19th Century Russian Cello Music Dmitrii Khrychev & Olga Solovieva

• Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski (1840 - 1893):
• 1 Variations on a Rococo Theme in A Major, Op. 33a, TH 57 (Version for Cello & Piano) 18:43
• Karl Davydov (1838 - 1889):
• 2 Fantasie, Op. 7 (Version for Cello & Piano) 12:44
• Konstantin Lyadov (1820 - 1871):
• 3 Fantasy on Gipsy Songs 08:17
• Anton Arensky (1861 - 1906): 2 Pieces, Op. 12:
• 4 2 Pieces, Op. 12: No. 1, Petite ballade 02:40
• 5 2 Pieces, Op. 12: No. 2, Danse capricieuse 04:04
• 4 Morceaux, Op. 56:
• 6 4 Morceaux, Op. 56: No. 1, Orientale 02:42
• 7 4 Morceaux, Op. 56: No. 2, Romance 04:23
• 8 4 Morceaux, Op. 56: No. 3, Chanson triste 02:51
• 9 4 Morceaux, Op. 56: No. 4, Humoresque 03:03
• Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908):
• 10 Serenade, Op. 37 (Version for Cello & Piano) 04:00
• Total Runtime 01:03:27

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Cello music flourished in Russia in the 19th century. Tchaikovsky was central to this profusion of composition, writing the celebrated Variations on a Rococo Theme, music of Mozartian charm, heard here in the composer’s version for cello and piano. Karl Davidov, who Tchaikovsky called ‘the tsar of all cellists,’ contributed a melodious, lyrically inventive and virtuosic Fantasy on Russian Songs. Arensky’s graceful character sketches and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Serenade are suffused with Romanticism, while the lusty Fantasy on Gipsy Songs by Konstantin Liadov (father of the more famous Anatoly) is the earliest of these pieces and the least known. Dmitrii Khrychev is a prominent chamber and orchestral musician and soloist. Born in Leningrad in 1973 into a family of engineers, he began studying cello at age 7. In 1995 he formed the Nevsky String Quartet, with whom he was a prizewinner in seven international musical competitions, including the Dmitri Shostakovich International String Quartet Competition.

"...For anyone who loves Russian romantic music as much as I do, this is quite a discovery" (David Mellor, ClassicFM)

Dmitrii Khrychev, cello
Olga Solovieva, piano

Dmitrii Khrychev
Graduated from the Rimsky–Korsakov Conservatory (class of A. Massarsky) in St. Petersburg in 1997, and finished his post–graduate studies in String Quartet with A. Dogadin. He is one of the founders of the Nevsky String Quartet, with which he has won at several international competitions.

As a member of various chamber ensembles, Mr. Khrychev has performed in many cities of Russia and abroad (in Holland, Germany, Austria, the UK, the USA, and France), and has recorded for radio and CDs.

Currently, Mr. Khrychev is a professor at the Rimsky–Korsakov College of Music.

Olga Solovieva
was born in Moscow. She graduated from the Gnessin Academy of Music and took there a post-graduate course (chamber ensemble) as an assistant to Professor Leonid Blok.

Olga is a prize-winner of the II Taneyev All-Russian Chamber Music Competition, and a finalist of the 20th International Chamber Music Competition in Trapani, Italy. At the XII Tchaikovsky International Competition (Moscow, 2002) she won a special prize and the “Best Accompanist” diploma. She is The Boris Tchaikovsky Award winner (2010).

For her musical achievements Olga Solovieva was awarded by Russian public medal "For the Contribution to Musical Art" (2019). Olga Solovieva has participated, as soloist and member of chamber ensembles, in various festivals, including very prestigious as West Cork Chamber Music Festival in Bantry (Ireland), Festival of Russian Chamber Music in Ghent and Festival der Voorkempen in Schilde (Belgium), Rariteiten der Klaviermusik Festival in Husum (Germany), “Northern Flowers” in St.Petersburg, 26th & 28th Lyadov Arts Festivals in Borovich, Irish-Russian Chamber Music Festivals "From John Field to 21 Century" in Moscow Kremlin, and “Musical Assemblies” in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (Russia). She has toured cities of Russia, Belgium, Ireland, France, Lithuania, and Brazil, with chamber, solo and orchestral performances, including such venues as Moscow Kremlin, Moscow Conservatory, Sala Sao Paulo. Among the distinguished partners with whom Olga Solovieva has performed in chamber ensembles are The Vanbrugh Quartet, Auryn Quartet, Vilnius String Quartet, Roel Dieltiens (cello), Alexander Rudin (cello), Dmitrii Khrychev (cello), William Dowdall (flute), Haik Kazazyan (violin), Tai Murray (violin), Fanny Clamagirand (violin), Julian Bliss (clarinet), Herve Joulain (horn), Ivan Podyomov (oboe), Peter Whelan (bassoon). She performed as a soloists with such orchestras as Sao Paulo University Symphony Orchestra (OSUSP), Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra, Russian Academy of Music Chamber Orchestra, with famous conductors Wagner Polistchuk, Timur Mynbaev, among others.

Recordings of opuses by Boris Tchaikovsky, Vissarion Shebalin, Herman Galynin, Anatoly Lyadov, Sergey Taneyev, the 19th Russian composers (Peter Tchaikovsky, Anton Arensky, Karl Davidov, Konstantin Liadov) performed by Olga Solovieva have been released by Naxos, Grand Piano, Toccata Classics, Albany Records, and Northern Flowers labels. Olga also made several live-recordings for radio in Ireland and Brazil. These achievements were highly appreciated in publications of such magazines as Gramophone, American Record Guide, International Record Review, Fanfare, Opus, Tempo, and in the British newspaper The Guardian.

One of Olga's CD (with the chamber music of Boris Tchaikovsky) was nominated to the prestigious International Classical Music Awards-2019.

Olga Solovieva teaches Chamber Ensemble at the Gnessins College of Music, Moscow, and regularly has given master classes in Russia, Belgium and Ireland.

In 2015 Olga Solovieva worked as a jury member at 9th Moscow open Lyadov Festival.

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