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- Édouard Lalo - Cello Sonata in A Minor, IEL 18
- Charles Koechlin - Cello Sonata, Op. 66
- Gabriel Pierné - Sonata en une partie in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 46
Marina Tarasova, cello
Ivan Sokolov, piano
Date: 2022
Label: Brilliant Classics
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Marina Tarasova (born 1960 in Moscow) is a Russian cellist. She studied at the Gnessin School with Alexander Fedorchenko and the Moscow State Conservatory with Natalia Shakhovskaya. A laureate of the Tchaikovsky Competition, she won 1st Prize at the Prague Competition in 1975 and the Florence Competition in 1979, as well as the Grand Prix of the Paris Competition in 1985. She is also an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Tarasova's wide repertoire covers works of composers from the 17th century to the 20th, with the music of Russian and Soviet composers occupying a special place.
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Ivan Sokolov (born 29 August 1960) is a Russian pianist, composer and educator. An insightful interpreter and dazzling performer of baroque, classical, and romantic repertoire, he is also an internationally acclaimed champion of new music and rarely heard works. Sokolov’s own music is performed in Russia and beyond; he has written one opera, two instrumental theater pieces, more than twenty chamber music works, over ten pieces for the percussion ensemble and about two hundred songs. Sokolov is a faculty member of the Gnesins Academy and the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Sokolov_(composer)
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ReplyDeleteSince there is no review (yet) on this CD I would like to give my two cents on it. Surely none of the works here are "masterworks", but they are presented in the best possible way. The performances of the sonatas by Lalo and Pierné are at least as good as those that I have listened to before. But what really struck me is the performance of the Koechlin sonata. This is a work almost impossible to pull off. There is very little variation in mood or tempo, and the sonata comes easily across as just glum and dreary. Admittedly, Koechlin was also a specialist in wind instruments rather than the strings. But, as interpreted by Tarasova, this sonata starts to make sense and becomes eminently listenable.
ReplyDeleteMarina Tarasova also comes across as a discovery. Although in her 60s, I think it is fair to say that she will only be know to specialists. Probably undeservedly so, if we go by the evidence on this disc.
Thanks for the great music, Ronald!