Songs and Pictures: Works from Liszt and Mussorgsky Mikhail Mordvinov

• 1 No. 1. Sei mir gegrusst 04:18
• 2 No. 2. Auf dem Wasser zu singen 04:22
• 3 No. 3. Du bist die Ruh 04:24
• 4 No. 4. Erlkonig 04:18
• 5 No. 5. Meeresstille 01:59
• 6 No. 6. Die junge Nonne 05:03
• 7 No. 7. Fruhlingsglaube 03:38
• 8 No. 8. Gretchen am Spinnrade 03:42
• 9 No. 9. Standchen (Horch, horch! Die Lerch!) 02:52
• 10 No. 10. Rastlose Liebe 01:48
• 11 No. 11. Der Wanderer 05:41
• 12 No. 12. Ave Maria 05:00
• 13 Promenade 01:12
• 14 I. Gnomus 02:44
• 15 Promenade 00:42
• 16 II. Old Castle 04:09
• 17 Promenade 00:23
• 18 III. Tuileries 01:06
• 19 IV. Bydlo 02:42
• 20 Promenade 00:38
• 21 V. Ballet of the Chickens in their Shells 01:16
• 22 VI. Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle 02:21
• 23 Promenade 01:13
• 24 VII. The Market-Place at Limoges 01:26
• 25 VIII. Catacombae (Sepulcrum romanum) 02:03
• 26 VIII. Con mortuis in lingua mortua 01:56
• 27 IX. The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba-Yaga) 03:15
• 28 X. The Great Gate at Kiev 04:50
• Total Runtime 01:19:01

Info for Songs and Pictures: Works from Liszt and Mussorgsky

'Lieder and Pictures': a straightforward title for a album that releases genuine pianistic fireworks. The young Mikhail Mordvinov has recorded 12 Schubert transcriptions by Franz Liszt and Mussorgsky's greatest piano cycle on his GENUIN debut album, revealing himself to be a true master. From Schubert's first tender oscillations in Sei mir gegrüßt to the sonic cascades of the Great Gate of Kiev, he illuminates the most profound inner worlds of these small delicacies. His Bechstein grand piano has a bright and free sound; after the last notes of Mussorgsky, one would actually like to continue immediately with Schubert: simply 'Rastlose Liebe' (Restless Love), as this song is called...

Mikhail Mordvinov, piano

Mikhail Mordvinov
first gained international recognition with outstanding competition successes in consecutive years, winning the Robert Schumann Competition in Zwickau in 1996 and the Franz-Schubert Competition in Dortmund in 1997. When only six years old, Mordvinov was accepted into Moscow’s renowned Gnessin School of Music, studying with Tatiana Zelikman. He subsequently completed his studies there under Professor Vladimir Tropp and was chosen “Best Student of the Year” in the 1996/97 academic year. He completed additional postgraduate studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hannover with Professor Bernd Goetzke. Audiences admire the intimacy and vitality of his playing, his passion and refined taste, his virtuoso ability and the maturity of his interpretations. His innate musicality and subtle touch cultivated since his childhood years are based on precise intuition and broad training – and deeply rooted in the old Russian piano tradition.

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