Thomas Sanderling - Suite de Concert / Cantata / John of Damascus - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Inspired by a poem by Aleksey Tolstoy, Taneyev' cantata John of Damascus was the first work that the self-critical Russian composer deemed worthy of an opus number, it's sublime music drawing on an ancient sacred chant woven into rich passages of expressive counterpoint. A quarter of a century later, the virtuosic and scintillating Suite de concert, Taneyev’s first work for solo violin and orchestra, was also successfully premièred. Thomas Sanderling’s first disc in the Naxos Taneyev series (Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 / 8.570336) was praised by The Guardian for its “strongly characterized performances”. Album Tracks 1. Idu V Nevedomiy Mne Put' (I Begin a Journey Into the Unknown) Adagio Ma Non Troppo 2. No Vechnim Snom Poka Ya Splyu (But While I Sleep with the Eternal Sleep) Andante Sostenuto 3. V Tot Den', Kogda Truba (On the Day When a Trumpet) Allegro 4. I. Prelude Grave 5. II. Gavotte Allegro Moderato 6. III. Marchen (The Fairy Tale) Andantino 7. IV. Theme and Variations Theme Andantino 8. IV. Theme and Variations Variation 1 Allegro Moderato 9. IV. Theme and Variations Variation 2 Allegro Energico 10. IV. Theme and Variations Variation 3 Tempo Di Valse 11. IV. Theme and Variations Variation 4 Fuga Doppia Allegro Molto 12. IV. Theme and Variations Variation 5 Presto Scherzando 13. IV. Theme and Variations Variation 6 Tempo Di Mazurka, Allegro Con Fuoco 14. IV. Final Variation and Coda 15. V. Tarantella Presto