Sonatas, by Alexander Warenberg

Sonatas

by Alexander Warenberg

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1.	Shostakovich: Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40: I. Allegro non troppo 12:07	buy track
2.	Shostakovich: Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40: II. Allegro 03:23	buy track
3.	Shostakovich: Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40: III. Largo 08:06	buy track
4.	Shostakovich: Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40: IV. Allegro 04:04	buy track
5.	Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 19: I. Lento - Allegro moderato 13:13	buy track
6.	Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 19: II. Allegro scherzando 06:20	buy track
7.	Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 19: III. Andante 05:43	buy track
8.	Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 19: IV. Allegro mosso 10:46	buy track

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Alexander Warenberg and Giuseppe Guarrera recorded their debut album with TRPTK containing sonatas by Rachmaninov and Shostakovich for cello and piano.

The Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40, was one of Dmitri Shostakovich's early works, composed in 1934 just prior to the censure by Soviet authorities of his music, notably the opera Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk, which was deemed too bourgeois and decadent for the Soviet people. It was also a period of emotional turmoil in his life, as he had fallen in love with a young student at a Leningrad festival featuring his Lady Macbeth. Their affair resulted in a brief divorce from his wife Nina, and it was in August, during their period of separation, that he wrote the cello sonata, completing it within a few weeks and giving its premiere in Moscow on 25 December with his close friend, the cellist Viktor Kubatsky, who was also the piece's dedicatee.

Sergei Rachmaninoff's Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op. 19 is being regarded as one of the most important cello pieces of the 20th century. It is also the last piece of chamber music that Rachmaninoff wrote. The sonata belongs to the first compositions that came after a depressing and non productive period in Rachmaninoff's life, caused by great criticism over his first symphony. In 1900 he had finally gained enough confidence to continue composing, resulting in his famous 2nd piano concert and the sonata for cello and piano.

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released June 28, 2019

Recorded and mastered by Brendon Heinst.
Editing by Ernst Spyckerelle.

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Alexander Warenberg Netherlands

Alexander Warenberg (1998) was born in Voorburg, The Netherlands, into a family of professional musicians. He began playing the cello at the age of five and had his first lessons from his uncle. Since he was 8 years he studied at the Conservatory in Amsterdam. From 2016 till 2019 Alexander studied at the Barenboim-Said Academy. Since January 2019 he continues to study at the Kronberg Academy. ... more

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