Tchaikovsky: The Seasons (Excerpts) / Rachmaninov: Preludes / Scriabin: Piano Sonata No. 2

Featuring

Dmitry Paperno
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Anatoly Lyadov
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Alexander Scriabin
Nikolai Medtner

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Composer Biography

Nikolai Medtner, a composer on this album, was considered by pianist A. Goldenweiser (Dmitry Paperno's teacher) to be among the 10 greatest composers of all time.

Composer Biography

Anatoli Liadov, a composer featured on this album, was a favorite student of Rimsky-Korsakov and later taught Prokofiev and Miaskovsky.

Compositional Technique

Medtner, a composer on this album, created the genre called "Skazka" or "Fairy Tale," which is a form of lyrical-narrative piano miniature.

Composition History

Nikolai Medtner, a composer featured on this album, composed his 3-volume cycle of "Forgotten Motives" during the difficult winter of 1919/1920, soon after the Russian Revolution, in a primitive house outside Moscow.

Performer Biography

Dmitry Paperno, the pianist, emigrated to the United States in 1977 and has been a Professor at Chicago's DePaul University since then.

Album & Artwork

This album aims to present a program of Russian piano music, highlighting two lesser-known composers, Anatoli Liadov and Nikolai Medtner, alongside more famous names.

Performer Biography

Dmitry Paperno, the pianist on this recording, was a prize winner at the Fifth International Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 1955 and the First International Enescu Competition in Bucharest in 1958.