Masterpieces by Brahms, Franck, Clara Schumann & Vassily Lobanov
6/18/2021, 17 Tracks, 1:24:34
Featuring
Elmira Darvarova
Vassily Lobanov
Clara Schumann
Johannes Brahms
César Franck
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Composer Biography
Vassily Lobanov's composition teacher, Alfred Schnittke, praised him by saying, "There are talented composers and there are talented pianists, but seldom do those two talents converge in such brilliant proportion as they do in Vassily Lobanov."
Album & Artwork
The cover art for this album is "Schloss Kammer am Attersee IV" (1910) by Austrian Symbolist painter Gustav Klimt.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at two different locations: Riverside Studios in Cologne, Germany, and Oktaven Audio in Mount Vernon, New York.
Composition History
Vassily Lobanov's Sonata for Violin and Piano 'In Six Fragments' was a commission for the 1989 Glasgow Festival and was premiered there by Lobanov and violinist Oleg Kagan.
Performer Biography
Elmira Darvarova, the violinist on this album, was the first and only woman concertmaster in the history of the Metropolitan Opera.
Performer Biography
Vassily Lobanov, the pianist and composer on this album, was a piano duo partner of the renowned Russian pianist Sviatoslav Richter.
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