CD 1
Sergey Vasilyevich Rachmaninov - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
1. Moderato 10:23
2. Adagio sostenuto 10:53
3. Allegro scherzando 11:29
4. Sergey Prokofiev - Piano Sonata No. 3 in A minor "From the Old Notebooks", Op. 28 07:35
Tatiana Petrovna Nikolayeva - Three Concert Études, Op. 13
5. Etude in E minor 03:07
6. Etude in B minor 03:09
7. Etude in C major 02:25
CD 2
Dmitry Shostakovich - 24 Preludes and Fugues for Piano, Op. 87
1. No. 1 in C major 04:57
2. No. 7 in A major. Allegro poco moderato - Allegretto 03:17
3. No. 15 in D flat major 04:19
4. Johann Sebastian Bach - Fantasia in C minor, BWV 906 04:10
Johann Sebastian Bach - French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816
5. Allemande 02:49
6. Courante 01:31
7. Sarabande 04:14
8. Gavotte 01:05
9. Bourrée 01:06
10. Loure 01:52
11. Gigue 02:52
Johann Sebastian Bach - Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903
12. Fantasia 07:01
13. Fugue 04:19
Tatiana Nikolayeva piano, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Konstantin Ivanov conductor
In the case of the pianist Tatiana Nikolayeva (1924-1993), that overused term "child prodigy" is entirely apt. She began playing the instrument at the age of three and started to compose music when she was 12. At the age of 13, she enrolled at the Moscow Conservatory, after graduating from which she intensively devoted to composition. The turning point in her career emerged in 1950; more significant in her career than winning the first edition of the J. S. Bach International Competition in Leipzig was her encounter with Shostakovich, which turned into a lifelong friendship. With her account of Bach's music, Nikolayeva inspired Shostakovich to compose his 24 Preludes and Fugues, which she was the first to perform. In February 1951, Nikolayeva was invited to Prague to join the Czech Philharmonic and make a recording of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 and several Bach pieces. The other Supraphon recordings (of works by Prokofiev, Shostakovich and Nikolayeva's own Concert Etudes) were completed in April 1954. Notwithstanding the small number of Tatiana Nikolayeva's performances recorded for Supraphon on magnetic tapes, their significance is indispensable indeed, as they represent virtually the oldest preserved testimony to the immense mastery of the legendary pianist, before she was discovered by the whole world.
Prague, the 1950s: the earliest records of Tatiana Nikolayeva's boundless mastery.
(Supraphon 2017)
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