Troika Matt Haimovitz, Christopher O'Riley

• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975): Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra:
• 1 Suite for Variety Stage Orchestra: VII. Waltz No. 2 (Arr. M. Haimovitz & C. O'Riley for Cello & Piano) 03:53
• Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40:
• 2 Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40: I. Allegro non troppo 12:52
• 3 Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40: II. Allegro 03:19
• 4 Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40: III. Largo 08:40
• 5 Cello Sonata in D Minor, Op. 40: IV. Allegro 04:07
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953): Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60:
• 6 Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60: IV. Troika (Arr. M. Haimovitz & C. O'Riley for Cello & Piano) 03:03
• Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 119:
• 7 Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 119: I. Andante grave 10:46
• 8 Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 119: II. Moderato 04:48
• 9 Cello Sonata in C Major, Op. 119: III. Allegro ma non troppo 07:43
• 10 Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: I. Lento - Allegro moderato 13:31
• 11 Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: II. Allegro scherzando 06:46
• 12 Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: III. Andante 05:41
• 13 Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: IV. Allegro mosso 10:17
• Sergei Rachmaninoff: 14 Romances, Op. 34:
• 14 14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise (Arr. for Cello & Piano) 06:12
• Viktor Tsoi (1962 - 1990): Kukushka:
• 15 Kukushka (Arr. M. Haimovitz & C. O'Riley for Cello & Piano) 04:42
• Punk Prayer "Virgin Mary, Put Putin Away":
• 16 Punk Prayer "Virgin Mary, Put Putin Away" (Arr. M. Haimovitz & C. O'Riley for Cello & Piano) 02:51
• John Lennon: (1940 - 1980) & Paul McCartney: (1942 - ): Back in the U.S.S.R.:
• 17 Back in the U.S.S.R. (Arr. M. Haimovitz & C. O'Riley for Cello & Piano) 03:08
• Total Runtime 01:52:19

Info zu Troika

Acclaimed for their adventurous and wide-ranging recording projects – from Beethoven Sonatas on period instruments to genre-bending arrangements of Radiohead and Arcade Fire – the endlessly inventive duo of cellist Matt Haimovitz and pianist Christopher O'Riley returns to explore music of the Slavic soul. Anchored by the cello sonatas of the iconic triumvirate of Russian composers – Rachmaninoff, Prokofiev, and Shostakovich – and inspired by the subversive irony of Shostakovich's Sonata for Cello and Piano, TROIKA also delves into more recently-written, unexpected, and popular works. Whether subtle or blatantly rebellious, each work potently reveals the strength of the artistic voice in the face of political repression in mother Russia.

“With our cover of Pussy Riot’s Punk Prayer, we celebrate the band’s courage and the spirit of protest in an age of Orwellian intimidation. In the opening and closing chorales, I use a glass slide on the strings as I pluck with the right for an eerie theremin-like effect. The grunge punk distortion in the bass is also acoustically achieved with a styrofoam cup smashed behind the cello’s bridge. The traditional three-horse-drawn troika moved across the Russian landscape with its own elaborate system of bells and whistles, used to herald its arrival to the coming town. Here, the composers and songwriters of TROIKA, each in their own way, use the power of their voices to warn and to cajole, to resist and to remember” (Matt Haimovitz)

Matt Haimovitz, cello
Christopher O'Riley, piano

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