Sergei Vasilenko: Complete Music for Viola and Piano
The Russian composer Sergei Vasilenko (1872-1956) was influenced by the nineteenth-century nationalist school, by his teacher Taneyev and by Scriabin, adding an interest in Symbolism and hints of early modernism. The discovery of the seven viola compositions on this CD — most of them unknown before now — not only expands the repertoire of the instrument; it also points to the courage of a composer who spent his life treading the tight-rope between his own musical interests and the demands of Soviet 'socialist realism'.
Elena Artamonova, viola
Nicholas Walker, piano
Listen To This Recording:
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Viola Sonata, Op. 46 (1923)
- I. Allegro moderato –
- II. Andante amorevole –
- III. Fughetta. Molto energico –
- IV. Tempo del commincio (Allegro moderato)
- Lullaby (c. 1952)
- No. 1, Pavane
- No. 2, Madonna Tenerina
- No. 3, Serenade for the Lady of my Heart
- No. 4, Knights
- Sleeping River (1951)
- Oriental Dance, Op. 47 (1922)
- No. 1, Ouverture
- No. 2, Passacaille
- No. 3, Minuet
- No. 4, Plainte
- No. 5, Musette
- No. 1, Prelude
- No. 2, Etude
- No. 3, Legend
- No. 4, Scherzo
Four Pieces on Old Lute Music, Op. 35 (1918)
Suite Zodiakus I.A.S. after Unknown Authors of the Eighteenth Century (c. 1914)
Four Pieces (1953)
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