Release Date: 22 May 2020
Label: Quartz - Cd / Quartz
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 880040213529
Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental
Composer/Series: Modest Mussorgsky
Description
Mussorgsky’s From Memories of Childhood cycle was never completed by the composer; in fact, he wrote only the first two pieces: ‘The Nurse and I’ and ‘The First Punishment’. An earlier cycle-to-be, entitled Children’s Games and featuring ‘Corners’ as its opening piece, was similarly never completed. I have taken the liberty of selecting what I believe to be the best of Mussorgsky’s miniature pieces – those that appear most complete – and of joining them to the primary cycle of Childhood Memories. I was guided by the music’s imagery and by its ‘childhood’ essence (as if seen through the eyes of a child), and I have endeavoured to compile the set following the principles of contrast and artistic integrity, as well as those of tonal and architectural balance. This is how this cycle of eight pieces came into being, and I hope that it has a right to exist and to achieve widespread appeal. - Evgeny Samoyloff
Justin Pearson; The Locrian Singers; Grace Davidson; Jean Kelly; Johnny Herford; Matthew Fletcher;
National Symphony Orchestra; Brighton Festival Chorus; Jennifer Davis; Bethany Horak-Hallet; Sam Fu
Various
Stuttgart Philhaonic Orchestra
Roman Mints, Maxim Rysanov, K
Roman Mints,
Richard Saxel,
Pro Arte Piano Quartet
