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Sonatas for Cello
Dmitry Kabalevsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Vissarion Shebalin

Marina Tarasova | Ivan Sokolov

Sonatas for Cello

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Format: CD
Label: Challenge Classics
UPC: 0608917294026
Catnr: CC 72940
Release date: 03 February 2023
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Challenge Classics
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0608917294026
Catalogue number
CC 72940
Release date
03 February 2023

"Cellist Marina Tarasova inhabits her compatriots' music."

BBC Music Magazine, 17-5-2023
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For many years, Marina Tarasova has been one of the most renowned Russian cellists; a winner of international competitions in Prague, Florence and Paris and a laureate of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow.
Marina Tarasova: These three brilliant compositions, rarely recorded, were all dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich. Kabalevsky´s sonata is the composer's revelation and one of the best compositions in 20th Century cello repertoire. The depth of its philosophical thought is an invitation to meditate. Prokofiev's Concertino is the most beautiful example of a rare combination in him of lyricism and Russian ‘soil’. In Shebalin's sonata we experience program music: images of old Moscow, peal of church bells, dances of buffoons. According to me, the freedom of will which philosophers haven´t found yet lies in the music of such geniuses!
Op dit debuutalbum bij Challenge Classics van de gerenommeerde Russische celliste Marina Tarasova staan twee grote sonates. De Cello Sonate, Op. 71 van Dmitri Kabalevski is waarschijnlijk het mooiste Russische werk voor cello en piano uit de 20ste eeuw. De opname van Vissarion Sjebalins Cello Sonate, Op. 31, no. 3, is een wereldpremière en van opmerkelijke architectonische complexiteit. Terwijl het Cello Concertino van Sergej Profkofjev tussendoor fungeert als een lyrisch intermezzo. Met het prachtige spel op dit album, zeer zeker de moeite van het beluisteren waard.

Marina Tarasova won internationale wedstrijden in Praag, Florence en Parijs en is laureaat van het Internationale Tsjaikovski Concours in Moskou. Zij vertelt dat de drie briljante, zelden opgenomen composities, op deze opname allemaal zijn opgedragen aan de, tot Amerikaan genaturaliseerde, Russische cellist, pianist en dirigent Mstislav Rostropovitsj. In de ogen van Marina is Kabalevsky's Sonate de revelatie van de componist en een van de beste composities uit het cellorepertoire van de 20ste eeuw. De diepgang van zijn filosofische gedachten nodigt uit tot nadenken.

Prokofjevs Concertino is het mooiste voorbeeld van de zeldzame combinatie van poëzie en Russische 'aarde'. En in Shebalins sonate herleven de beelden van het oude Moskou, het luiden van de kerkklokken en de carnavaleske dansen. Volgens Marina Tarasova ligt de vrije wil die filosofen nog niet hebben gevonden, in de muziek van zulke genieën.

Marina Tarasova wordt in deze opname begeleid door de veelgevraagde pianist en componist Ivan Sokolov, ook auteur van piano- en kamermuziek, van meerdere orkestraties en van theatermuziek.
Marina Tarasova ist seit vielen Jahren eine der renommiertesten russischen Cellistinnen, Preisträgerin internationaler Wettbewerbe in Prag, Florenz und Paris und Preisträgerin des Internationalen Tschaikowsky-Wettbewerbs in Moskau.
Marina Tarasova: Diese drei brillanten, selten aufgenommenen Kompositionen wurden alle Mstislav Rostropovich gewidmet. Kabalewskis Sonate ist die Offenbarung des Komponisten und eine der besten Kompositionen des Cellorepertoires des 20. Die Tiefe ihrer philosophischen Gedanken lädt zum Nachdenken ein. Prokofjews Concertino ist das schönste Beispiel für die seltene Kombination von Lyrik und russischer "Erde". In Shebalins Sonate erleben wir Programmmusik: Bilder des alten Moskau, Läuten der Kirchenglocken, Tänze der Possenreißer. Die Freiheit des Willens, die die Philosophen noch nicht gefunden haben, liegt meiner Meinung nach in der Musik solcher Genies!

Artist(s)

Marina Tarasova (cello)

For many years, Marina Tarasova has been one of the most renowned Russian cellists; a winner of international competitions in Prague, Florence and Paris and a laureate of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Having performed on the concert platform since the age of 16, she has many top-selling discs of concertos by Myaskovsky, Kabalevsky, Davidoff, Khachaturian, as well as collections by Rachmaninov and Cassado (all on ALTO), and newer ones on Northern Flowers of Weinberg (three discs), and Davidoff, plus Sonatas by Shostakovich, Khachaturian and Tcherepnin, as well as a recent release of Bach’s suites for Solo Cello on the Divine Art label. Her repertoire includes works by Russian and Western European composers from the 17th to the 20th century....
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For many years, Marina Tarasova has been one of the most renowned Russian cellists; a winner of international competitions in Prague, Florence and Paris and a laureate of the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. Having performed on the concert platform since the age of 16, she has many top-selling discs of concertos by Myaskovsky, Kabalevsky, Davidoff, Khachaturian, as well as collections by Rachmaninov and Cassado (all on ALTO), and newer ones on Northern Flowers of Weinberg (three discs), and Davidoff, plus Sonatas by Shostakovich, Khachaturian and Tcherepnin, as well as a recent release of Bach’s suites for Solo Cello on the Divine Art label.
Her repertoire includes works by Russian and Western European composers from the 17th to the 20th century. She is among the first to have played works by modern Russian composers such as Andrei Eshpai, Boris Tchaikovsky, Kirill Volkov, Shirvani Chalaev and Oleg Galahov. She has performed with many prominent musicians including Yuri Bashmet, Edward Grach, FrankImmo Zichner, Pascal Devoyon and Christian Ivaldi, and with, among others, the conductors Mariss Jansons, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Kurt Masur, and Mikhail Pletnev.
Since 2005 she has been the President and a solo cellist of the charity foundation known as the International Classical Music Salon of Marina Tarasova and Alexander Polezhaev and is also the director of Santa, an organisation for the rescue of stray animals. In 2006, she promoted 120 concerts for the charity foundation Stars of Russia and Europe and in 2007, 80 more concerts (including international festivals) and, the following year, 110 concerts of Russian music across Turkey and in Moscow. In 2009, she organised 90 concerts in Russian cities, in memory of victims of terrorism and, in 2010, more charity concerts to help protect stray animals and the environment. In August 1995, Marina Tarasova was awarded the honorary title ‘Meritorious Artist of the Russian Federation’ and, in 2004, the charity Benefactors of the Century made her a member of the order The Patrons of the Century. In 2007, this same fund awarded her the Patron’s Golden Certificate. Also in 2007, she was awarded the Order for the Revitalisation of Traditions of Charity and Patronage. Also solo cellist of the Moscow Philharmonic Society, Marina Tarasova graduated from the Moscow State Conservatoire in 1984 in the cello class of Alexander Fedorchenko and Professor Natalia Shahovskaya. She was the prize winner at international competitions in Prague, Florence and in Moscow and she also won a Grand Prix in Paris.
“Marina Tarasova symbolises new thinking both in classical and modern music. The thinking is often unusual, at times paradoxical but always convincing. When Marina Tarasova is on stage, the audience is never indifferent. She has a unique performing style which comprises the best traditions of the Russian cello school and her own bright personality – a bursting temperament and the tendency to explore the human soul. Marina Tarasova’s intricate and deep feeling of the wide emotional fabric of music helps her to accurately and strongly convey her sentiments to audiences.
“Critics have noted her extremely beautiful sound ... There seem to be no technical difficulties for her. Today Marina Tarasova occupies a position amongst the elite of world performers. She continues to visit many countries with great success. Yet the prizes in competitions are not the main thing in Marina’s creative life. Rather, this is a continuous drive for perfection and the possibility to realise her own talent fully, along with mutually enriching contact with her audience, which she cherishes the most.” [Le Figaro, France]
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Ivan Sokolov (piano)

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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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Press

Cellist Marina Tarasova inhabits her compatriots' music.
BBC Music Magazine, 17-5-2023

The recording has a translucent acoustic picture with both musicians clearly heard as equal partners. Those who explore the lesser-known pathways of 20th-century Russian music will find much to enjoy here.
Music Web International, 01-5-2023

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