Stanchinsky: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1

Featuring

Olga Solovyeva
Alexei Stanchinsky

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Composer Biography

Stanchinsky's father purchased the Logachyovo estate, where the composer wrote most of his works, located near Novospasskoe, the birthplace of Mikhail Glinka, a renowned Russian composer.

Recording & Production

This album is the first volume of the complete collection of Stanchinsky's piano works and includes all published works written before 1910, featuring several world première recordings.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Stanchinsky is considered a pioneer of the 20th-century polyphonic style, anticipating rhythmic intonations of Stravinsky and Prokofiev, modal structures of Shostakovich, and harmonic concepts of Hindemith.

Performer Biography

Olga Solovieva, the pianist on this recording, is a professor at the Gnessin State Musical College and has won several awards, including the 2010 Boris Tchaikovsky Society Award and the Glinka Medal.

Composer Biography

Alexey Stanchinsky, the composer, spent his childhood in various ancient cities like Vladimir, Tver, Pskov, and Revel, where his father worked as a factory inspector.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Stanchinsky's piano music uniquely combines the musicality of Baroque and Romanticism with the distinctiveness of Russian folk music, featuring melodies with a sinuous quality similar to ancient Russian church music.

Composition History

Stanchinsky's music was largely hidden for decades due to the technical difficulty of his works and publishing issues, including the arrest and execution of his editor, Nikolay Zhilyayev, in connection with a conspiracy against Stalin.