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The Goldenweiser School: Tatiana Nikolayeva | APR APR5666

The Goldenweiser School: Tatiana Nikolayeva

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Label: APR

Cat No: APR5666

Barcode: 5024709156665

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 28th July 2008

Contents

Artists

Tatiana Nikolayeva (piano)
USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

Nikolai Anosov
Kyrill Kondrashin

Works

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

Concert Fantasia in G major, op.56
Piano Concerto no.2 in G major, op.44

Artists

Tatiana Nikolayeva (piano)
USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

Nikolai Anosov
Kyrill Kondrashin

About

Today, Tatiana Nikolayeva (1924-1993) is remembered mainly as a Bach player and also as the definitive performer of Shostakovich’s 24 Preludes & Fugues, which were inspired by and written for her after the composer heard her play Bach in the 1950 Leipzig Bach competition (which she won).

However, to limit Nikolayeva’s reputation to these two composers would be doing her a great disservice. She had a vast repertoire and her recordings include concertos by Bartok, Medtner, Prokofiev Stravinsky and several Soviet composers - including her own concerto, as she was also a composer! Furthermore, she recorded the complete Beethoven sonatas and much other standard repertoire from the 19th century.

This CD presents two recording premieres – the first ever recording of the Tchaikovsky Concert Fantasy Op.56 and the first recording of the original version of Tchaikovsky’s 2nd Piano Concerto. At the time of its premiere, the 2nd piano concerto had been deemed too long and, until relatively recently, the work has always been performed in a drastically cut revision by the pianist Alexander Siloti. Here Nikolayeva reveals that not only was she an intellectual pianist but also a virtuoso who could ‘barnstorm’ with the best of them.

Contents:
Piano Concerto No.2 in G major Op.44
USSR State Symphony Orchestra / Nikolai Anosov
Recorded in Moscow c.1951 LP: D 0749/50

Concert Fantasy in G major Op.56
USSR State Symphony Orchestra / Kyrill Kondrashin
Recorded in Moscow c.1950 LP: D 403/4

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