Nina Kotova - Chopin, Faure, Falla, Glazunov, et al

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky (Composer), Sergey Rachmaninov (Composer), Alexander Glazunov (Composer), Frederic Chopin (Composer), Igor Stravinsky (Composer), Gabriel Faure (Composer), Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (Composer), Nina Kotova (Composer), Anatol Lyadov (Composer), Manuel de Falla (Composer), Constantine Orbelian (Conductor), Moscow Chamber Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Moscow Chamber Orchestra
• Conductor: Constantine Orbelian
• Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Rachmaninov, Alexander Glazunov, Frederic Chopin, Igor Stravinsky, et al.
• Audio CD (September 14, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Philips
• ASIN: B00001IVPE
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #418,163 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Nocturne, Op. 19, No. 4 In D minor

2. Romance (Ne poi, Krasavitsa, Op. 4)

3. Elegie In D Flat, Op. 17 (Pensee a Liszt)

4. Etude, Op. 25, No. 7

5. Pétrouchka: Danse Russe

6. Elegie

7. Le Coq d'Or: Hymn To The Sun (Turkish Princess)

8. Sketches From The Catwalk: 1. Allegretto, ma non troppo

9. Sketches From The Catwalk: 2. Lento tranquillo

10. Sketches From The Catwalk: 3. Rubato - Marcia. allegro

11. Preludia, Op. 11, No. 1

12. Reminiscense

13. RAYMONDA: Entracte (To Scene II)

14. Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14

15. Dark Blue: 1. Dark Blue

16. Dark Blue: 2. Melting Matters

17. Dark Blue: 3. Conversation Of Two

18. El Amor Brujo: Ritual Fire Dance

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL PLAYING, THE BEST YOUNG CELLIST TODAY, September 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Nina Kotova - Chopin, Faure, Falla, Glazunov, et al (Audio CD)

THE CHOICE OF REPERTOIRE, GORGEOUS PLAYING AND FANTASTIC TECHNIQUE MAKE THIS THE BEST CELLO CD I HAVE HEARD IN YEARS. I HOPE MANY MORE WILL COME FROM THIS YOUNG ARTIST.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great sound, fantastic technique, October 31, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Nina Kotova - Chopin, Faure, Falla, Glazunov, et al (Audio CD)

Although I would have liked to hear perhaps some more serious repertoire from Ms.Kotova, this album of tasty morsels is certainly beautiful. Her sound is full and rich, and her technique is awesome.Yo Yo Ma and Rostropovich should take a lesson from this cellist -- I don't know anyone else who would try to play Petrouchka on the cello.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, Haunting and Lingers in the Mind, November 2, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Nina Kotova - Chopin, Faure, Falla, Glazunov, et al (Audio CD)

I bought Nina Kotova's debut CD after my parents mentioned how thrilled friends of theirs in Salt Lake City had been after attending one of her concerts. I played this CD two or three times a week for six months until other members of my household started pleading for more musical variety. I still put it on occasionally, and more often when I'm alone. It has a haunting quality to it, a sweet beauty and melancholy that linger in the mind long after the music is over. I have bought it as a gift to friends and family members, including a long-term houseguest of ours who practically requested it when she left. Kotova's life story is fascinating -- persecution, exile to two countries, further musical studies, modeling (!), etc., but the main theme in her life and that of her parents is love of music, and it shows on every track of this CD. It is a wonderful debut piece for a relatively young artist. I keep checking back here to see if she has come out with a new CD, and I look forward to hearing her over the years as she matures as an artist.