Artist: Natalia Andreeva Title Of Album: Russian Piano Music Series, Vol. 11: Galina Ustvolskaya Year Of Release: 2015 Label: Divine Art Genre: Classical Quality: 320 / FLAC Total Time: 90:19 min Total Size: 252 / 300 MB WebSite: Tracklist: Disc 1 (55:00) 12 Preludes 1. No. 1, — (2:31) 2. No. 2, — (0:54) 3. No. 3, — (2:01) 4. No. 4, — (1:21) 5. No. 5, — (1:30) 6. No. 6, — (2:31) 7. No. 7, — (1:41) 8. No. 8, — (1:58) 9. No. 9, — (1:10) 10. No. 10, — (2:31) 11. No. 11, — (1:41) 12. No. 12, — (1:28) Piano Sonata N°1 13. I. — (1:19) 14. II. — (2:17) 15. III. — (2:55) 16. IV. — (3:40) Piano Sonata N°2 17. I. — (3:12) 18. II. — (4:23) 19.Piano Sonata No. 3 (15:57) Disc 2 (35:19) Piano Sonata N°4 1. I. — (3:17) 2. II. — (2:46) 3. III. — (1:10) 4. IV. — (4:59) Piano Sonata N°5 5. I. — (1:20) 6. II. — (2:01) 7. III. — (1:00) 8. IV. — (0:57) 9. V. — (2:08) 10. VI. — (1:06) 11. VII. — (2:44) 12. VIII. — (1:03) 13. IX. — (1:55) 14. X. — (2:07) 15.Piano Sonata No. 6 (6:46) Galina Ustvolskaya (1919-2006) is becoming a cult figure in her native Russia and beyond. A person of intense humility, shyness and introspection, her music is the opposite: dramatic, often aggressive, with pounding rhythms that make it totally unique. “Any page of Ustvolskaya’s music is as recognisable as a Picasso brushstroke, and as deep in cultural and emotional resonance” (Andy Hamilton, International Piano). This recording contains her entire output for solo piano. Russian pianist Natalia Andreeva has taken a special interest in the work of Ustvolskaya, beginning her ‘life-project’ in Chicago in 2006, and her PhD thesis in Piano Performance was based on the interpretation of Ustvolskaya’s music – she remains in close touch with the composer’s widower and has developed a special affinity with this unique soundworld. Natalia currently works as Lecturer in Piano at the Sydney Conservatorium, Australia and regularly performs and broadcasts both there and in her native Russia. or or