Composer: Alexander Tcherepnin, Ivan Tcherepnin, Nikolay Tcherepnin
Performer: Quan Yuan, David Witten, Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin, Ian Greitzer, Donald Berman
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCN0012
Release: 2022
Size: 611 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Alexander Tcherepnin: Romance for Violin & Piano
02. Alexander Tcherepnin: Élégie for Violin & Piano, Op. 43
03. Alexander Tcherepnin: Arabesque for Violin & Piano, Op. 11 No. 5
Alexander Tcherepnin: Violin Sonata in F Major, Op. 14
04. I. Allegro moderato
05. II. Larghetto
06. III. Vivace
07. Nikolay Tcherepnin: Poème lyrique for Violin & Piano, Op. 9
Nikolay Tcherepnin: Andante & Finale for Violin & Piano
08. I. Andante commodo espressivo
09. II. Allegro risoluto marcato
10. Ivan Tcherepnin: Pensamiento for Flute & Piano
11. Ivan Tcherepnin: Cadenzas in Transition for Flute, Clarinet & Piano
This album explores music by three father-and-son generations of the Tcherepnin family of composers: Nikolai, Alexander and Ivan. Although each wrote a wide range of scores, from solo pieces to operas and ballets, this recording focuses on their chamber music, presenting pieces spanning 95 years. Nikolai’s works for violin and piano reveal a late-Romantic, post-Tchaikovskian sensibility, whereas those of Alexander have a more modern, twentieth-century touch, closer to the style of his friend Sergei Prokofiev (a student of Nikolai Tcherepnin). Ivan is represented by two works — early and late – for flute, clarinet and piano, which have an improvisatory and playful quality.