A Century of Russian Colors

Featuring

Camille Thomas
Beatrice Berrut
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Dimitri Kabalevsky
Lera Auerbach

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Performer Biography

Camille Thomas, a Franco-Belgian cellist, is considered one of the most promising young musicians of her generation, having won numerous awards and performed internationally.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Lera Auerbach, a leading post-Soviet composer, views the cycle of 24 preludes as one of the most original musical structures ever devised and has written several such cycles.

Compositional Technique

Lera Auerbach's preludes draw on a wide range of styles and exhibit a polystylism, similar to Alfred Schnittke, with sharp contrasts and dramatic transitions.

Composer Biography

Lera Auerbach, born in 1973 in Chelyabinsk, Russia, moved to New York in 1991 to study at the Juilliard School and now identifies as one hundred percent American.

Historical Context

The 1917 Revolution and the later collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to a significant diaspora of Russian composers, including Sergei Rachmaninoff and Lera Auerbach.

Performer Biography

Beatrice Berrut, the pianist on this recording, is an internationally recognized artist who has performed in prestigious halls across Europe and America and released critically acclaimed albums.