Chostakovitch: Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 02, 24 Préludes Op. 34 Andrei Korobeinikov and Alexander Kniazev

• 1 I. Allegretto 06:01
• 2 II. Lento 08:33
• 3 III. Moderato 01:48
• 4 IV. Allegro con brio 06:54
• 5 I. I Moderato 01:21
• 6 II. II Allegretto 00:52
• 7 III. III Andante 02:14
• 8 IV. IV Moderato 02:16
• 9 V. V Allegro vivace 00:26
• 10 VI. VI Allegretto 01:14
• 11 VII. VII Andante 01:45
• 12 VIII. VIII Allegretto 00:54
• 13 IX. IX Presto 00:35
• 14 X. X Moderato non troppo 02:04
• 15 XI. XI Allegretto 00:51
• 16 XII. XII Allegro non troppo 01:18
• 17 XIII. XIII Moderato 01:59
• 18 XIV Adagio 02:34
• 19 XV. XV Allegretto 01:05
• 20 XVI. XVI Andantino 01:02
• 21 XVII. XVII Largo 02:22
• 22 XVIII. XVIII Allegretto 00:51
• 23 XIX. XIX Andantino 02:11
• 24 XX. XX Allegretto furioso 00:39
• 25 XXI. XXI Allegretto poco moderato 00:40
• 26 XXII. XXII Adagio 03:02
• 27 XXIII. XXIII Moderato 00:47
• 28 XXIV. XXIV Allegretto 01:14
• 29 I. Allegro 07:22
• 30 II. Andante 07:33
• 31 III. Allegro (attacca) 05:43
• Total Runtime 01:18:10

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This album illustrates two contrasting periods in Chostakovich's life: the 24 Preludes and Piano Concerto no.1 were written in a climate of total artistic freedom, while the tender, joyful Conterto no.2.

These scores show two completely different periods in the life of Shostakovich: that of a young musician suddenly become famous, going from strength to strength, and a quarter of a century later, the trials and disappointments, both professional and romantic, of a composer nearing his fiftieth anniversary.

After his recent success at the Theatre des Champs-Elysees, both in recital and concerto, Andrei Korobeinikov has recorded a third disk for Mirare, this time accompanied by the Orchestre Symphonique de Lahti and its principal conductor Okko Kamu.

Andrei Korobeinikov offers a rich and inspired interpretation in direct relation to his origins: the USSR and Shostakovich.

Andrei Korobeinikov, piano
Mikhail Gaiduk, trumpet
Lahti Symphony Orchestra
Okko Kamu, conductor

Andrei Korobeinikov
was born on the 10th of July 1986 in the town of Dolgoprudny in the Moscow region of Russia. Since the age of 5 he plays the piano. Since 1994 till 2006 he has got more than 20 prizes in different national and international competitions. Among them ? the I prize at the III Alexander Scriabin International piano competition in Moscow (2004) and the II prize with the Audience prize at the II Sergei Rachmaninov International piano competition in Los Angeles (2005).

Andrei gave his first professional solo recital at the age of 8 at the Great Hall of the Baku State Academy of Music in Azerbaijan. Since then he's performed concerts in more than 40 countries of the world: in Austria, Bulgaria, Belgium, Brazil, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, India, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Morocco, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, Uruguay, United States of America, Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and in many cities of the Russian Federation.

Andrei Korobeinikov was fortunate and honoured to perform concerts with such amazing conductors as Vladimir Fedoseyev, Leonard Slatkin, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Iván Fischer, Jean-Jacques Kantorow, Alexander Vedernikov, Jean-Claude Casadesus, Antoni Wit, Douglas Boyd, Alain Altinoglu, Michiyoshi Inoue, Okko Kamu, Taijiro Iimori, Dorian Wilson, Hobart Earle, Peter Stark, Juozas Domarkas, Gintaras Rinkevicius, Theodor Guschlbauer, Kwamé Ryan, Alexander Rudin, George Tchitchinadze, Vladimir Kiradjiev, Rossen Gergov, Kaspar Zehnder, Benjamin Ellin, Thierry Fischer, Matthias Foremny, Dmitri Jurowski, Olari Elts, Vakhtang Jordania, Vladimir Ziva, Maxim Shostakovich, Dmitri Liss, Mikhail Pletnev, Felix Korobov and others. Andrei feels himself as a soloist, but also adores performing chamber music recitals, especially with such miraculous artists as violinists Vadim Repin, Laurent Korcia, Dmitri Makhtin, Regis Pasquier, Leonard Schreiber, Alina Ibragimova, cellists Alexander Kniazev, Johannes Moser, Henri Demarquette, Alexander Buzlov, Tatjana Vassiljeva, sopranos Yana Ivanilova, Sarah Pagin, "Borodin Quartet", "Vanbrugh Quartet", pianists Boris Berezovsky, Frank Braley, Ikuyo Nakamichi, Alexander Paley. He has performed Shostakovich's piano-&-trumpet Concerto op.35 with such prominent trumpeters as Tine Thing Helseth, Sergei Nakariakov, David Guerrier, Mikhail Gaiduk, and also collaborated for Scriabin's "Prometheus" op.60 with the St. Petersburg State Capella Choir.

Among other orchestras, Andrei has had pleasure to perform with the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, NHK Sypmhony Orchestra (Tokyo), Orchestre National de France, NDR Symphonieorchester, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Sinfonia Lahti, Sinfonia Varsovia, Orchestre de chambre de Paris, Camerata Bern, Hong Kong Sinfonietta, Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra (Moscow), Konzerthausorchester Berlin, "Kremerata Baltica" and other great orchestras.

Booklet für Chostakovitch: Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 02, 24 Préludes Op. 34