Various Artists - Heritage - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

On this fascinating new , violinist Fedor Rudin and pianist Boris Kusnezow perform works by mid-20th-century Russian composers Edison Denisov, Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev, including previously unpublished music. French-Russian violinist Fedor Rudin explores and pays tribute to his heritage via this rich collection of works, including his own arrangement of Denisov's orchestration of Debussy's 'Prelude and Duo', which comes from Debussy's unfinished opera, Rodrigue et Chimène. Other gems include Denisov's rarely-heard Three concert pieces for violin and piano (1958), and his previously unpublished Sonatina (1972), which marks a return to his melodic youth after the musically experimental interim years. Those years are represented here by Denisov's dodecaphonic Sonata (1963). We also hear an unfinished Sonata by Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff's arrangement of Mussorgsky's 'Hopak' from his opera Sorochinsky Fair, and Prokofiev's unusually theatrical Violin Sonata No. 1. Album Tracks 1. Three Concert Pieces for violin and piano, Op. 15~I. Improvisation 2. Three Concert Pieces for violin and piano, Op. 15~II. Adagio 3. Three Concert Pieces for violin and piano, Op. 15~III. Dance (Plyaska) 4. Rodrigue et Chimène~Prelude and Duo scene 5. Sonata for violin and piano~I. Allegro moderato 6. Sonata for violin and piano~II. Largo 7. Sonata for violin and piano~III. Vivace 8. Sonata for violin and piano in G minor (unfinished) 9. Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano in F minor, Op. 80~I. Andante assai 10. Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano in F minor, Op. 80~II. Allegro brusco 11. Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano in F minor, Op. 80~III. Andante 12. Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano in F minor, Op. 80~IV. Allegrissimo 13. Sonatina for violin and piano~I. Andante 14. Sonatina for violin and piano~II. Allegretto 15. Sorochinsky Fair~Hopak