Sentiment Alexandra Ivanova

• Louis Couperin (1626 - 1661):
• 1 Couperin: Prélude non mesuré in F Major, G. 13 02:38
• Anita Mieze (b. 1980):
• 2 Mieze: Sentiment No. 1 03:28
• Jacques Duphly (1715 - 1789):
• 3 Duphly: Pièces pour clavecin, Book 3 (Excerpts): No. 4, La Forquere 06:32
• 4 Duphly: Pièces pour clavecin, Book 3 (Excerpts): No. 6, Médée 04:32
• 5 Duphly: Pièces pour clavecin, Book 3 (Excerpts): No. 5, Chaconne 07:22
• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764):
• 6 Rameau: Suite in D Major, RCT 3: VI. L'entretien des muses 05:47
• Jacques Duphly:
• 7 Duphly: Pièces pour clavecin, Book 3 (Excerpts): No. 7, Les grâces 06:45
• 8 Duphly: Pièces pour clavecin, Book 3 (Excerpts): No. 8, La de Belombre 04:00
• Jean-Philippe Rameau:
• 9 Rameau: Suite in A Minor, RCT 5: VII. Gavotte et 6 doubles 08:41
• Anita Mieze:
• 10 Mieze: Sentiment No. 2 01:24
• Louis Couperin:
• 11 Couperin: Chaconne in F Major, G. 78 02:41
• Jacques Duphly:
• 12 Duphly: Pièces pour clavecin, Book 2: No. 3, La Félix 03:12
• 13 Duphly: Pièces pour clavecin, Book 1: No. 13, Rondeau 02:23
• Joseph Nicolas Pancrace Royer (1705 - 1755):
• 14 Royer: Premier livre de pièces de clavecin (Excerpts): No. 4, Premier et deuxième tambourins, suite des Matelots 01:41
• 15 Royer: Premier livre de pièces de clavecin (Excerpts): No. 6, L'aimable 04:17
• 16 Royer: Premier livre de pièces de clavecin (Excerpts): No. 11, Le vertigo 05:52
• Anita Mieze:
• 17 Mieze: Ansichtskarte 05:42
• Louis Couperin:
• 18 Couperin: Tombeau de Monsieur Blancrocher, G. 81 05:02
• Total Runtime 01:21:59

Info for Sentiment

Listening to Alexandra Ivanova's debut CD with GENUIN, we are able to experience the very essence of the harpsichord! The Russian pianist and harpsichordist presents herself in a juxtaposition of contemporary and early music that creates exciting reflections: the new seems familiar, while old seems excitingly new. Ivanova combines Couperin, Rameau, Duphly, and Royer with works by the Latvian composer Anita Mieze, born in 1980. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the associations between feeling and reason not only occupied the minds of French philosophers but also of great musicians: This extraordinarily sonorous CD revolves around these poles of baroque music and how they are reflected in modernity.

Alexandra Ivanova, harpsichord

Alexandra Ivanova
was born on Lake Baikal, Russia. She started piano lessons at the age of five and made her debut with the Irkutsk Philharmonic Orchestra at the age of eight. She studied piano, historical keyboard instruments, and chamber music at the Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory with Yury Martynov, Olga Martynova, and Vyacheslav Poprugin, among other teachers. She completed her concert diploma in 2007 with distinction.

While pursuing postgraduate studies at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory with Alexei Lyubimov, she simultaneously began working toward a master’s degree at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis, where she studied harpsichord, basso continuo, ensemble direction, and forte-piano with Jesper Bøje Christensen, as well as improvisation with Rudolf Lutz. She graduated with honors in 2012 and started working as an accompanist on harpsichord, organ, and fortepiano at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis and the Basel Academy of Music.

From 2007 to 2012, Ivanova was a Swiss Federal Scholarship Holder (ESKAS) as well as a scholarship holder of the City of Basel and the Basel Academy of Music. She also received the Prix Collard and scholarships from the Kiefer Hablitzel Foundation and the Rahn Kulturfonds Zurich. Having taken part in numerous master classes and concert projects, Ivanova has collaborated with and been inspired by some of the leading artists in today’s (early) music scene such as Pierre Hantaï, Kristian Bezuidenhout, Andreas Scholl, Sara Mingardo, and Margreet Honig among others.

As a versatile keyboard artist, Ivanova appears regularly in Europe and Russia on the harpsichord, piano, and fortepiano, performing as a soloist as well as chamber music and continuo player in several ensembles and orchestras. Her repertoire encompasses music from more than four centuries, from the early Baroque era to works by contemporary composers. She may be heard in numerous recordings which have been broadcast on radio programs in Russia, Italy, Germany, and Switzerland. Her discography includes an album recorded with the violinist Anaïs Chen in 2018 of J. S. Bach’s complete sonatas for harpsichord obbligato and violin.

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