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Catalogue No.: GP937

Release Date: November 2024

Barcode: 747313993710

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Artist(s): Giorgio Koukl

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TCHEREPNIN, NIKOLAI & ALEXANDER

Complete Works for Violin & Piano • 1

Giorgio Koukl, piano

Nikolay Tcherepnin and his son Alexander hail from a dynasty of distinguished composers spanning three generations. This first of two volumes focuses on their complete works featuring the violin and piano. Nikolay’s Cadence fantastique is longer and weightier than its title might suggest and drifts between dream and delirium. Alexander’s early Violin Sonata in C minor was recently discovered at the Paul Sacher Foundation archives in Basel and is heard in a new edition by Giorgio Koukl. The evocative Trio Concertante from 1960 is a piano trio arrangement of the Triple Concerto from 1930. Pianist Giorgio Koukl and the violinist Klaidi Sahatci are joined by cellist Johann Sebastian Paetsch in the Piano Trio and Trio Concertante.

Tracklist

Tcherepnin, Alexander

Violin Sonata in C Minor () (00:17:00 )

I. Adagio - Allegro drammatico (00:08:08)

II. Allegretto (00:01:19)

III. Adagio (00:02:24)

IV. Vivace (00:05:14)

Arabesque, Op. 11, No. 5 (1921) (00:02:15)

Piano Trio, Op. 34 (1925) (00:09:00 )

I. Moderato tranquillo - Allegro (00:03:24)

II. Allegretto (00:02:48)

III. Allegro molto (00:02:09)

Triple Concertino for Violin, Cello, Piano and Strings, Op. 47 (version for piano trio as Trio Concertante) (1960) (00:16:00 )

I. Allegro marciale (00:05:17)

II. Lento (00:03:38)

III. Allegro (00:02:13)

IV. Presto (00:05:06)

Tcherepnin, Nikolai

Cadence fantastique, Op. 42bis (1915) (00:14:17)

Pièce calme, "Pastorale" (version for violin and piano) () (00:02:58)

Azbuka v kartinkakh (The Alphabet in Pictures), 14 Sketches after Benois, Op. 38: No. 4. Villegiature (version for violin and piano) (1910) (00:02:44)

Un air ancien (version for violin and piano) (1935) (00:05:02)

Total Time: 01:08:56

The Artist(s)

Giorgio Koukl is a Czech pianist/harpsichordist and composer. He studied at both the Conservatories of Zürich and Milan, where he took part in the masterclasses of Nikita Magaloff, Jacques Février, and Stanislaus Neuhaus, and with Rudolf Firkušný, friend and advocate of Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů. It was through Firkušný that Koukl first encountered Martinů‘s music, and is now considered one of the world’s leading interpreters of Martinů’s piano music. As a logical continuation of this work, Koukl has recorded the complete solo piano works of Paul Le Flem, Alexander Tcherepnin, Arthur Lourié, Vítězslava Kaprálová, Witold Lutosławski, and more recently, Alexandre Tansman and Tibor Harsányi.

The Composer(s)

Alexander began playing piano and composing at an early age. By his late teens he had composed several hundred pieces, thirteen piano sonatas among them. For a more extensive biography of Alexander Tcherepnin, and information about his works and compositional techniques, visit the Tcherepnin Society website at www.tcherepnin.com.

A pupil of Rimsky-Korsakov in St Petersburg, Nikolay Tcherepnin won an early reputation in Russia as a pianist, conductor and composer. He settled in Paris in 1921 but was able to continue the Russian tradition of composition in which he had been trained.

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“Koukl proves himself a most sympathetic advocate for Tcherepnin’s music, whether on a small or large scale.” — International Piano

“Koukl proves himself a most sympathetic advocate for Tcherepnin’s music, whether on a small or large scale.” — International Piano

“Koukl captures the darkness, and the light, of these movements expertly.” — International Piano

“I look forward to completing this marvelous series and couldn’t ask for a more qualified pianist than Koukl.” — American Record Guide

“If anyone who doesn’t know Tcherepnin’s music hears this disc they will find themselves completely captivated and will want to own the entire set.” — MusicWeb International

“From delightful childlike pieces to full blown turbulence to pieces that display nostalgia and regret, it has been one of the most satisfying musical journeys I’ve ever been on.” — MusicWeb International

“Taking us through this musical journey Giorgio Koukl has demonstrated his prowess as a pianist from the most demanding pieces to the most delicately tiny fragment.” — MusicWeb International