Igor Raykhelson: Piano & Chamber Music, Vol. 2 Marc Bouchkov, Alexander Kniazev & Konstantin Lifschitz

• Igor Raykhelson (b. 1961): Piano Trio No. 2 in B Minor:
• 1 Piano Trio No. 2 in B Minor: I. Misterioso 13:22
• 2 Piano Trio No. 2 in B Minor: II. Allegretto 09:53
• 3 Piano Trio No. 2 in B Minor: III. Allegro maestoso 07:17
• 5 Short Pieces for Piano:
• 4 5 Short Pieces for Piano: No. 1, Consolation. Andante mosso 02:39
• 5 5 Short Pieces for Piano: No. 2, Serendipity 03:46
• 6 5 Short Pieces for Piano: No. 3, Delirium. Melancholic 03:06
• 7 5 Short Pieces for Piano: No. 4, Mirage. Melancholic 03:09
• 8 5 Short Pieces for Piano: No. 5, Pranks. Scherzando 02:08
• Igor Raykhelson:
• 9 Melodia for Violin & Piano 03:21
• Piano Quartet in G-Sharp Minor (Homage to Robert Schumann):
• 10 Piano Quartet in G-Sharp Minor (Homage to Robert Schumann): I. Sostenuto - Allegro risoluto 10:13
• 11 Piano Quartet in G-Sharp Minor (Homage to Robert Schumann): II. Allegretto 05:49
• 12 Piano Quartet in G-Sharp Minor (Homage to Robert Schumann): III. Andante cantabile 08:38
• 13 Piano Quartet in G-Sharp Minor (Homage to Robert Schumann): IV. Allegro maestoso 07:10
• Total Runtime 01:20:31

Info for Igor Raykhelson: Piano & Chamber Music, Vol. 2

In his early days the composer-pianist Igor Raykhelson – born in Leningrad in 1961, once a New York resident and now based in Moscow – studied both classical and jazz piano. Both influences have combined to create a uniquely personal, Rachmaninov-plays-the-Blues Neo-Romantic style: not only is Raykelson unafraid to write a good tune- it’s clear right away whose tune it is. And in his chamber and instrumental works, the parlando manner that Raykhelson absorbed from jazz becomes particularly effective. Raykhelson’s chamber music is usually written for his friends, and here he is joined by some of Russia’s finest musicians, including the cellist Alexander Kniazev and the pianist Konstantin Lifschitz- and the violinist in Raykhelson’s lyrical ‘Melodia’ is his wife, Ekaterina Astashova.

Ekaterina Astashova, violin
Marc Bouchkov, violin
Andrei Usov, viola
Alexander Kniazev, cello
Konstantin Lifschitz, piano

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