Composer: Nikolay Kapustin
Performer: Catherine Gordeladze
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8572272
Release: 2011
Size: 644 MB
Recovery: +3%
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Eight Concert Études Op. 40
01. No. 1. Prelude
02. No. 2. Reverie
03. No. 3. Toccatina
04. No. 4. Reminiscence
05. No. 5. Shuitka (Raillery)
06. No. 6. Pastoral
07. No. 7. Intermezzo
08. No. 8. Finale
Preludes in Jazz Style, Op. 53
09. Prelude No. 1 in C Major
10. Prelude No. 2 in A Minor
11. Prelude No. 3 in G Major
12. Prelude No. 4 in E Minor
13. Prelude No. 5 in D Major
14. Prelude No. 6 in B Minor
15. Prelude No. 7 in A Major
16. Prelude No. 8 in F-Sharp Minor
17. Prelude No. 9 in E Major
18. Prelude No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor
19. Prelude No. 11 in B Major
20. Prelude No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor
21. Prelude No. 13 in G-Flat Major
22. Prelude No. 14 in E-Flat Minor
23. Prelude No. 15 in D-Flat Major
24. Prelude No. 16 in B-Flat Minor
25. Prelude No. 17 in A-Flat Major
26. Prelude No. 18 in F Minor
27. Prelude No. 19 in E-Flat Major
28. Prelude No. 20 in C Minor
29. Prelude No. 21 in B-Flat Major
30. Prelude No. 22 in G Minor
31. Prelude No. 23 in F Major
32. Prelude No. 24 in D Minor
Nikolai Kapustin built his reputation as a jazz pianist during the 1950s and 1960s. Staking a claim as a classical composer who happens to work in a jazz idiom, he cites Oscar Peterson as his single biggest influence. The Eight Concert Etudes balance stylistic allusions to long established pianistic tradition with an exuberance which has made them favourite encores. Using the same key-sequence as Chopin and Shostakovich, the extraordinary 24 Preludes in Jazz Style exude nonchalant wit and pulsating energy.