Composer: Frédéric François Chopin, Leoš Janáček, Anatol Liadov, Nikolai Medtner
Performer: Nelly Akopian-Tamarina
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Pentatone
Catalogue: PTC5186756
Release: 2020
Size: 215 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Chopin: Mazurka No. 43 in G minor, Op. 67 No. 2
Chopin: Mazurkas, Op. 17
02. No. 1 in B-Flat Major [Live]
03. No. 2 in E Minor [Live]
04. No. 4 in A Minor [Live]
05. Chopin: Mazurka No. 27 in E minor, Op. 41 No. 2
06. Chopin: Mazurka No. 19 in B minor, Op. 30 No. 2
07. Chopin: Mazurka No. 35 in C minor, Op. 56 No. 3
08. Chopin: Mazurka No. 24 in C major, Op. 33 No. 3
09. Chopin: Mazurka No. 32 in C sharp minor, Op. 50 No. 3
Janáček: In the Mists
10. No. 1, Andante (Live)
11. No. 2, Molto adagio (Live)
12 .No. 3, Andantino (Live)
13. No. 4, Presto (Live)
14. Medtner: Skazka (Fairy Tale), Op. 26 No. 3 in F minor
15. Liadov: Mazurka in F minor, Op. 57 No. 3
Slavonic Reflections, recorded by Nelly Akopian-Tamarina in recital at Wigmore Hall, is a highly personal collection of piano music containing Mazurka’s by Chopin, Janáček’s cycle In the Mist, as well as encores by Medtner and Liadov. The programme breathes a melancholic air of sadness, while simultaneously showing an equally Slavonic inclination to dance, as well as a fascination for nature. Nelly Akopian-Tamarina belongs to a distinguished tradition of playing stretching back to the great Russian school of Scriabin, Rachmaninov and Medtner. Slavonic Reflections is her second PENTATONE release, after a 2017 Brahms album that The Guardian praised as “enchanting, intimate and irresistible”, while BBC Music Magazine described it as “revelatory Brahms from another age”.
This album was recorded in recital at Wigmore Hall, London, United Kingdom, 23 March 2009; 30 January 2008 (Medtner, Liadov encores)