Michal Kanka & Miguel Borges Coelho - Alexander Tcherepnin: Complete works for Cello and Piano (2012)

The famous Russian pianist-composer, who became an American citizen in 1958, was as well known in 1930s Paris as Stravinsky and heir to a number of Slav cultures in Europe and Asia. In the course of long visits, he also analysed the music of the Far East (China, Japan, Korea...), endeavouring to find a common language in the various folklores he discovered. Myriad one-page blochki ('little fleas') as well as 6 piano concertos, 4 symphonies, 3 operas, cantatas, choruses, songs, etc. offer up a surprising literature, and for cello and keyboard, a vivid, virtuosic repertoire, authenticated by its folk sources.