Natalia Andreeva - Russian Piano Music Series, Vol. 11: Galina Ustvolskaya (2015)

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Title: Russian Piano Music Series, Vol. 11: Galina Ustvolskaya
Year Of Release: 2015
Label: Divine Art
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+booklet)
Total Time: 01:30:37
Total Size: 308 MB
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Tracklist:

Disc 1 (55:00)
12 Preludes
1. No. 1, — (2:31)
2. No. 2, — (0:54)
3. No. 3, — (2:01)
4. No. 4, — (1:21)
5. No. 5, — (1:30)
6. No. 6, — (2:31)
7. No. 7, — (1:41)
8. No. 8, — (1:58)
9. No. 9, — (1:10)
10. No. 10, — (2:31)
11. No. 11, — (1:41)
12. No. 12, — (1:28)
Piano Sonata N°1
13. I. — (1:19)
14. II. — (2:17)
15. III. — (2:55)
16. IV. — (3:40)
Piano Sonata N°2
17. I. — (3:12)
18. II. — (4:23)
19.Piano Sonata No. 3 (15:57)

Disc 2 (35:19)
Piano Sonata N°4
1. I. — (3:17)
2. II. — (2:46)
3. III. — (1:10)
4. IV. — (4:59)
Piano Sonata N°5
5. I. — (1:20)
6. II. — (2:01)
7. III. — (1:00)
8. IV. — (0:57)
9. V. — (2:08)
10. VI. — (1:06)
11. VII. — (2:44)
12. VIII. — (1:03)
13. IX. — (1:55)
14. X. — (2:07)
15.Piano Sonata No. 6 (6:46)

Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006) is becoming a cult figure in her native Russia and beyond. A person of intense humility, shyness and introspection, her music is the opposite: dramatic, often aggressive, with pounding rhythms that make it totally unique. “Any page of Ustvolskaya’s music is as recognisable as a Picasso brushstroke, and as deep in cultural and emotional resonance” (Andy Hamilton, International Piano).

This recording contains her entire output for solo piano. Russian pianist Natalia Andreeva has taken a special interest in the work of Ustvolskaya, beginning her ‘life-project’ in Chicago in 2006, and her PhD thesis in Piano Performance was based on the interpretation of Ustvolskaya’s music – she remains in close touch with the composer’s widower and has developed a special affinity with this unique soundworld.

Natalia currently works as Lecturer in Piano at the Sydney Conservatorium, Australia and regularly performs and broadcasts both there and in her native Russia.


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Thanks a lot.
  • TriedTrue
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Thank you very much! Greatly appreciated.