Aleksandr Borodin – Petite Suite for piano - VLADIMIR SOFRONITZKY
Aleksandr Borodin (1833-1887) Vladimir Sofronitzky (1901-1961) - piano Recorded live in Moscow on July 12, 1950. 1. In the monastery 2. Intermezzo 4:14 3. Mazurka 7:22 4. Mazurka 9:57 5. Dreams 12:42 6. Serenade 14:19 7. Nocturne 15:50 In 1885, Alexander Porfirievich Borodin (1833-1887) moved to Germany, taking with him his proofs of the Petite Suite (composed in the spring and summer of the same year, and dedicated to the Comptesse de Mercy-Argenteau) and of the piano Scherzo in A major (dedicated to the conductor Théodore Jadoul). At the end of the summer, Borodin went to Weimar for the last time, where he visited Liszt. Their meeting was extremely cordial, and Liszt was “terribly pleased ” with Borodin’s two rough drafts. Among Borodin’s papers, a programme note for the Petite Suite was found, in French, though it was not published during his life-time. We reproduce it gere (called, in parenthesis, “Little love poem of a young girl”): “Under the arches of the Cathedral, she dreams of “Society”; she thinks only of the dances; she thinks of the dances and of the dancer. She thinks only of the dancer. She dreams beneath the sound of the sound of the song of love; cradled by the happiness of being loved. The Cathedral. Sweet dreams”. However, the composer’s final titles for the seven pieces were these: In the monastery / Intermezzo / Mazurka / Mazurka / Dreams / Serenade / Nocturne. (Valery Voskobojnikov)
Aleksandr Borodin (1833-1887) Vladimir Sofronitzky (1901-1961) - piano Recorded live in Moscow on July 12, 1950. 1. In the monastery 2. Intermezzo 4:14 3. Mazurka 7:22 4. Mazurka 9:57 5. Dreams 12:42 6. Serenade 14:19 7. Nocturne 15:50 In 1885, Alexander Porfirievich Borodin (1833-1887) moved to Germany, taking with him his proofs of the Petite Suite (composed in the spring and summer of the same year, and dedicated to the Comptesse de Mercy-Argenteau) and of the piano Scherzo in A major (dedicated to the conductor Théodore Jadoul). At the end of the summer, Borodin went to Weimar for the last time, where he visited Liszt. Their meeting was extremely cordial, and Liszt was “terribly pleased ” with Borodin’s two rough drafts. Among Borodin’s papers, a programme note for the Petite Suite was found, in French, though it was not published during his life-time. We reproduce it gere (called, in parenthesis, “Little love poem of a young girl”): “Under the arches of the Cathedral, she dreams of “Society”; she thinks only of the dances; she thinks of the dances and of the dancer. She thinks only of the dancer. She dreams beneath the sound of the sound of the song of love; cradled by the happiness of being loved. The Cathedral. Sweet dreams”. However, the composer’s final titles for the seven pieces were these: In the monastery / Intermezzo / Mazurka / Mazurka / Dreams / Serenade / Nocturne. (Valery Voskobojnikov)