Description
Astor Piazzólla:Las Estaciones Portenas (Arr. Y. Zemtsov for String Quartet)Le Grand Tango (Arr. Y. Zemtsov for Viola & String Quartet)
Yevgeny Zemtsov:3 Inventions for Piano5 Japanese PoemsBallada for Violin & PianoOhnemass for PianoString QuartetViolin Sonata No. 1 "In Memoriam Sergei Prokofiev"
Detailed Presentation
Astor Piazzólla:Las Estaciones Portenas (Arr. Y. Zemtsov for String Quartet)
Yevgeny Zemtsov:String Quartet
Utrecht String Quartet (String Quartet)
Yevgeny Zemtsov:Ballada for Violin & Piano
Anna Fedorova (Piano)Daniel Rowland (Violin)
Yevgeny Zemtsov:Violin Sonata No. 1 "In Memoriam Sergei Prokofiev"
Björn Lehmann (Piano)David Zemtsov (Violin)
Yevgeny Zemtsov:3 Inventions for PianoOhnemass for Piano
Anna Fedorova (Piano)
Yevgeny Zemtsov:5 Japanese Poems
Ekaterina Levental (Soprano)
Utrecht String Quartet (String Quartet)
Astor Piazzólla:Le Grand Tango (Arr. Y. Zemtsov for Viola & String Quartet)
Julia Dinerstein (Viola)
Utrecht String Quartet (String Quartet)
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The Russian composer Yevgeny Zemtsov (1940–2016) may be better known for the dynasty of musicians – most of them violists – that he fathered than he is for his own music. This first album ever to be devoted to his music features works from the beginning and end of his career: some early violin works, influenced by Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev, a Bartókian string quartet, three spirited and spiky piano miniatures, an oblique piano elegy and five late, enigmatic, almost ritualistic settings of Japanese haikus. Late in life, too, he discovered a fascination with tango, and the album also features his elegant arrangements for string quartet and quintet of two Piazzolla favorites. |
