Alexander Melnikov - Fantasie - Import CD

Credits:

Alexander Melnikov

Description:

A dream album that also allows you to fully enjoy Melnikov's harpsichord and fortepiano playingMelnikov has a large collection of historical keyboard instruments that he has actually played and recorded. He played seven fantasias by seven different composers on seven different instruments. The seven fantasies by seven different composers are played on seven different instruments. Melnikov stunned audiences at the Toppan Hall in January 2021 with a concert of almost the same content, but here he demonstrates his divine work with even greater perfection. The instruments are not merely period-correct, but have been chosen with style and effect in mind. Finally, Schnittke's "Improvisation and Fugue," which makes full use of the capabilities of a modern Steinway, is a brilliant work written for the Third International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1966, and demonstrates a spiritual ancestry back to Bach. King International

Tracklisting:

1.Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor BWV 903~Fantasia
2.Chromatic Fantasia & Fugue in D minor BWV 903~Fugue
3.Fantasia in F-sharp minor H. 300, Wq. 67
4.Fantasia (Fragment) in C minor K. 396~[Excerpt]
5.Fantasia (Fragment) in D minor K. 397
6.Fantasia in F-sharp minor Op. 28~I. Con moto agitato
7.Fantasia in F-sharp minor Op. 28~II. Allegro con moto
8.Fantasia in F-sharp minor Op. 28~III. Presto
9.Fantasia in F minor Op. 49
10.6 Stucke, Op. 33b~4. Fantasia in modo antico
11.Improvisation & Fugue Op. 38~Improvisation
12.Improvisation & Fugue Op. 38~Fugue

Alexander Melnikov Collection List