Ekaterina Derzhavina - Alexey Wladimirowich Stanchinsky: Piano Works (2017)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 191 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 144 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Profil | # PH17003 | Time: 00:59:45
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 191 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 144 Mb | Scans included
Genre: Classical | Label: Profil | # PH17003 | Time: 00:59:45
The life of the Russian composer Alexey Stanchinsky makes for a sad read. Afflicted by mental illness, initially brought to a head by the death of his father, he met an untimely end in October 1914 next to a stream. The exact circumstances remain unclear to this day. What is certain is that he was only 26 years old, and had already made an impression with the musical cognoscenti of the time, being admired by the likes of Prokofiev and Medtner. As a teenager he had benefited from the tutelage of such distinguished figures as Josef Lhévinne and Alexander Grechaninov, and later at the Moscow Conservatoire with Sergei Taneyev and Konstantin Igumnov. Although he was acutely receptive to the musical influences of the day, he wasn't slow in finding his own individual voice. Having said that, I can hear echoes of Rachmaninov and Scriabin in these works, the melodic generosity of the former and the adventurous harmony of the latter.