Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev, the performer, interprets the Russian music on this album through the lens of Russian fairy tales, featuring mythical creatures and magical forests.
Album & Artwork
This album includes two études by Tatiana Nikolayeva, Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev's grandmother, as an homage and an opportunity to share her little-known music.
Composition History
Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his Twenty-four Preludes and Fugues for Tatiana Nikolayeva, Arseny's grandmother, after being impressed by her playing when she won the International Bach Competition in 1950.
Composer Biography
Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev's grandmother, Tatiana Nikolayeva, was a celebrated pianist and composer who studied with Aleksandr Goldenweiser, a friend of Scriabin and Rachmaninov.
Compositional Technique
Rachmaninov's Moments musicaux, written in a few weeks in 1896, are on a much grander scale than Franz Schubert's intimate pieces and present significant technical challenges.
Album & Artwork
Arseny Tarasevich-Nikolaev chose a program for his first Decca recording that he describes as "a bit like an old magic mirror" reflecting generations.
Composition History
Prokofiev's Visions fugitives were named "Mimolyotnosti" after lines from a sonnet improvised by Russian poet Konstantin Balmont, who was inspired by Prokofiev's playing.
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