Vasilenko - Complete Music for Viola and Piano
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Label: Toccata Classics
Cat No: TOCC0127
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Chamber
Release Date: 19th September 2011
Contents
Works
LullabyOriental Dance, op.47
Pieces (4) on Old Lute Music, op.35
Pieces (4)
Sleeping River
Sonata for Viola and Piano, op.46
Suite Zodiakus I.A.S. after Unknown Authors of the Eighteenth Century
Artists
Elena Artamonova (viola)Nicholas Walker (piano)
Works
LullabyOriental Dance, op.47
Pieces (4) on Old Lute Music, op.35
Pieces (4)
Sleeping River
Sonata for Viola and Piano, op.46
Suite Zodiakus I.A.S. after Unknown Authors of the Eighteenth Century
Artists
Elena Artamonova (viola)Nicholas Walker (piano)
About
Unfortunately, the viola was not in favour with the Soviet authorities (for ‘overloading the educational programmes’), and because of his interest in mysticism – also proscribed by the socialist realism of the day – Vasilenko found himself in serious trouble. Luckily, his interest in folk music was lauded, but for the rest of his life he had to tread a fine line between creative self-expression and practical survival.
His oeuvre is prolific, including five symphonies; concertos for balalaika, trumpet, cello, harp, clarinet, piano and horn; a number of shorter orchestral works; works for the stage, including seven operas and seven ballets; chamber and instrumental music; and songs, choruses, folksong arrangements and more.
Elena Artamonova was born in Moscow and studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatoire with Yuri Bashmet. Now based in the UK, she holds a number of international prizes and was awarded the Associateship of the Royal College of Music with Honours in 2000. Nicholas Walker also studied in Moscow (Moscow Conservatoire) and specialises in Russian repertoire. He performs widely in the UK and abroad, and is the winner of the first Newport International Piano Competition.
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