Russian Impulse: Fanny Azzuro

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Release Date: 15th Sep 2014
Catalogue No: PARATY314124
Label: Paraty
Length: 56 minutes

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Rachmaninoff: Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42

Work length19:44

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Fanny Azzuro

Theme – Variation 1 – Variation 2

Track length2:26

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Variation 3 – Variation 4 – Variation 5 – Variation 6

Track length2:36

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Variation 7 – Variation 8 – Variation 9 – Variation 10

Track length3:27

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Variation 11 – Variation 12 – Variation 13

Track length1:36

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Variation 14 – Variation 15

Track length4:19

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Variation 16 – Variation 17

Track length1:27

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Variation 18 – Variation 19 – Variation 20 – Coda

Track length3:53

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Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82

Work length29:41

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Fanny Azzuro

I. Allegro moderato

Track length8:56

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II. Allegretto

Track length4:47

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III. Tempo di valzer lentissimo

Track length8:32

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IV. Vivace

Track length7:26

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Kapustin: Variations Op. 41

Work length7:33

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Fanny Azzuro

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Fanny Azzuro dedicates her first solo recording to Russian repertoire dear to her heart, from which she has chosen three contrasting works from the 20th century. Rachmaninov and Prokofiev need no introduction here but perhaps Nikolai Kapustin does. His works have been championed by many pianists including Marc André Hamelin and Yeol Eum Son. In his Variations Op. 41 Kapustin [b.1937, Ukraine] opens with a reference to the bassoon theme in 'The Rite of Spring'.

The theme splits into variations in a quiet swing tempo and an interlude in bebop style with tributes to Erroll Garner and Count Basie. Those variations which follow propose a detour through Russian Romanticism before returning to virtuosity, and to jazz, in a bright pacy ending.

Fanny Azzuro has won top prizes at numerous international piano competitions and often performs solo recitals and chamber music with world-renowned musicians. She studied with Théodore Paraskivesco, as well as with Pierre-Laurent Aimard and such eminent teachers as Boris Petrushansky, Aldo Ciccolini, Jacques Rouvier, Jean-François Heisser and Pascal Devoyon. She has performed in a creative duo with the jazz pianist Tigran Hamasyan and as part of SpiriTango Quartet.

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