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Russian works for cello and piano
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Laura van der Heijden | Petr Limonov

Russian works for cello and piano

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Champs Hill
UPC: 5060212591425
Catnr: CHRCD 136
Release date: 12 January 2018
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Champs Hill
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5060212591425
Catalogue number
CHRCD 136
Release date
12 January 2018

"In her promising characteristic tone is the age of its centuries-old instrument, but also impetuous passion of a young rasmuzikante for her profession."

De Volkskrant, 15-3-2018
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About the album

The winner of the BBC Young Musician Competition in 2012, Laura van der Heijden makes her debut recording with music of the Soviet era, inspired by her teachers, and by a deep appreciation of "the immense value of great art, music, and literature in Russian-speaking countries....[I] discovered the link which exists between the 'Russian soul' and the spiritual virtue of art”.

Laura also writes: "The pieces on this album are in many ways a response to the decree issued by the communist party on the 10th of February 1948, which further restricted composers’ freedom of expression”.

Laura has already made a name for herself as a very special emerging talent, captivating audiences and critics alike with her insightful and faithful interpretations. She has appeared with leading UK orchestras, such as the Philharmonia, BBC Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, European Union Chamber and English Chamber Orchestras. Her recital partner on this recording is Russian-British pianist Petr Limonov.

The works on this disc by Prokofiev, Myaskovsky and Shaporin were also the fruit of the composers' collaboration with Mstislav Rostropovich, whose talent and energy catalysed them into writing for cello.

Voor dit debuutalbum met muziek van Russische componisten heeft de jonge celliste Laura van der Heijden de Edison Klassiek 2018 'het Debuut' gewonnen. Het is werkelijk een prachtig album dat de Russische ziel uitademt. Goede recensies heeft Laura ook al te pakken, zoals die in de Volkskrant: "In haar beloftevolle, karakteristieke toon klinkt de leeftijd van haar eeuwenoude instrument door, maar ook de onstuimige passie van een jonge rasmuzikante voor haar vak." De Volkskrant, Biëlla Luttmer,15 maart 2018.

Geïnspireerd door de Russische kunst

Bij het samenstellen van het album werd Laura geïnspireerd door haar leraren, zoals de beroemde Engels-Russische cellist Leonid Gorokhov, maar ook door haar grote bewondering voor de waardevolle Russische kunst, muziek en literatuur. Laura: "Ik ontdekte het verband tussen de Russische ziel en de spirituele deugd van de kunst." De werken van Prokojev, Myaskovsky en Shaporin zijn ook de vruchten van de samenwerking van deze componisten met de fenomenale cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, wiens talent hen aanspoorde muziek te schrijven voor de cello.

Celliste Laura van der Heijden (1997) is een bijzonder opkomend talent. Ze werd in Engeland geboren en is de dochter van een Nederlandse vader en een Zwitserse moeder. Haar muzikale ontwikkeling begon op haar vierde met blokfluitles. Ze greeg cello les van Marina Logie. Toen ze tien jaar was behaalde Laura zowel voor cello, als piano, haar graad acht examen van de Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM), het grootste bureau voor muziekexamens. Op haar negende gaf Laura haar eerste openbare concert met het Jupiter Kamer Orkest. Ze had al vele prijzen en onderscheidingen ontvangen toen ze, net 15, de BBC Young Musician-prijs 2012 won met Walton’s Cello concert o.l.v. Kirill Karabits en de Northern Sinfonia in The Sage, Gateshead. Ook daarna is ze op veel manieren onderscheiden.


Bijzondere cello

Laura van der Heijden speelt op een 1780-cello van Joseph Hill, die aan haar is uitgeleend door de familie Boileau. Laura is zowel ambassadeur van ‘The Prince’s Foundation for Children’ als van het jeugdorkest van Brighton.

Artist(s)

Laura van der Heijden (cello)

Born in England in 1997 as the youngest daughter of a Dutch father and a Swiss mother, Laura van der Heijden’s first public performance as a cellist was at the age of nine with the Jupiter Chamber Orchestra. From 2005 to 2014 Laura was a student at the Royal College of Music Junior Department, and since 2008 has been studying with the renowned British-Russian cellist Leonid Gorokhov. In October 2016 Laura began her Bachelor’s Degree in Music at St John’s College, Cambridge, while continuing to perform during her term breaks. Laura has already made a name for herself as a very special emerging talent, captivating audiences and critics alike with her insightful and faithful interpretations. Having won many prizes and awards...
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Born in England in 1997 as the youngest daughter of a Dutch father and a Swiss mother, Laura van der Heijden’s first public performance as a cellist was at the age of nine with the Jupiter Chamber Orchestra. From 2005 to 2014 Laura was a student at the Royal College of Music Junior Department, and since 2008 has been studying with the renowned British-Russian cellist Leonid Gorokhov. In October 2016 Laura began her Bachelor’s Degree in Music at St John’s College, Cambridge, while continuing to perform during her term breaks.

Laura has already made a name for herself as a very special emerging talent, captivating audiences and critics alike with her insightful and faithful interpretations. Having won many prizes and awards from an early age, her breakthrough came in 2012 as the overall winner of the BBC Young Musician Competition, with a “mesmerising” performance of Walton’s Cello Concerto with Kirill Karabits and the Northern Sinfonia at The Sage, Gateshead. She was soon invited to appear with many leading UK orchestras, such as the Philharmonia, BBC Philharmonic, Royal Philharmonic, European Union Chamber and English Chamber orchestras. In September 2014 Laura was awarded the Landgraf von Hessen Prize at the Kronberg Academy’s prestigious international masterclasses. In 2015, the London Mozart Players named her their first ever Young Artist in Residence. A year later she was chosen by the Orpheum Stiftung in Switzerland, a foundation encouraging and assisting exceptionally talented young instrumental soloists. Under this umbrella she appeared in recital with Fazil Say at Zürich Tonhalle in September 2016.

In the past few years, Laura has given her debuts in Holland, Germany, New Zealand, and Australia with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra in the opening concert of the inaugural BBC Proms Australia, conducted by Sir Andrew Davis. Laura participated in the 2017 “Cello Unwrapped” series of concerts at Kings Place London, performing the Schumann cello concerto with the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.


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Petr Limonov (piano)

Russian-British pianist and conductor Petr Limonov frequently appears on UK and European scene collaborating, among others, with Nicola Benedetti, Laura van der Heijden, Jennifer Pike, Van Kujik Quartet, Leonard Elschenbroich and Liana Isakadze. The 1948 album, recorded with Laura van der Heijden, received an “Edison Klassiek” award in 2018. Petr’s notable appearances include La Roque d’Antheron festival, Wigmore Hall, iTunes Festival, Cadogan Hall, Kings Place, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Southbank Centre, the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, a recital in The Duke’s Hall for HRH Prince Charles, TV appearances for BBC Proms Extra and broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 and “Culture” TV channel (Russia). His repertoire stretches from Orlando Gibbons to Arvo Part. Born in Moscow, Petr started playing the piano at the age of 5. After...
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Russian-British pianist and conductor Petr Limonov frequently appears on UK and European scene collaborating, among others, with Nicola Benedetti, Laura van der Heijden, Jennifer Pike, Van Kujik Quartet, Leonard Elschenbroich and Liana Isakadze. The 1948 album, recorded with Laura van der Heijden, received an “Edison Klassiek” award in 2018.

Petr’s notable appearances include La Roque d’Antheron festival, Wigmore Hall, iTunes Festival, Cadogan Hall, Kings Place, St Martin-in-the-Fields, Southbank Centre, the Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, a recital in The Duke’s Hall for HRH Prince Charles, TV appearances for BBC Proms Extra and broadcasts for BBC Radio 3 and “Culture” TV channel (Russia). His repertoire stretches from Orlando Gibbons to Arvo Part.

Born in Moscow, Petr started playing the piano at the age of 5. After winning First Prize at the Nikolai Rubinstein International Piano Competition (Paris) he started giving concerts throughout Europe and Russia. In November 2013 Petr made his conducting debut at Cadogan Hall with London International Chamber Orchestra, directing works by Glazunov and Rachmaninov.


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Composer(s)

Sergei Prokofiev

Sergei Prokofiev was born in the countryside of Ukraine. He studied from 1903 at the conservatory of St Petersburg, under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Anatoli Liadov among others. He was educated as a composer, pianist and conductor. Initially, he made a name for himself as a pianist. In 1918, he left the Soviet Union for the USA, but wasn't able to succeed, and he decided to move to Paris in 1920. His concert tours brought him back to the Soviet Union in 1927, who lured him back for good in 1936. Prokofiev died in march 1953, on the same day as Joseph Stalin. Prokofiev is considered as one of the greatest Russian composers of the twentieth century, even though he wasn't a...
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Sergei Prokofiev was born in the countryside of Ukraine. He studied from 1903 at the conservatory of St Petersburg, under Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Anatoli Liadov among others. He was educated as a composer, pianist and conductor. Initially, he made a name for himself as a pianist. In 1918, he left the Soviet Union for the USA, but wasn't able to succeed, and he decided to move to Paris in 1920. His concert tours brought him back to the Soviet Union in 1927, who lured him back for good in 1936. Prokofiev died in march 1953, on the same day as Joseph Stalin.
Prokofiev is considered as one of the greatest Russian composers of the twentieth century, even though he wasn't a great innovator. He generally applied the strict classical forms and structures to his works and focused on a classical tonality, with a few exceptions of expressive dissonants and incidental bitonality. Yet, he is only explicitly neoclassicistic in his popular 'Classical Symphony', his first symphony composed in 1917. Many of his works show his humour, while his later works presented his darker, more serious side. One of his best known works is the musical fairytale Peter and the Wolf, which is popular among children all over the world.
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In her promising characteristic tone is the age of its centuries-old instrument, but also impetuous passion of a young rasmuzikante for her profession.
De Volkskrant, 15-3-2018

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