Franck, Debussy & Others: Piano Works (Live) Alexander Koryakin

• Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886):
• 1 Liszt: Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160: No. 6, Vallée d'Obermann (Live) 14:22
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918):
• 2 Debussy: L'isle joyeuse, L. 106 (Live) 06:17
• Jorge Sastre (b. 1974):
• 3 Sastre: Jaenera "Ecos y temple" (Live) 06:28
• César Franck (1822 - 1890): Piano Quintet in F Minor, FWV 7:
• 4 Franck: Piano Quintet in F Minor, FWV 7: I. Molto moderato quasi lento (Live) 15:46
• 5 Franck: Piano Quintet in F Minor, FWV 7: II. Lento, con molto sentimento (Live) 11:08
• 6 Franck: Piano Quintet in F Minor, FWV 7: III. Allegro non troppo, ma con fuoco (Live) 09:21
• Total Runtime 01:03:22

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Alexander Koryakin, winner of the 2019 Jaén Prize International Piano Competition, has selected two perfectly paired masterpieces for his first Naxos recording. Liszt’s Vallée d’Obermann is inspired by his travels in Switzerland, and is a true symphonic poem for piano. Franck’s Piano Quintet in F minor, which Liszt himself found shockingly intense, is a cyclical work of passionate extremes, and a masterpiece of Franco-Belgian repertoire. Also included are Debussy’s L’Isle joyeuse, which offers crystalline brightness, and Jorge Sastre’s Jaenera ‘Ecos y temple’, with virtuoso expression drawing on a wide range of influences. Alexander Koryakin began playing piano at the age of nine, gave his first recital at the age of ten and at eleven won his first competition. Over the course of his career, Koryakin has given over 500 recitals throughout Russia and Europe, including appearances at the Piano Loop Festival in Croatia and Gegen den Strom Festival in Germany.

Alexander Koryakin, piano

Alexander Koryakin
Born in Yakutsk, Sacha Rupublic of Russia, Alexander Koriakin started his piano lessons at the age of 9. His first teacher, Elizaveta Evseeva recognized the great talent of Alexander prepared him in two years for public concerts.

One year later Alexander started to winn competitions and entered the Yakutsk Conservatory. From 2001-2006 Alexander has won international competitions in Lithuania and Denmark.

From 2006-2012 Alexander Koriakin studied at the Moscow State Gnessin Music Academy in the class of professor Vera Nossina at which time he has won the “Vladimir Horowitz Competition” in Kiev, “Concours international de piano Les nuits pianistiques” in Aix-en-Provence, “Benditski” Competition in Saratov and “Emil Gilels” Compeittion in Odessa.

The concert geography of Alexander Koriakin covers from Ukraine, Lithuania to France, Portugal

And Russia. Among other venues also at the Great Hall of the Moscow Concervatory, as well as in UNESCO Hall in Paris, Mozart Hall of the Frankfurter Alte Oper and Teatro Municipal Baltazar Dias in Funchal. He also performed with the Yaroslavl and Saratov symphony orchestras.

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