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This first volume of Alexander Tcherepnin’s extensive list of works for piano takes us from some of his earliest works as a precocious Russian teenager, through to significant and intensely expressive compositions. From the vitally youthful picture stories of the Bagatelles, through the remarkable Sonatas to the exploratory late Ascension, each work is a gold mine of astoundingly inventive and distinctively individual craftsmanship The program demonstrates Tcherepnin’s mastery of the miniature and the monumental, speaking to the heart from a basis in the Romantic tradition. Tcherepnin’s is a voice which stands comparison with Prokofiev and at times Rachmaninov, but the over-riding impression is of striking individuality and compelling inventiveness.
Alexander Tcherepnin: 10 Bagatelles, Op. 5
No. 1. Allegro marciale
No. 2. Con vivacita
No. 3. Vivo
No. 4. Lento con tristezza
No. 5. Dolce
No. 6. Allegro con spirito
No. 7. Prestissimo
No. 8. Allegro
No. 9. Allegretto
No. 10. Presto
Alexander Tcherepnin: Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22
I. Allegro comodo
II. Andante
III. Allegro
IV. Grave
Alexander Tcherepnin: 9 Inventions, Op. 13
Invention No. 1: Sans lenteur
Invention No. 2: Vif et energique
Invention No. 3: Modere
Invention No. 4: Avec mouvement
Invention No. 5: Lourd
Invention No. 6: Vite
Invention No. 7: Tranquille
Invention No. 8: Lent
Invention No. 9: Claire
Alexander Tcherepnin: Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 94
I. Lento
II. Andantino
III. Animato
Alexander Tcherepnin: 10 Etudes, Op. 18
No. 1. Allegretto
No. 2. Rubato
No. 3. Marziale
No. 4. Andantino
No. 5. Vivace
No. 6. Moderato
No. 7. Allegretto con moto
No. 8. Vivace
No. 9. Maestoso
No. 10. Lento
October 2012
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No. 1. Allegro marciale