Boris Tchaikovsky: Piano Quintet & The War Suite Olga Solovieva

• 1 I. Moderato 11:02
• 2 II. Allegro - Largo 08:40
• 3 III. Allegro 05:14
• 4 IV. Adagio 11:38
• 5 I. Waltz (Farewell) 04:38
• 6 II. The Night Breakthrough (The High Road) 02:22
• 7 III. The Road 03:12
• 8 IV. Waltz Theme for Solo Clarinet (The Trench) 02:14
• 9 V. Tanks 02:40
• 10 VI. Mournful Waltz (Conclusion) 02:44
• 11 VII. Country House 03:09
• 12 VIII. The Swamp 02:21
• 13 IX. Divarication 01:27
• 14 X. The Battle 03:37
• 15 XI. Finale (Appointment) 01:50
• Total Runtime 01:06:48

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Boris Tchaikovsky is revered in Russian musical circles as one of the most original and innovative composers of the post-Shostakovich generation. A work of great depth and beauty, the Piano Quintet is considered his finest chamber work and a stylistic milestone which would influence aspects of the later Piano Concerto (8.557727). Based on a the score for the 1964 film While the Front is in Defence, The War Suite is an evocative portrayal of the horrors of battle, but also of heroism, friendship and lost love, at the Volkhov Front, south east of Leningrad, during the winter of 1942.

„I consider him to be a genius, whose contribution to the cello repertoire has yet to be sufficiently appreciated. I remember that after the first performance of his Cello Concerto Shostakovich declared his intention of uncovering the secret of the work's "unearthly beauty". Boris' modest nature would prevent him from ever showing off or advertising himself, and I do not think that sharing a surname with the illustrious Pyotr has helped him either. Nevertheless, I do think that one day people will come to know that two great Russian composers bore the same name.“ (Mstislav Rostropovich)

Olga Solovieva, piano (on tracks 1-4)
Maxim Anisimov, clarinet (on tracks 5, 8, 11, 15)
The Vanbrugh Quartet:
Gregory Ellis, violin (on tracks 1,-7, 9-15)
Keith Pascoe, violin (on tracks 5-7, 9-11)
Ioana Petcu-Colan, violin (on tracks 1-4)
Simon Aspell, viola (on tracks 1-7, 9-15)
Christopher Marwood, cello (on tracks 1-7, 9-15)

Recorded at Studio 1 of the Russian State TV & Radio Company KULTURA, Moscow, on 11th October, 2012 (tracks 5-15),
and at Mosfilm Ton-Studios, Moscow, on 31st October, 2013 (tracks 1-4)
Produced, engineered and edited by Ilya Dontsov

Olga Solovieva
was born in Moscow. She graduated from the Gnessin Academy of Music and took there a post-graduate course (chamber ensemble) as an assistant to Professor Leonid Blok.

Olga is a prize-winner of the II Taneyev All-Russian Chamber Music Competition, and a finalist of the 20th International Chamber Music Competition in Trapani, Italy. At the XII Tchaikovsky International Competition (Moscow, 2002) she won a special prize and the “Best Accompanist” diploma. She is The Boris Tchaikovsky Award winner (2010).

In June 2019 Olga became the Winner of The Global Music Awards (Silver Medal) in nominations "duo" (with Dmitrii Khrychev) and "album" for the CD with 19th Century Russian music for cello.

For her musical achievements in May 2019 Olga Solovieva was awarded by Russian public award "For the Contribution to the development of the Musical Art" and received the Glinka medal.

Olga Solovieva has participated, as soloist and member of chamber ensembles, in various festivals, including very prestigious as West Cork Chamber Music Festival in Bantry (Ireland), Festival of Russian Chamber Music in Ghent and Festival der Voorkempen in Schilde (Belgium), Rariteiten der Klaviermusik Festival in Husum (Germany), “Northern Flowers” in St.Petersburg, 26th,27th & 29th Lyadov Arts Festivals in Borovich, Irish-Russian Chamber Music Festivals "From John Field to 21 Century" in Moscow Kremlin (2012-2013), and “Musical Assemblies” in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (Russia). She has toured cities of Russia, Belgium, Ireland, France, Lithuania, and Brazil, with chamber, solo and orchestral performances, including such venues as Moscow Kremlin, Moscow Conservatory, Sala Sao Paulo. Among the distinguished partners with whom Olga Solovieva has performed in chamber ensembles are The Vanbrugh Quartet, Auryn Quartet, Vilnius String Quartet, Roel Dieltiens (cello), Alexander Rudin (cello), Dmitrii Khrychev (cello), William Dowdall (flute), Haik Kazazyan (violin), Tai Murray (violin), Fanny Clamagirand (violin), Julian Bliss (clarinet), Herve Joulain (horn), Ivan Podyomov (oboe), Peter Whelan (bassoon). She performed as a soloists with such orchestras as Sao Paulo University Symphony Orchestra (OSUSP), Musica Viva Chamber Orchestra, Russian Academy of Music Chamber Orchestra, with famous conductors Alexander Rudin, Wagner Polistchuk, Timur Mynbaev, among others.

Recordings of opuses by Boris Tchaikovsky, Vissarion Shebalin, Herman Galynin, Anatoly Lyadov, Sergey Taneyev, the 19th Russian composers (Peter Tchaikovsky, Anton Arensky, Karl Davidov, Konstantin Liadov) performed by Olga Solovieva have been released by Naxos, Grand Piano, Toccata Classics, Albany Records, and Northern Flowers labels. Olga also made several live-recordings for radio in Ireland and Brazil. These achievements were highly appreciated in publications of such magazines as Gramophone, American Record Guide, International Record Review, Fanfare, Opus, Tempo, and in the British newspaper The Guardian.

One of Olga's CD (the chamber music of Boris Tchaikovsky) was nominated to the prestigious International Classical Music Awards-2019. Olga Solovieva teaches the Chamber Ensemble at the Gnessins College of Music, Moscow, and regularly has given master classes in Russia, Belgium and Ireland.

In 2015 Olga Solovieva worked as a jury member at 9th Moscow open Lyadov Festival.

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