Track listing
7 tracks · 49:19Peter Tchaikovsky
- 1 Méditation, Op. 42/1 10:41
- 2 Valse-Scherzo, Op. 34 (complete version) 8:38
- 3 Sérénade melancolique, Op. 26 10:16
- 4 Scherzo, Op. 42/2 3:24
- 5 Mélodie, Op. 42/3 3:22
- 6 Humoresque, Op. 10/2 2:33
- 7 Andante funebre e doloroso ma con moto, 3rd movement of String Quartet No. 3, Op. 30 10:25
About this recording
This CD features the great violinist Oleg Kagan with recordings made at the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival in July 1989 - one year before his early death at the age of 43. Together with pianist Vasily Lobanov, he performs Tchaikovsky's complete works for violin and piano, including the composer's own arrangements of Op. 10/2 and Op. 30.
Features
Booklet with liner notes in English, German, French and Finnish
The artists
Oleg Kagan
Kagan (1946-1990) got launched on his international career on winning Finland's first International Jean Sibelius Violin Competition in 1965. This was followed two years later by second prize in the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow. A pupil of David Oistrakh, Kagan followed firmly in the footsteps of the Russian violin school and appeared in duos with Elisabeth Leonskaya, Svyatoslav Richter, Aleksei Lyubimov, Vasily Lobanov and Natalia Gutman. Kagan was one of the most shining stars of the small constellation of international violinists.