Performer: Oleg Timofeyev
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Dorian
Catalogue: DOR-93170
Release: 2010
Size: 223 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Sychra: As from beyond the forest
02. Oginski: Polonaise No 13 in A Minor, “Farewell to the Fatherland” (Arr. A.O. Sychra)
03. Lvov: God Save the Tsar (Arr. A.O. Sychra)
04. Alferiev: Where Shall I Find?
05. Alferiev: Where Shall I Find?
06. Alferiev: I am a Gypsy Girl
07. Aksionov: Kamarinskaia
08. Morkov: Prelude
09. Morkov: Luchinushka
10. Morkov: Kamarinskaia
11. Vysotsky: As behind the dear river
12. Vysotsky: Oh, it hurts
13. anon.: Barynia
14. Alexandrov: Ballade
15. Palevich: Potpourri from Glinka’s Opera
16. Vetrov: Impromptu
17. Zimmerman: Capriccio
18. Zimmerman: Tyrolian Waltz
19. Sarenko: Fantasia, “At the Seashore”
20. Sarenko: Ukrainian Dance
The first half of the 19th century witnessed the blossoming of the Russian seven-string guitar (tuned D G B d g b d’). During that time, an exquisite repertoire for the instrument was created, which departs significantly from the Western European guitar tradition. This compact disc is the world’s pioneer recording of selections from that repetoire on original instruments. The performance is historically informed and based on a careful study of Russian 19th century guitar techniques. The pieces included represent the individual styles of eleven composers – ranging from “giants” such as Sychra and Vysotsky to less prolific ones like Alferiev and Palevich, of whom we have only a handful of pieces. This recording displays the variety, elegance and wit of the Russian guitar tradition as well as its technical and musical specifity. It offers only a first taste of a hitherto neglected repertoire which holds hundreds of excellent compositions ripe for rediscovery.