24 Preludes Stanislav Khristenko

• Louis Couperin (ca. 1626 - 1661): Prelude in F Major:
• 1 Couperin: Prelude in F Major 02:21
• George Frideric Handel (1685 - 1759): Suite No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor, HWV 431:
• 2 Handel: Suite No. 6 in F-Sharp Minor, HWV 431: Prelude 01:32
• Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764): Premier livre de pièces de clavecin, RCT 1: Suite in A Minor:
• 3 Rameau: Premier livre de pièces de clavecin, RCT 1: Suite in A Minor: I. Prelude 02:06
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750): Little Prelude in C Minor, BWV 934:
• 4 Bach: Little Prelude in C Minor, BWV 934 01:49
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791): Prelude in C Major, K. 395:
• 5 Mozart: Prelude in C Major, K. 395 03:16
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827): 2 Preludes, Op. 39 in C Major:
• 6 Beethoven: 2 Preludes, Op. 39 in C Major: No. 1 in C Major 03:21
• Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907): Holberg Suite, Op. 40: I. Prelude:
• 7 Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40: I. Prelude: I. Prelude. Allegro vivace 02:19
• Karol Szymanowski (1882 - 1937): 9 Preludes, Op. 1:
• 8 Szymanowski: 9 Preludes, Op. 1: No. 2 in D Minor 02:21
• Isaac Albéniz (1860 - 1909): Chants d'Espagne, Op. 232:
• 9 Albéniz: Chants d'Espagne, Op. 232: I. Prelude 05:58
• Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915): Prelude & Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9:
• 10 Scriabin: Prelude & Nocturne for the Left Hand, Op. 9: I. Prelude 02:46
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918): Suite bergamasque, L. 75:
• 11 Debussy: Suite bergamasque, L. 75: I. Prelude 03:50
• Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849): Preludes, Op. 28:
• 12 Chopin: Preludes, Op. 28: No. 16 in B-Flat Minor. Presto con fuoco, B. 107 01:08
• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943): 10 Preludes, Op. 23:
• 13 Rachmaninoff: 10 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 5 in G Minor. Alla marcia 04:16
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude & Fughetta in E Minor, BWV 855a:
• 14 Bach: Prelude & Fughetta in E Minor, BWV 855a: I. Prelude (Arr. for Piano, Transposed to B Minor by Alexander Siloti) 02:58
• Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953): 10 Piano Pieces, Op. 12:
• 15 Prokofiev: 10 Piano Pieces, Op. 12: No. 7, Prelude 02:14
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937): Prelude in A Minor, M. 65:
• 16 Ravel: Prelude in A Minor, M. 65 01:27
• Nikolai Kapustin (1937 - 2020): 24 Preludes, Op. 53:
• 17 Kapustin: 24 Preludes, Op. 53: No. 17 in A-Flat Major 01:43
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937): 3 Preludes:
• 18 Gershwin: 3 Preludes: No. 1 in B-Flat Major 01:34
• Maxim Shalygin (b. 1985): 9 Preludes:
• 19 Shalygin: 9 Preludes: Prelude IV 06:04
• Leonid Desyatnikov (b. 1955): Prelude No. 5 "Sincopado":
• 20 Desyatnikov: Prelude No. 5 "Sincopado" 01:21
• Fabian Beltran: Songs of Bukovina:
• 21 Beltran: Songs of Bukovina: No. 4, Oh, Petrivochka a Night So Short 01:57
• John Corigliano (b. 1938): Prelude for Paul:
• 22 Corigliano: Prelude for Paul 04:18
• Tian Zhou (b. 1981): Prelude:
• 23 Zhou: Prelude 07:31
• Carl Vine (b. 1954): The Anne Landa Preludes:
• 24 Vine: The Anne Landa Preludes: No. 3, Thumper 02:11
• Total Runtime 01:10:21

Info for 24 Preludes

In his program notes for the album Khristenko writes: The prelude, originally an improvisatory form, evolved into a standalone genre over the course of music history. While it was often used to introduce larger works, composers increasingly began to treat preludes as self-sufficient pieces, allowing for the expression of a wide range of musical ideas and characters. The concept of writing a set of 24 preludes—covering all major and minor keys—was popularized by J.S. Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier and later expanded upon by composers such as Chopin, Scriabin, and Rachmaninov, among many others.

This program brings together preludes by various composers from different centuries, creating a kind of time travel through the genre’s evolution and the broader history of keyboard music. – Stanislav Khristenko

“Mr. Khristenko plays with thoughtful lucidity and restraint …suave…flowing and sensitive” - New York Times

“Khristenko’s playing offers suitably cool clarity; he articulates lines for melodic eloquence even when that melodic quality is not obvious, and maintains an admirable lightness of touch.” - ClassicalMusic.com

Stanislav Khristenko, piano, Steinway Model D

Stanislav Khristenko
performances have captivated audiences on four continents since his first solo recital at the age of 11 at the Kharkiv Philharmonic Hall in Ukraine. A “poet of piano” (Le Soir, Belgium), Mr. Khristenko has been praised for his emotional intensity, charismatic expression, “pallette of touches”, “solid” and “precise” technique by The New York Times, The Washington Post and Miami Herald (USA); The Gramophone and BBC Music Magazine (UK) and El Pais (Spain).

As a concert pianist, Stanislav Khristenko received prizes at over 30 international piano competitions including Cleveland International Piano Competition, Maria Canals International Piano Competition and Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition. His recordings were released on Steinway&Sons, Naxos, Oehms, Toccata Classics and recording labels. Mr. Khristenko has appeared as a piano soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, Phoenix, Puerto Rico and Richmond Symphonies, National Orchestra of Belgium, Bilbao, Madrid and Tenerife Symphony Orchestras, Liege Royal Philharmonic, and Suwon Philharmonic Orchestra, among others. His performance highlights include solo recitals at Carnegie Hall, Vienna Konzerthaus, Palais de Beaux-Arts in Brussels, as well as performances with orchestras in The Berlin Philharmonie, Seoul Arts Center, Moscow Conservatory Great Hall, and Hong Kong City Hall. Stanislav Khristenko is a Steinway Artist.

An accomplished and internationally recognized concert pianist, Stanislav Khristenko recently has launched a second career as a conductor. In this role Stanislav Khristenko has appeared with orchestras in Ukraine, including Kyiv Soloists National Chamber Orchestra, Kharkiv Opera Orchestra; as well as Fargo-Moorhead Symphony, Concordia Symphony (USA), Moravian Philharmonic (Czech Republic) and Kammerphilharmonie Graz (Austria). He has taken part in a number of conducting workshops in the United States, Austria, and Czech Republic. Mr. Khristenko received Postgraduate Artistic Training Diploma in conducting from The Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw (Poland). In the summer of 2016 Stanislav Khristenko has won a Second prize at the Kammerphilharmonie Graz Conducting Competition. Mr. Khristenko is the founder and Music Director of the KharkivMusicFest and Nova Sinfonietta Chamber Orchestra in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

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