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Performers

Who knows how a piece should sound better than its composer?
Galina Ustvolskaya waited for a long time for her ideal performer. Her patience finally rewarded her, and she eventually heard her music played in the way she herself heard it. The composer's preferred performers of her music were Anatoly Vedernikov (pianist), Reinbert de Leeuw (pianist, conductor, composer), Frank Denyer (pianist, composer), Markus Hinterhäuser (pianist), Alexei Lyubimov (pianist), Vera Beths (violinist), Ivan Sokolov (pianist), Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist), David Arden (pianist), Kirill Rybakov (clarinettist), Àlexander Trostyansky (violinist), Alexander Rudin (cellist).


Recordings

The composer’s preferred recordings of her music were:

  1. Sonata № 2 (Anatoly Vedernikov)
    TEICHIKU TECC-28170 CD JAPAN
    CLASSOUND 002-043 CD RUSSIA

  2. Six Sonatas (Frank Denyer)
    CONIFER CD 75605 51262 2 UK

  3. Six Sonatas (Markus Hinterhäuser)
    COL LEGNO WWE 20019 CD GERMANY

  4. Six Sonatas and 12 Preludes (Ivan Sokolov)
    TRITON DMCC-35001/2 CD JAPAN

  5. 12 Preludes (David Arden)
    KOCH 3-7301-2 CD USA

  6. Sonata № 5, Duet for piano and violin (Reinbert de Leeuw, V. Beths, H. de Boer)
    HAT ART 6115 CD SWITZERLAND

  7. Trio (The Barton Workshop)
    ETCETERA KTC1170 CD GERMANY

  8. Trio (Alexei Lubimov, Alexander Trostiansky, Kirill Rybakov)
    ECM NEW SERIES 1959 4763108 CD GERMANY

  9. Concerto for piano, string orchestra and timpani (Alexei Lyubimov, Heinrich Schiff)
    ERATO 0630 12 709-2 CD GERMANY
    APEX 2564 60491 2 CD UK

  10. Octet (Schönberg Ensemble, R. de Leeuw)
    Violin Sonata (V. Beths, R. de Leeuw)
    ETCETERA KTC 9000-CD 16 HOLLAND

  11. Grand Duet for piano and cello (M. Rostropovich, A. Lyubimov)
    EMI 572016-2 CD UK

  12. Three compositions (Schönberg Ensemble, R. de Leeuw)
    PHILIPS 442532-2 CD HOLLAND

  13. Symphony № 1 (conducted by Valery Gergiev)
    NOT PUBLISHED

  14. Symphony № 2 (Dutch Radio Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by R. de Leeuw, voice by Dmitry Lîgatchiev)
    VPRO DVD HOLLAND

  15. Symphony № 5 (London Musici directed by Mark Stephenson, reciter — Sergei Leiferkus)
    CONIFER 75605 51 194-2 CD UK
    BMG CATALYST RCA RED SEAL 82876 654545 2 CD UK

  16. Suite for orchestra (conducted by Arvid Jansons)
    NOT PUBLISHED

  17. Poem № 1 for orchestra (conducted by Arvid Jansons)
    AKKORD D-010306 LP USSR

See also the full list of all the recordings compiled by J.J. de Boer in MS Excel format (December 2011).



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