(RE)CREATIONS: PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS BY Rachmaninov, Liszt, FRIEDMAN

Zlata Chochieva (piano)

De transcriptie van muziekwerken voor andere instrumenten of bezettingen kent een lange traditie in de muziekgeschiedenis. Vaak hebben de componisten zelf verschillende versies van hun werken geschreven en vaak zijn het de musici die werken aanpassen voor hun eigen instrumenten. Zelfs grote componisten hebben er plezier in gehad de werken van hun voorgangers te bewerken, ze naar hun eigen tijd en tijdperk in de muziekgeschiedenis te verplaatsen en ze aan hun eigen interpretatie te onderwerpen. Hiertoe behoren Sergei Rachmaninov, Franz Liszt en Ignaz Friedman - alle drie grote pianisten en componisten. De vermaarde Russische pianiste Zlata Chochieva presenteert op haar nieuwe album (re)creations haar transcripties van werken van grote componisten als Bach, Mendelssohn en Mahler.

"Transcribing musical works for other instruments or instrumentations has a long tradition in music history. Sometimes, the composers themselves wrote different versions of their works and often it is the musicians who adapt works for their own instruments. Even great composers have enjoyed arranging the works of their predecessors and have thus transported them into their time and era of music history and lent their own interpretations to them. Among those are Sergei Rachmaninoff, Franz Liszt, and Ignaz Friedman - all three great pianists and composers. Renowned Russian pianist Zlata Chochieva presents their transcriptions of the works of great composers such as Bach, Mendelssohn and Mahler on her new album ""(re)creations"". Recorded at Blackbird Music Studio Berlin September 2020"

Bach, J S:
 Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV1048
 Flute Sonata No. 2 in E flat major, BWV1031
 Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV1002

Friedman, I:
 Viennese Dance No. 1 (after Eduard Gärtner)

Grazioli, G:
 Adagio in G minor

Liszt:
 Auf dem Wasser zu singen (No. 2 from Zwölf Lieder von Franz Schubert, S558)
 Die Forelle, S564
 Litanei - Andante Religioso (No. 1 from Vier Geistliche Lieder, S562, after Schubert)
 Mendelssohn Sieben Lieder S547
 Wohin? (No. 2 from Müllerlieder von Franz Schubert, S565)

Mahler:
 Symphony No. 3

Mendelssohn:
 A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo

Mussorgsky:
 Gopak (from Sorochintsy Fair)

Tchaikovsky:
 Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1

"Right from the first note, you realise Chochieva has not just drifted into the studio on a whim or simply to fulfil a contract. This is music-making of real purpose and conviction."
Gramophone Magazine - April 2021