Fauré: Ballade, Thème et variations & 4 Nocturnes Alexandra Matvievskaya

• Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924): Ballade in F-Sharp Major, Op. 19:
• 1Ballade in F-Sharp Major, Op. 19: Andante cantabile - Lento02:52
• 2Ballade in F-Sharp Major, Op. 19: Allegro moderato - Andante - Un poco più mosso03:13
• 3Ballade in F-Sharp Major, Op. 19: Allegro02:53
• 4Ballade in F-Sharp Major, Op. 19: Andante - Allegro moderato05:06
• Nocturne No. 2 in B Major, Op. 33 No. 2:
• 5Nocturne No. 2 in B Major, Op. 33 No. 2: Andantino espressivo01:20
• 6Nocturne No. 2 in B Major, Op. 33 No. 2: Allegro ma non troppo03:32
• 7Nocturne No. 2 in B Major, Op. 33 No. 2: Tempo primo (Andantino espressivo)01:49
• Nocturne No. 13 in B Minor, Op. 119:
• 8Nocturne No. 13 in B Minor, Op. 119: Andante03:55
• 9Nocturne No. 13 in B Minor, Op. 119: Allegro02:35
• 10Nocturne No. 13 in B Minor, Op. 119: Primo tempo02:40
• Nocturne No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 63:
• 11Nocturne No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 63: Adagio, dolce - Allegretto molto moderato04:16
• 12Nocturne No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 63: Allegro moderato - Tempo primo03:14
• 13Nocturne No. 6 in D-Flat Major, Op. 63: Dolce02:28
• Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73:
• 14Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Thème (Quasi adagio)01:33
• 15Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation I (Lo stesso tempo)00:49
• 16Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation II (Più mosso, leggiero)00:54
• 17Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation III (Un poco più mosso)00:46
• 18Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation IV (Lo stesso tempo)01:23
• 19Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation V (Un poco più mosso)00:48
• 20Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation VI (Molto adagio)01:38
• 21Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation VII (Allegretto moderato)00:51
• 22Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation VIII (Andante molto moderato)00:58
• 23Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation IX (Quasi adagio)01:39
• 24Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation X (Allegro vivo)01:09
• 25Thème et variations in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 73: Variation XI (Andante molto moderato espressivo)02:18
• Nocturne No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 36:
• 26Nocturne No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 36: Andante molto moderato, dolce01:45
• 27Nocturne No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 36: Tranquillamente02:47
• 28Nocturne No. 4 in E-Flat Major, Op. 36: A tempo02:54
• Total Runtime01:02:05

Info for Fauré: Ballade, Thème et variations & 4 Nocturnes

A disciple of Jean-Marc Luisada at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris, the Russian pianist Alexandra Matvievskaya lately immersed herself in the work of Gabriel Fauré, and was quickly fascinated. With incomparable intensity, she expresses its tragic power as much as she exalts its harmonic and polyphonic depth. One of the great Fauré recitals of the last twenty years.

Alexandra Matvievsakaya, piano

Alexandra Matvievskaya
was born in Perm, Russia. She began playing piano at the age of 4 although her parents were not musicians.

During her studies at the Moscow Conservatory, she often played with cellists and worked as an accompanist in the class of Professor Natalia Shakhovskaya. She met Mstislav Rostropovich and participated in master classes.

She also worked as an assistant to her piano professor at the Conservatory, Yuri Airapetyan.

She was unanimously awarded her Piano Performance diploma from the Ecole Normale de Musique in Paris, in the class of Jean-Marc Luisada, focusing on the traditions of the French piano school, quite different from the Russian..

Today she is continuing her studies at the upper/graduate level, pursuing a Concert Pianist degree, again with Jean-Marc Luisada at the Ecole Normale.

She has given concerts and participated in competitions as a soloist and a chamber musician in Russia, Ukraine, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Croatia, Serbia, China, the United States (of America) and Republic of South Africa.

In December 2012 she won the 2nd prize and the special prize for the best interpretation of a Romantic work at the 6th Claude Bonneton International Piano Competition in Sète (France).

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