless, and together with his] congenial, thrilling, grippingly demonic, and yet at once magical and divinely tender performance [marks him out as] a true successor of the great Russian traditions.”

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