Nikolai Miaskovsky, a composer and teacher at the Moscow Conservatory, expressed nostalgia for 19th-century Russia in his music, avoiding early 20th-century innovations like atonality.
Instruments
Wendy Warner plays a 1772 Giuseppe Gagliano cello and a François Xavier Tourte bow from around 1815, known as the 'De Lamare,' on extended loan from the Stradivari Society of Chicago.
Performer Biography
Cellist Wendy Warner won first prize at the Fourth International Rostropovich Competition in Paris in 1990.
Interpretation
The WarnerNuzova duo's mission is to perform and record canonical works, commission new music, and favor Russian and American repertoire as homage to their respective backgrounds.
Composition History
Rachmaninov dedicated his Sonata for Cello and Piano in G Minor to cellist Anatoly Brandukov, who premiered the work with the composer in Moscow in December 1901.
Recording & Production
This album, "Russian Music for Cello & Piano," is the debut CD recording for the WarnerNuzova cello and piano duo, which formally formed in 2008.
Performer Biography
Pianist Irina Nuzova, a Moscow native, made her debut with the Omsk Philharmonic at the age of 14.
