Inspired by a poem by Aleksey Tolstoy, Taneyev' cantata John of Damascus was the first work that the self-critical Russian composer deemed worthy of an opus number, it's sublime music drawing on an ancient sacred chant woven into rich passages of expressive counterpoint. A quarter of a century later, the virtuosic and scintillating Suite de concert, Taneyev’s first work for solo violin and orchestra, was also successfully premièred. Thomas Sanderling’s first disc in the Naxos Taneyev series (Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 / 8.570336) was praised by The Guardian for its “strongly characterized performances”.
1 Idu V Nevedomiy Mne Put' (I Begin a Journey Into the Unknown): Adagio Ma Non Troppo
2 No Vechnim Snom Poka Ya Splyu (But While I Sleep with the Eternal Sleep): Andante Sostenuto
3 V Tot Den', Kogda Truba (On the Day When a Trumpet): Allegro
4 I. Prelude: Grave
5 II. Gavotte: Allegro Moderato
6 III. Marchen (The Fairy Tale): Andantino
7 IV. Theme and Variations: Theme: Andantino
8 IV. Theme and Variations: Variation 1: Allegro Moderato
9 IV. Theme and Variations: Variation 2: Allegro Energico
10 IV. Theme and Variations: Variation 3: Tempo Di Valse
11 IV. Theme and Variations: Variation 4: Fuga Doppia: Allegro Molto
12 IV. Theme and Variations: Variation 5: Presto Scherzando
13 IV. Theme and Variations: Variation 6: Tempo Di Mazurka, Allegro Con Fuoco
14 IV. Final Variation and Coda
15 V. Tarantella: Presto
Inspired by a poem by Aleksey Tolstoy, Taneyev' cantata John of Damascus was the first work that the self-critical Russian composer deemed worthy of an opus number, it's sublime music drawing on an ancient sacred chant woven into rich passages of expressive counterpoint. A quarter of a century later, the virtuosic and scintillating Suite de concert, Taneyev’s first work for solo violin and orchestra, was also successfully premièred. Thomas Sanderling’s first disc in the Naxos Taneyev series (Symphonies Nos. 1 and 3 / 8.570336) was praised by The Guardian for its “strongly characterized performances”.
