Obiedov, Y.: Songs and Dances of Latin America / Gubaidulina, S.: Serenade / Pettoletti, P.: Cachucha

Featuring

Oleg Timofeyev
Dan Caraway
Ivano Battiston
Timofeyev Ensemble
Isaac Albéniz
Sofia Gubaidulina

Pietro Pettoletti
Alexander Dargomyzhsky
Yuri Obiedov
Rodion Shchedrin
Andrei Ossipovich Sychra
Vladimir Ivanovich Morkov
Vladislav Andreyevich Zolotaryov

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Composer Biography

Vladislav Zolotaryov, a composer featured on this album, was a self-taught musical genius known in Russian culture as a 'samorodok' or 'nugget of gold'.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Musical meditations on Spanish themes by Russian composers were crucial steps for them and their audiences to imagine Russia's own path to a national musical expression.

Instruments

This album features the Russian seven-string guitar, an instrument that allows for unique sonorities, especially with its G-major tuning.

Performer Biography

The Timofeyev Ensemble, at its core, is a mother-and-son duo featuring Natalia Timofeyeva on cello and Oleg Timofeyev on Russian seven-string guitar, who have performed together for 30 years.

Composition History

Mikhail Glinka, considered the founder of Russian national opera, gave two Spanish themes to the emerging composer Mily Balakirev, founder of 'The Mighty Handful', for use in his compositions.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Many popular Spanish music pieces were actually written by Russian composers, such as Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnol or Glazunov's Spanish Serenade.

Composer Biography

Vladislav Zolotaryov, who taught himself bayan by age 16, experimented with various musical sources including folk music, Romantic heritage, and even twelve-tone composition, which was discouraged in the Soviet Union.