Our new man in Cello
TCHAIKOVSKY Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op.33, Nocturne in D Minor, Op.19, No. 4, Andante Cantabile in D Major, Romances. Alexander Kniazev, Moscow Chamber Orchestra / Constantine Orbelian. Warner Classics
This is Warner Classics’ third recording with the gifted Russian cellist, Alexander Kniazev. Admitted to the Moscow Conservatory in 1979, Kniazev also learned to play the organ at the Nijny Novgorod Conservatory. He won top prizes as a cellist at competitions in Vilnius and Pretoria and in the Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow. In addition to his solo career, Kniazev has been a professor at the Moscow Conservatory since 1995. A gifted chamber music player, he loves performing with his friends, particularly Vadim Repin, Laurent Korcia, Dmitri Makhtin, Boris Berezovsky, Brigitte Engerer and Nikolai Lugansky. Kniazev plays a cello belonging to the Russian State Collection that used to belong to Gregor Piatigorsky. His recordings of the complete Bach Cello Suites and Rachmaninov and Shostakovich Trios with Boris Berezovsky and Dmitri Makhtin have been highly acclaimed.
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