Gd 177 CHOPIN Works for PIANO AND ORCHESTRA - Nadezhda VLAEVA, PIANO
Issued: 2004
Style: Classical Music
Company: Gega New, GD177
The young pianist Nadejda VLAEVA graduated from the Sofia Academy of Music. After that she continued her musical education in the Netherlands and the USA . At present she lives in New York and performs in concerts throughout Europe and North America with recital programs as well as soloist of leading European and American orchestras. Musical critics praise her talent highly. Arnold Steinhardt, leader of the Guarneri String Quartet, describes her as “one of those people of extraordinary ability whom we hope for but rarely see.”
Among Vlaeva's major awards are those at the Liszt competition in Lucca , Italy ; the Liszt Competition in Budapest , Hungary ; the Yamaha Award for the best interpretation of Brahms, in Weimar , Germany , etc. Along with her concert-giving activity, she has also recorded on radio and CD. Her second CD, piano music of Liszt, released in 2001 on the Musicians Showcase label, has been awarded the 2002 International Grand Prix “Liszt” du Disque. In July 2003 Nadejda Vlaeva, together with the Sofia Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Vassil Kazandjiev recorded the present program on the Gega New label with works by Frederic CHOPIN: Concerto No.2 for Piano and Orchestra in F minor; Grand Concerto Rondo in F major (a la Krakowiak); Grand Polonaise, Op. 22; Bolero, Op. 19, and Nocturne in C sharp minor.
Contents:
• Concerto No.2 for Piano and Orchestra in F minor, Op.21
Maestoso
Larghetto
Allegro
• Grand Concert Rondo in F major, Op.14
• Andante Spianato
• Grand Polonaise, Op.22
• Bolero, Op.19
• Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op. posth
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