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Artist
Ekaterina Mechetina
12+ albums
piano punditrussianclassical approach
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Ekaterina Mechetina is one of the brightest stars of contemporary Russian piano. She is an alumna of the Central Music School, the Moscow Conservatory and its graduate school. With more than thirty years of performing experience behind her, she has won awards of many prestigious competitions, including the 1st International Chopin Competition in Moscow (1992). She has been playing around the globe since she had her first massive series of fifteen recitals in Japan when she was only thirteen years old. A number of new works have been composed with a view to her bright personality. So, the present-day classic Rodion Shchedrin dedicated his Piano Concerto No. 6 (2003) to Ekaterina. Yuri Simonov is a representative of the old guard of domestic conductors. He comes from the legendary Leningrad circle of the 1960s. For many years, Simonov’s work was associated with opera and ballet. So, from 1969 to 1985, he served at the Bolshoi Theater and subsequently conducted numerous opera projects overseas. This fact left a significant imprint on the master’s style – massive forms, open temperament, wide tempos. The same signs are inherent in his Chopin interpretations, which makes them special and original. Such an approach makes interaction with the soloist a unique experience. Even if it’s not always the case, Simonov and Mechetina find the same key to understanding and translating the intention that the composer put into his two opera magna. Created at the very end of the early Polish
top songs
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Partita No. 3 for violin solo in E Major, BWV 1006: I. Prélude
202Flight of the bumblebee
153Bach J.S./Rachmaninov S. Partita for Violin solo no 3 in E major, BWV 1006: 1st movement, Prelude
144Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42
115Картинки на Выставке: Promenade II
106Бедная птица
97Bach J.S./Rachmaninov S. Partita for Violin solo no 3 in E major, BWV 1006: 7th movement, Gigue
98Schubert F./Rachmaninov S. Die schone Mullerin, D 795/Op.25: no 2, Wohin?
89Liebesleid
810Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61: Scherzo
8albums
Ekaterina Mechetina Plays Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov & Mussorgsky
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SERGEI RACHMANINOFF Variations on a Theme by Corelli Piano Transcriptions
Schedrin Shakhidi
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Anthology of Piano Music by Russian and Soviet Composers, Pt. 5
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SERGEY RACHMANINOV. Variations on a Theme by Corelli. Piano transcriptions
Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Piano Transcriptions
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Schedrin, Shakhidi
What Dreams May Come
Gershwin, Ravel: Piano Concertos
Chopin: Piano Concertos
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S. Rachmaninov Variations on a Theme by Corelli Piano Transcriptions
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Anthology of Piano Music by Russian and Soviet Composers 7