Igor Raykhelson: Piano & Chamber Music, Vol. 2 Marc Bouchkov, Alexander Kniazev & Konstantin Lifschitz

• Igor Raykhelson (b. 1961): Piano Trio No. 2 in B Minor:
• 1Piano Trio No. 2 in B Minor: I. Misterioso13:22
• 2Piano Trio No. 2 in B Minor: II. Allegretto09:53
• 3Piano Trio No. 2 in B Minor: III. Allegro maestoso07:17
• 5 Short Pieces for Piano:
• 45 Short Pieces for Piano: No. 1, Consolation. Andante mosso02:39
• 55 Short Pieces for Piano: No. 2, Serendipity03:46
• 65 Short Pieces for Piano: No. 3, Delirium. Melancholic03:06
• 75 Short Pieces for Piano: No. 4, Mirage. Melancholic03:09
• 85 Short Pieces for Piano: No. 5, Pranks. Scherzando02:08
• Igor Raykhelson:
• 9Melodia for Violin & Piano03:21
• Piano Quartet in G-Sharp Minor (Homage to Robert Schumann):
• 10Piano Quartet in G-Sharp Minor (Homage to Robert Schumann): I. Sostenuto - Allegro risoluto10:13
• 11Piano Quartet in G-Sharp Minor (Homage to Robert Schumann): II. Allegretto05:49
• 12Piano Quartet in G-Sharp Minor (Homage to Robert Schumann): III. Andante cantabile08:38
• 13Piano Quartet in G-Sharp Minor (Homage to Robert Schumann): IV. Allegro maestoso07:10
• Total Runtime01:20:31

Info for Igor Raykhelson: Piano & Chamber Music, Vol. 2

In his early days the composer-pianist Igor Raykhelson – born in Leningrad in 1961, once a New York resident and now based in Moscow – studied both classical and jazz piano. Both influences have combined to create a uniquely personal, Rachmaninov-plays-the-Blues Neo-Romantic style: not only is Raykelson unafraid to write a good tune- it’s clear right away whose tune it is. And in his chamber and instrumental works, the parlando manner that Raykhelson absorbed from jazz becomes particularly effective. Raykhelson’s chamber music is usually written for his friends, and here he is joined by some of Russia’s finest musicians, including the cellist Alexander Kniazev and the pianist Konstantin Lifschitz- and the violinist in Raykhelson’s lyrical ‘Melodia’ is his wife, Ekaterina Astashova.

Ekaterina Astashova, violin
Marc Bouchkov, violin
Andrei Usov, viola
Alexander Kniazev, cello
Konstantin Lifschitz, piano

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