Vladimir Yurigin-Klevke collaborated with the late Armenian soprano Arax Davtian on a recording of Russian romances, now available on Delos.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in Studio 5, State Radio, Moscow, Russia.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Sofia Gubaidulina's music reflects an intensive interpenetration of various cultures, merging Western dynamic development with Eastern spontaneity and improvisational basis.
Composition History
Rodion Shchedrin's cycle of 24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, a multi-year project, was dedicated to his father, the musicologist Konstantin Shchedrin.
Performer Biography
Vladimir Yurigin-Klevke studied at the Moscow Conservatory under the famed Heinrich Neuhaus and his pupil Yakov Zak.
Performer Biography
Pianist Vladimir Yurigin-Klevke won first prize at the National Piano Competition of Contemporary Soviet Music in 1969 at the age of 20.
Composer Biography
Arvo Pärt left the USSR in 1980, after which his compositions were removed from concert programs and musicological studies in his home country.
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