Composer: Yevgeny Zemtsov, Astor Piazzólla
Performer: Utrecht String Quartet, Daniel Rowland, Anna Fedorova, David Zemtsov, Björn Lehmann, Ekaterina Levental, Julia Dinerstein
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Release: 2021
Size: 1.43 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Zemtsov: String Quartet
01. I. Lento – Allegro agitato – Lento doloroso
02. II. Allegro molto
03. III. Allegro agitato – Lento aestoso
04. Zemtsov: Ballada for Violin & Piano
Zemtsov: Violin Sonata No. 1 “In Memoriam Sergei Prokofiev”
05. I. Moderato
06 .II. Lento cantabile
07. III. Allegro vivo
Zemtsov: 3 Inventions for Piano
08. No. 1, Fughetta. Allegro
09. No. 2, Intermezzo. Adagio molto capriccioso
10. No. 3, Toccatina. Presto
11. Zemtsov: Ohnemass for Piano
Zemtsov: 5 Japanese Poems
12. No. 1, How Silent Is the Garden
13. No. 2, On the Naked Branch of a Tree Sits a Raven
14. No. 3, Shudder, O Hill!
15. No. 4, O, This Path Through the Undergrowth
16. No. 5, All Is Filled with Silver Moonlight
Piazzólla: Estaciones Porteñas (Arr. Y. Zemtsov for String Quartet)
17. No. 1, Verano Porteño
18. No. 2, Invierno Porteño
19. No. 3, Primavera Porteña
20. No. 4, Otoño Porteño
21. Piazzólla: Le grand tango (Arr. Y. Zemtsov for Viola & String Quartet)
The Russian composer Yevgeny Zemtsov (1940–2016) may be better known for the dynasty of musicians – most of them violists – that he fathered than he is for his own music. This first album ever to be devoted to his music features works from the beginning and end of his career: some early violin works, influenced by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev, a Bartókian string quartet, three spirited and spiky piano miniatures, an oblique piano elegy and five late, enigmatic, almost ritualistic settings of Japanese haikus. Late in life, too, he discovered a fascination with tango, and the album also features his elegant arrangements for string quartet and quintet of two Piazzolla favourites.