Alexander Malofeev - Forgotten Melodies Alexander Malofeev
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Alexander Malofeev, already one of the most celebrated pianists of the young generation, releases his debut on Sony Classical with Forgotten Melodies.
Born in Moscow in 2001, Alexander Malofeev studied at two famous institutes in his homeland: the Gnessin Special School and the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow. In 2014, he won first prize in the young talent edition of the renowned International Tchaikovsky Competition - at the age of just thirteen
.he now lives in Berlin. With his first album for Sony Classical, he wants to combine the traces of his origins with those of the present. "I chose Berlin more or less by chance. Berlin used to be, at least temporarily, the home of Glinka, Glazunov and Medtner. "
For Forgotten Melodies, Alexander Malofeev has selected four composers who all come from Russia but died far from their homeland: Alexander Glazunov in Paris in 1936, Mikhail Glinka in Berlin in 1857, Sergei Rachmaninoff in Beverly Hills in 1943 and Nikolai Medtner in London in 1951. But more than the theme of "exile", which has had a significant influence on the lives of these four composers, Malofeev is moved by another thought: "They all share a similar sense of nostalgia - the longing for something indeterminate, for something that never existed in reality. Almost a dream world, and you can find it everywhere on this album. "
The longest of the selected works is the Second Sonata by Sergei Rachmaninoff, written in Russia and revised almost two decades later in Switzerland. "I've loved Rachmaninoff for as long as I can remember," Malofeev admits, referring to both the composer and the pianist Rachmaninoff: "His freedom, his spirit, his hands, his genius."
Alexander Malofeev deliberately opted for the revised version of the sonata because it is shorter, more concise, more economical and "thus comes closer to Medtner. "
The Sonata reminiscenza op. 38 No. 1 by Nikolai Medtner is another focus of the double album. It is the opening piece of the first cycle of three of the Forgotten Melodies, which the composer wrote before he left the Soviet Union in 1921
. Not yet in his mid-twenties, Alexander Malofeev has already played his way into the international spotlight - thanks to a great technique and, above all, because of a special expressiveness in his playing. The conductor Riccardo Chailly sees him as "more than just a child prodigy", because for him Malofeev possesses "not only technical mastery, but musical maturity".
Track List
Michael Glinka
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No. 10 The Lark in B flat minor: Andante quasi recitativo - Andantino
Sample Track 1: No. 10 The Lark in B flat minor: Andante quasi recitativo - Andantino
Mazurka in C major
2
Michael Glinka
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Alllegro moderato
Audio sample Track 2: Alllegro moderato
Mazurka in C minor
3
Michael Glinka
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Lamentabile
Sample Track 3: Lamentabile
Polka in D minor
4
Michael Glinka
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Allegretto
Audio sample Track 4: Allegretto
5
Michael Glinka
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Waltz in G major "Farewell Waltz"
Audio sample Track 5: Waltz in G major "Farewell Waltz"
Vergessene Melodien I op. 38 Nos. 1-8
6
Nikolai Medtner
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No. 1 Sonata reminiscenza: Allegretto tranquillo: Andantino con moto
Sample Track 6: No. 1 Sonata reminiscenza: Allegretto tranquillo: Andantino con moto
7
Nikolai Medtner
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No. 2 Danza graziosa: Con moto leggiero - Allegretto grazioso - Con moto leggiero
Sample Track 7: No. 2 Danza graziosa: Con moto leggiero - Allegretto grazioso - Con moto leggiero
8
Nikolai Medtner
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No. 3 Danza festiva: Presto (sempre al rigore di tempo)
Audio sample Track 8: No. 3 Danza festiva: Presto (sempre al rigore di tempo)
9
Nikolai Medtner
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No. 4 Canzona fluviala: Allegretto con moto
Sample Track 9: No. 4 Canzona fluviala: Allegretto con moto
10
Nikolai Medtner
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No. 5 Danza rustica: Allegro comodo
Audio sample Track 10: No. 5 Danza rustica: Allegro comodo
11
Nikolai Medtner
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No. 6 Canzona serenata: Moderato - Con moto (quasi cadenza) - Tempo 1
Audio sample Track 11: No. 6 Canzona serenata: Moderato - Con moto (quasi cadenza) - Tempo 1
12
Nikolai Medtner
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No. 7 Danza sivestra: Allegro
Sample Track 12: No. 7 Danza sivestra: Allegro
13
Nikolai Medtner
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No. 8 Alla reminiscenza: Quasi coda
Audio sample Track 13: No. 8 Alla reminiscenza: Quasi coda
Fairy Tales (Tales) op. 48 No. 1-2 (excerpt)
14
Nikolai Medtner
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No. 2 Fairy Tales in G minor
Sample Track 14: No. 2 Elfenmärchen in G minor
Disc 2 of 2 (CD)
Morceaux de fantaisie op. 3 No. 1-5 (Fantasy Pieces) (excerpt)
1
Sergei Rachmaninoff
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No. 2 in C sharp minor: Lento - Agitato - Tempo 1
Audio sample Track 1: No. 2 in C sharp minor: Lento - Agitato - Tempo 1
Fragments op. posth. A flat major
2
Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Andante semplice
Sample Track 2: Andante semplice
Sonata for Piano No. 2 in B flat minor op. 36 (1931 version)
3
Sergei Rachmaninoff
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1. Allegro agitato
Sample Track 3: 1. Allegro agitato
4
Sergei Rachmaninoff
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2. Non allegro - Lento - Attacca
Sample Track 4: 2. Non allegro - Lento - Attacca
5
Sergei Rachmaninoff
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3. L'istesso tempo - Allegro molto
Sample Track 5: 3rd L'istesso tempo - Allegro molto
6
Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Lilac (Lilacs) in A flat major (arr. for piano solo by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Audio sample Track 6: Lilac (Lilacs) in A flat major (arr. for piano solo by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Morceaux de fantaisie op. 3 No. 1-5 (Fantasy Pieces) (excerpt)
7
Sergei Rachmaninoff
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No. 1 in E flat minor: Moderato - Più vivo - Tempo 1
Audio sample Track 7: No. 1 in E flat minor: Moderato - Più vivo - Tempo 1
Études-Tableaux op. 33 Nos. 1-8 (excerpt)
8
Sergei Rachmaninoff
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No. 3 Étude-Tableau in C minor: Grave
Audio sample Track 8: No. 3 Étude-Tableau in C minor: Grave
9
Sergei Rachmaninoff
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No. 7 Étude-Tableau in G minor: Moderato
Audio sample Track 9: No. 7 Étude-Tableau in G minor: Moderato
10
Sergei Rachmaninoff
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No. 8 Étude-Tableau in C sharp minor: Grave
Sample Track 10: No. 8 Étude-Tableau in C sharp minor: Grave
Etudes op. 31 Nos. 1-3 (excerpt)
11
Alexander Glazunov
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No. 3 The Night in E major: Allegretto quasi Andantino
Sample Track 11: No. 3 Die Nacht (The Night) in E major: Allegretto quasi Andantino
Song of the Volga Boatmen op. 97 (for piano)
12
Alexander Glazunov
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Andante
Audio sample Track 12: Andante
Idyll F sharp major op. 103
13
Alexander Glazunov
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Andantino sostenuto
Audio sample track 13: Andantino sostenuto
Miniatures op. 42 Nos. 1-3 (excerpt)
14
Alexander Glazunov
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No. 3 Waltz in D major: Allegretto - Animato - Tempo 1
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