Ustvolskaya: Complete Piano Music
Composer
Galina Ustvolskaya
Artist
Ivan Sokolov piano
Format
2 CD
Cat. number
PCL0050
EAN code
5065001863691
Release
January 2013
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About this release
Galina Ustvolskaya was Shostakovich’s favourite pupil. He even said to her: “you are a phenomenon, while I am but a talent”. Her piano works, uncompromising granite sculptures, feature sharp and extreme dynamic contrasts, cluster chords and use of the extreme registers of the keyboard, while their spiritual message is one of infinite despair and passionate protest (whether against the Soviet regime, or against human existence in general). Ivan Sokolov (b.1960), Russian pianist and composer, was one of Ustvolskaya’s favoured interpreters, and his playing bears a monumental and authorative stamp of uthenticity.
Listening
Track list
Disk 1
1 Galina Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 1: I. —
2 Galina Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 1: II. —
3 Galina Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 1: III. —
4 Galina Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 1: IV. —
5 Galina Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 2: I. —
6 Galina Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 2: II. —
7 Galina Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 3
8 Galina Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 4: I. —
9 Galina Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 4: II. —
10 Galina Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 4: III. —
11 Galina Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 4: IV. —
12 Galina Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 5
13 Galina Ustvolskaya: Piano Sonata No. 6
Disk 2
1 Galina Ustvolskaya: 12 Preludes: No. 1
2 Galina Ustvolskaya: 12 Preludes: No. 2
3 Galina Ustvolskaya: 12 Preludes: No. 3
4 Galina Ustvolskaya: 12 Preludes: No. 4
5 Galina Ustvolskaya: 12 Preludes: No. 5
6 Galina Ustvolskaya: 12 Preludes: No. 6
7 Galina Ustvolskaya: 12 Preludes: No. 7
8 Galina Ustvolskaya: 12 Preludes: No. 8
9 Galina Ustvolskaya: 12 Preludes: No. 9
10 Galina Ustvolskaya: 12 Preludes: No. 10
11 Galina Ustvolskaya: 12 Preludes: No. 11
12 Galina Ustvolskaya: 12 Preludes: No. 12
