Polina Osetinskaya - Piano Works of Rota & Desyatnikov (2014)

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Artist: Polina Osetinskaya
Title Of Album: Piano Works of Rota & Desyatnikov
Year Of Release: 2014
Label: Quartz
Genre: Classical
Quality: 320 / FLAC
Total Time: 78:16 min
Total Size: 179 / 242 MB
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Tracklist:

Suite from Federico Fellini's Casanova
Composer: Nino Rota
01. I. O Venezia, Venaga, Venusia (4:10)
02. II. L'uccello magico (2:07)
03. III. Intermezzo della mantide religiosa (4:25)
04. IV. The Great Mouna (2:58)
05. V. Il duca di Wurttemberg - Part one (1:28)
06. VI. Il duca di Wurttemberg Part two (1:49)
07. VII. La Poupee automate (2:23)

15 Preludes for Piano
Composer: Nino Rota
08. I. Allegro molto (1:48)
09. II. Allegro, ma expressivo e delicate (1:29)
10. III. Allegretto con spirit (1:15)
11. IV. Andante sost.ed espressivo (1:57)
12. V. Con impeto (2:07)
13. VI. Andante (1:55)
14. VII. Allegro con spirit (1:19)
15. VIII. Lento con accento (1:47)
16. IX. Allegretto quasi andantino (1:36)
17. X. Allegro mosso e marcato (1:03)
18. XI. Andante senza lentezza (2:11)
19. XII. Allegro (1:18)
20. XIII. Andante cantabile (1:23)
21. XIV. Allegro non troppo e marcato (1:25)
22. XV. Allegro robusto (1:13)

Nachklänge aus dem Theater
Composer: Leonid Desyatnikov
23. I. Overture, Masque (2:16)
24. II. From Kashchey's Life (2:25)
25. III. Vaudeville (1:31)
26. IV. Jamais....(Elegy) (4:16)
27. V. Rondeau chase (1:52)
28. VI. Little Bells (to the memory of E. Rosenfield) (2:54)
29. VII. Finale. Masque (2:33)

30. In Honour of Dickens, Waltz (4:48)
Composer: Leonid Desyatnikov

31. Nocturne from Giselle Obsession (4:00)
Composer: Leonid Desyatnikov

32. Credit Titles from Moscow Nights (4:52)
Composer: Leonid Desyatnikov

33. Happiness from The Target (1:15)
Composer: Leonid Desyatnikov

34. Albumblatt (2:10)
Composer: Leonid Desyatnikov

This disc of pieces played by pianist Polina Osetinskaya brings together the music of Nino Rota and Leonid Desyatnikov. An odd combination? Actually, no! Rota lived entirely in the 20th century while Desyatnikov was born in 1955, but what these composers have in common is not just the century they lived in but the way their work challenges what academic music had become. Neither Rota nor Desyatnikov has ever been part of any musical movement, and they have written no theoretical tracts (as was all the rage in the 20th century), but we can still see their music as a riposte to contemporary isolationism, arrogance, and fear.