Composer: Igor Raykhelson
Performer: Ekaterina Astashova, Alexander Kniazev, Konstantin Lifschitz, Borodin Quartet
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0315
Release: 2018
Size: 717 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Piano Trio No. 1 in E Major
02. Sonnet
Piano Sonata in F Minor
03. I. Moderato
04. II. Vivace – Allegretto dolce
05. III. Largo
06. IV. Allegro risoluto
Violin Sonata in A minor
07. I. Grave – Più mosso
08. II. Adagio affettuoso
09. III. Allegro moderato
String Quartet in F minor
10. I. Moderato – Alla valzer
11. II. Adagio meditabondo
12. III. Grandioso – Allegro
The composer-pianist Igor Raykhelson was born in Leningrad in 1961, lived in New York for a while and is now based in Moscow. In his early days he studied both classical and jazz piano, influences which have combined to create a uniquely personal, Rachmaninov-plays-the-blues Neo-Romantic style. In his chamber and instrumental works, the intimate, parlando manner that Raykhelson absorbed from jazz becomes particularly effective. This recording features some of the best-known Russian musicians of today, including the world-famous Borodin Quartet, the cellist Alexander Kniazev and pianist Konstantin Lifschitz.