Composer: Sergey Prokofiev, Sergey Rachmaninov, Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky
Performer: Tianxu An
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Alpha
Catalogue: ALPHA855
Release: 2022
Size: 1.15 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Tchaikovsky: Nocturne in F Major Op. 10 No. 1
Tchaikovsky: The Seasons Op. 37a
02. X. October
03. XI. November
Tchaikovsky: Eighteen Pieces, Op. 72
04. X. Scherzo-fantaisie
05. V. Meditation
Prokofiev: Four Etudes Op. 2
06. I. Allegro in D Minor
07. II. Moderato in E Minor
08. III. Andante semplice in C Minor
09. IV. Presto energico in C Minor
Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op. 22 in C Minor
10. I. Theme. Largo
11. II. Variation I – Variation II – Variation III /Variation IV – Variation V – Variation VI
12. III. Variation VII – Variation VIII
13. IV. Variation IX
14. V. Variation X
15. VI. Variation XI
16. VII. Variation XII
17. VIII. Variation XIII – Variation XIV
18. IX. Variation XV
19. X. Variation XVI – Variation XVII
20. XI. Variation XVIII
21. XII. Variation XIX – Variation XX
22. XIII. Variation XXI
23. XIV. Variation XXII
At just 22 years old, Chinese pianist Tianxu An is one of his country’s most promising virtuosos. In 2019, he gained international attention by winning the fourth prize at the prestigious Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow – presided over by Denis Matsuev, who hailed his performance as “sensational at this stage of maturity” – and a special prize for “courage and restraint” (following a score error by a member of the organization).
Tianxu An has already performed with the Mariinsky Orchestra under the direction of Valery Gergiev and with the China Philharmonic Orchestra under Xiaotang Xia at the Mariinsky Far East Festival; he has given recitals in Russia and China, where he toured nineteen major cities in 2021, with two of his favorite composers on the program: Rachmaninov and Prokofiev. Fittingly it is to the Russian repertoire that he dedicates his first recording. He says he is particularly attracted by the “expressiveness, emotional power and melodic freedom” of the music of Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov and Prokofiev.