IDAGIO | Piano Recital: Vlaeva, Nadejda - Bortkiewicz, S. / Medtner, N. / Liadov, A. / Scriabin, A. (A Treasury of Russian Romantic Piano) 017685122422

Featuring

Nadejda Vlaeva
Sergei Bortkiewicz
Nikolai Medtner
Anatoly Lyadov
Alexander Scriabin
Vladimir Rebikov

Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Lyapunov

Did you know?

1/6

Recording & Production

This album was recorded at the Academy of Arts & Letters in New York City from August 1-3, 2007, using Candlewood Digital 24-bit Natural Presence™ Technology.

Composer Biography

Of the seven composers on this album, only Rachmaninoff is widely known, while Scriabin is gaining respect, and Medtner is just starting to be appreciated by a wider public.

Performer Biography

American composer Lowell Liebermann composed his Variations on a Theme of Schubert (2007) and Nocturne No. 9 (2006) specifically for Nadejda Vlaeva, the pianist on this album.

Historical Context

This album features Russian Romantic composers who continued to compose in a Romantic manner at the end of the 19th century, when much attention was paid to modernists.

Performer Biography

Nadejda Vlaeva has won several major awards, including First Prize at the Liszt competition in Lucca, Italy, and the Yamaha Award for best interpretation of Brahms in Weimar.

Performer Biography

Nadejda Vlaeva, the pianist on this album, has been praised by figures like Lazar Berman, who called her talent 'God-given', and Arnold Steinhardt, who described her as 'one of those people of extraordinary ability'.