Sasha Stychkina - Debut (2026) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Menuet sur le nom d’Haydn, M. 58
02. Five Preludes: No. 1, Andante
03. Five Preludes: No. 2, Adagio
04. Five Preludes: No. 3, Presto
05. Five Preludes: No. 4, Animato
06. Five Preludes: No. 5, Largo
07. Waltz in A-Flat Major, Op. 42
09. Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 24: II. Adagio
10. Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 24: III. Menuetto. Allegro
11. Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, Op. 24: IV. Presto
12. Studies for Piano, Op. 18: No. 1, Allegro molto
13. Studies for Piano, Op. 18: No. 2, Andante sostenuto
14. Studies for Piano, Op. 18: No. 3, Rubato
15. Variations on a Theme of Bach, S. 180 “Weinen, Klagen, Sorgen, Zagen”

Greek-Russian pianist Sasha Stychkina, born in December 2003 in Moscow into a family of musicians and filmmakers, is the youngest finalist and winner in the history of the Marguerite Long International Piano Competition in Paris in November 2019. Today she presents her first recital, recorded at the Teldex studio in Berlin under the artistic direction of her teacher, the charismatic and renowned pianist Kirill Gerstein. A decidedly varied programme—Weber, Bartók, Ravel, Chopin, Liszt—it is by turns virtuosic, dance-like and spiritual. Sasha Stychkina also introduces us to a little-known composer, Alexei Vladimirovich Stanchinsky (1888-1914), a mystical figure, considered mad – he spent a year in a psychiatric hospital – who drowned at the age of twenty-six. A student of Taneyev, encouraged by Scriabin, and introduced to Tolstoy, the composer nevertheless had a bright future ahead of him. The Five Preludes (1907-1912, published posthumously in 1928), chosen by Sasha Stychkina, are particularly evocative and visionary.