Tishchenko: Piano Sonatas Nos. 7 and 8

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That [Tishchenko] was a superb pianist underpins the expansive, gnarly language of his 11 piano sonatas. On this recording, French pianist Nicolas Stavy tackles the Seventh, longest and formally... — The Guardian, 27th August 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 31st Jul 2015
Catalogue No: BIS2189
Label: BIS
Length: 70 minutes

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Tishchenko: Piano Sonata No. 7, Op. 85

Work length40:36

Album only

Nicolas Stavy, Jean-Claude Gengembre

I. Andante - Allegro - Andante - Allegro - Andante

Track length12:11

$2.05

$3.05

II. Lento -

Track length16:49

Album only

III. Allegro

Track length11:36

$2.05

$3.05

Tishchenko: Piano Sonata No. 8, Op. 99

Work length30:12

$5.10

$7.60

Nicolas Stavy

I. Allegro energico

Track length6:08

$1.00

$1.50

II. Andantino

Track length12:20

$2.05

$3.05

III. Allegro molto

Track length11:44

$2.05

$3.05

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Often described as a favourite pupil of Shostakovich, Boris Tishchenko studied composition with the master between 1962 and 1965. The influence of Shostakovich is discernible in much of Tishchenko’s music, but the younger composer was also interested in the music of non-European countries, such as India, China and Japan, as well as in Russian folklore. Tishchenko was a prolific composer, with an output that covered many genres, including a great deal of orchestral music. Throughout his career, however, runs the thread of his eleven piano sonatas: the first sonata is his Op. 3, and the final one became his last completed score. Most of the sonatas are extensive works, imagined on an almost symphonic scale. With a duration of 40 minutes, the Seventh Sonata, Op. 85 (1982), is the longest of them all. It is also the most unusual, being a sonata ‘for piano with bells’. On this recording the pianist is joined by a percussionist playing respectively large bells, tubular bells and glockenspiel in the three movements of the sonata. The Eighth Sonata, Op. 99 (1986), despite being a three-movement work also, could not be more different, testimony to the stylistic breadth of the composer. Joined by Jean-Claude Gengembre in Sonata No. 7, the French pianist Nicolas Stavy makes his first appearance on BIS in these demanding and valuable scores. His recording also serves as a useful and welcome reminder of the many fine composers that remained in the Soviet Union, when colleagues such as Sofia Gubaidulina or Alfred Schnittke emigrated to the West.

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27th August 2015

That [Tishchenko] was a superb pianist underpins the expansive, gnarly language of his 11 piano sonatas. On this recording, French pianist Nicolas Stavy tackles the Seventh, longest and formally weirdest of them all, Stavy’s playing is fearless throughout. He unleashes outrageous whirlwinds then finds penetrating space and contemplation in slow passages.

Tishchenko: Piano Sonatas Nos. 7 and 8

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