Credits:

Malcolm Martineau

Description:

The complete piano works of Roslavets, described by Stravinsky as "the most interesting Russian composer of the 20th century. Under the Soviet regime, Roslavets was repressed for decades as a "counter-revolutionary and bourgeois composer" who wrote avant-garde works that actively adopted Western musical language and sometimes wrote articles on Schoenberg's "The Clown Possessed by the Moon. Despite his self-criticism, Roslavetz's works were not immediately restored after his death, but have gradually gained popularity since the 1990s thanks to the efforts of the composer's niece, Efrosinha. The Russian pianist Andrushchenko, who studied under Alexei Lyubimov, performs all of Roslavets' piano works, which he explored innovative sounds throughout his life. Naxos Japan

Tracklisting:

1.Piano Sonata No. 1
2.Trois Compositions: No. 1. Adagio
3.Trois Compositions: No. 2. Agitato con passione
4.Trois Compositions: No. 3. Allegretto grazioso
5.Prelude
6.Deux Compositions: No. 1. Tres modere
7.Deux Compositions: No. 2. Lent
8.Deux Poemes: No. 1. Quasi prelude: Allegretto: Fervido
9.Deux Poemes: No. 2. Quasi poeme: Moderato
10.Piano Sonata No. 2
11.Valse
12.Prelude
13.Quatre Compositions (Excerpts): Prelude
14.Quatre Compositions (Excerpts): Poeme
15.Piano Sonata No. 5