Reminiscenza Ludmilla Berlinskaia

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109:
• 1 I. Vivace ma non troppo 04:01
• 2 II. Prestissimo 02:06
• 3 III. Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo 12:23
• Forgotten Melodies, Op. 38:
• 4 No. 1. Sonata reminiscenza 13:40
• Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856): Kreisleriana, Op. 16:
• 5 I. Äußerst bewegt 02:17
• 6 II. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch 08:38
• 7 III. Sehr aufgeregt 04:46
• 8 IV. Sehr langsam 04:11
• 9 V. Sehr lebhaft 03:06
• 10 VI. Sehr langsam 04:05
• 11 VII. Sehr rasch 02:13
• 12 VIII. Schnell und spielend 03:57
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937): Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61 (Version for Piano):
• 13 I. Modéré, très franc 01:23
• 14 II. Assez lent, avec une expression intense 01:57
• 15 III. Modéré 01:24
• 16 IV. Assez animé 01:22
• 17 V. Presque lent, dans un sentiment intime 01:06
• 18 VI. Vif 00:32
• 19 VII. Moins vif 02:32
• 20 VIII. Epilogue: Lent 03:51
• Total Runtime 01:19:30

Info for Reminiscenza

Firma Melodiya presents the album Reminiscenza recorded by the Russian pianist Ludmila Berlinskaya. A representative of the outstanding musical dynasty and ensemble partner of Sviatoslav Richter, Mstislav Rostropovich, Yuri Bashmet, Viktor Tretiakov and many other great musicians of the previous and current centuries, Ludmila Berlinskaya does not fit in with the habitual confines of a concert pianist. She is both an ensemble and solo performer. This album is a sort of personal confession. The pianist titled it Reminiscenza not only after Nikolai Medtner’s sonata of the same name, but also because all the compositions on it were particularly dear to her and played an important part in her life. Beethoven’s enigmatic thirtieth sonata dedicated to the daughter of his “Immortal Beloved” Antonie Brentano; Schumann’s restless and impetuous Kreisleriana inspired with the images of Hoffmann’s fantasy and the composer’s passionate love for Clara Wieck; Ravel’s refined and a bit ironic Noble and Sentimental Waltzes; and Medtner’s intimate and lyric Sonata-reminiscenza, which the composer considered his “true creative success” – all these works united through the spirit of romantic dream sound in an amazingly delicate way, in an atmosphere of nostalgic melancholy. “Each of the four compositions on this disc ends in a pianissimo not to scare the Reminiscences away” the pianist said. The album was recorded in the summer of 2017 at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory.

Ludmilla Berlinskaia, piano

Ludmilla Berlinskaia
“Honoured Artist of Russia”, Soloist of the Moscow Philharmonic, first prize winner at every international competition she participated in, Ludmila Berlinskaia played on the most prestigious stages in the world, including the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, Wigmore Hall, the Barbican and the Royal Albert Hall in London, la Fenice in Venice, the Royal Academy of Brussels, the National Auditorium in Madrid, the City Hall of Hong Kong, St. Petersburg Philharmony and all major halls of Moscow, where she grew up.

She is regularly invited to prestigious festivals such as La Roque d’Anthéron, Colmar, Auvers sur Oise, Aix en Provence, Evian, Kuhmo, Edinburgh, Aldeburgh, Orlando, Stavanger, Portogruaro Festivals etc.

She is a highly sought-after chamber music performer. Her partners include Mstislav Rostropovich, Yuri Bashmet, Viktor Tretyakov, Alexander Knyazev, Paul Meyer, Gerard Causse, Ivry Gitlis, Gautier Capuçon, Jean-Jacques Kantorow Henry Demarquette, Alain Meunier, François-René Duchâble, and nearly a thousand concerts in quintet with the Borodin, Orlando, Fine Arts, Ardeo, Danel, St. Petersburg Quartets etc..

Raised among the Soviet cultural elite, her father being the cellist Valentin Berlinsky, founder of the legendary Borodin Quartet, Ludmila Berlinskaia brilliantly completed her studies at the Gnessine Institute and the Moscow Conservatory.

She especially enjoyed a unique environment in the midst of the greatest artists. Immersed since childhood in the music of Shostakovich, she is now considered one of its finest performers. She plays all over the world his entire chamber music repertoire with piano, including rare and unpublished works.

Above all, she was fortunate to be part of a close circle around the pianist Sviatoslav Richter. She had the privilege to play with him, to replace him for his own production of Benjamin Britten’s Turn of the Screw and to benefit from his attentive guidance to her artistic freedom.

Ludmila Berlinskaia has recorded several albums of works by Rachmaninov, Glinka, Schnittke, Mendelssohn, Janacek, Strauss and Tchaikovsky with Virgin Classics and Saphir Productions.

This album contains no booklet.