Anya Alexeyev - Folk Trails (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 1, Rubato
02. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 2, Andante
03. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 3, Poco rubato
04. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 4, Andante
05. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 5, Scherzo
06. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 6, Ballad
07. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 7, Allegro
08. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 8, Allegretto
09. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 9, Allegretto
10. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 10, L'istesso
11. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 11, Assai moderato
12. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 12, Allegretto
13. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 13, Poco più vivo
14. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 14, Allegro
15. 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 71: No. 15, Allegro
16. 24 Preludes "Songs of Bukovina": No. 1, Steppe Wind A-Blowin
17. 24 Preludes "Songs of Bukovina": No. 3, Ian, Where D' You Come From? Beyond the Danube
18. 24 Preludes "Songs of Bukovina": No. 4, Oh, Petrivochka a Night So Short
19. 24 Preludes "Songs of Bukovina": No. 7, Oh, I'll Go to the Garden
20. 24 Preludes "Songs of Bukovina": No. 8, Oh, My Sweet Vast Canada
21. 24 Preludes "Songs of Bukovina": No. 24, A Pipe Made of Maplewood
22. 4 Irish Dances, Op. 89: No. 3, The Leprechaun's Dance (Arr. for Piano by Percy Grainger)
23. Fantasy on Latvian Folksongs
24. Bunches of Flowers of Vietnam: No. 1, Spring
25. 6 Finnish Folksongs, JS 81: No. 1, Mein Liebchen
26. 6 Finnish Folksongs, JS 81: No. 2, Von Herzen liebe ich dich
27. 6 Finnish Folksongs, JS 81: No. 3, Der Abend kommt
28. 6 Finnish Folksongs, JS 81: No. 4, Also spielt die Maid
29. 4 Folksongs of Northern Shaanxi: No. 1, Red Lilies Crimson and Bright
30. 7 Balkan Dances: No. 4, Sostenuto e cantabile
31. 7 Balkan Dances: No. 7, Allegro quasi pesante 
32. Qeler Tsoler (Arr. for Piano by Georgy Saradjev)
33. The Navajo Piano: Navajo Vocable for Piano No. 9
34. Jamaican Medley

Folk-music has been a resource for classical composers since the beginning of the western tradition. The violin has its own folk heritage, of course, but since you can’t lug a piano from village to village, composers for that instrument have had to dig into their own musical roots to generate a folk-based keyboard repertoire, usually with refreshing results. This recital takes the listener on a journey that spans three continents, east to west, marrying the resources of the modern concert grand with the immediacy of the folk originals.

Anya Alexeyev, piano, primo
Leslie De’Ath, secondo

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