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Dmitry Paperno: Through the Years

Dmitry Paperno


Dmitry Paperno, a major Soviet-era pianist, is heard on a valedictory recording released in honor of his seventy-fifth birthday. Through the Years, Paperno’s seventh CD for Cedille Records, is a 2001 studio recording comprising 17 familiar and less-familiar pieces from the Baroque era to the mid-twentieth century.

Through the Years refers not only to the broad swath of music history represented on the program but also to the timeline of Paperno’s career. Paperno, who emigrated to the U.S. in 1976, says he had been playing the Scarlatti, Beethoven, and Scriabin pieces since his days in the Soviet Union. Many pieces on the new CD entered his repertoire late in his career, during the decade leading up to the recording. Paperno says he is particularly pleased to share the lesser-known works on the CD, such as the Grieg an Rameau, and the piano transcriptions, which he calls “pearls and gems.”

Preview Excerpts

JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)

1
Sinfonia No. 2 in C minor, BWV 788 (c.1720) (2:13)

JEAN PHILIPPE RAMEAU (1683-1764)

2
Le rappel des oiseaux (Bird Calls) (publ. 1724) (2:18)

DOMENICO SCARLATTI (1685-1757)

3
Sonata in C minor (L. 352) (2:48)

LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN (1770-1827)

4
Andante in F major, "Andante favori," Wo0 57 (1803/publ.1805) (9:03)

ROBERT SCHUMANN (1810-1856)

5
Intermezzo in D minor, Op. 4, No. 5 (1832) (4:17)

FREDERIC CHOPIN (1810-1849) / FRANZ LISZT (1811-1886)

6
Song: "Moja pieszczotka" ("My Darling"), Op. 74, No. 12 (1837/publ. 1859) (3:26)

FRANZ LISZT

7
Sonetto del Petrarca No. 104 (Pace non trovo) (6:20)

EDVARD GRIEG (1843-1907)

8
"From Early Years" Lyric Pieces (1867-1891), Op. 65, No. 1 ( 5:17)

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)

9
"Hommage a Rameau," No. 2 from Images, Series 1 (1901-5/publ. 1905) (6:59)

GOTTLIEB MUFFAT (1690-1770) / BELA BARTOK (1881-1945)

10
Fugue in G minor (transcr. c.1926) (3:16)

JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU / LEOPOLD GODOWSKY (1870-1938)

11
Elegy (Deux gigues) (4:23)

ISAAC ALBENIZ (1860-1909) / LEOPOLD GODOWSKY

12
Tango, from Espana, Op. 165, No. 2 (1890) (2:48)

ALEXANDER BORODIN (1833-1887)

13
"In a Monastery," No. 1 from Petite Suite (c. 1885) (4:40)

PETER TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)

14
"Dialogue," Op. 72, No. 8 (1893) (3:17)

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN (1872-1915)

Two Poems, Op. 32

(1903) (4:46)

15
No. 1 in F-sharp major (3:10)
16
No. 2 in D major (1:35)

RODION SHCHEDRIN (b. 1932)

17
Humoresque (1962) (2:20)

from French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816 (c.1722)

18
Sarabande (5:12)

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What the Critics Are Saying



“The first words that came to my mind after listening to these lovely miniature pieces were ‘modest, unassuming, profound.’ …Grab this CD, because you’re not going to have these kinds of venerable masters around forever. Highly recommended.”

“It is a treat to hear him now on a beautifully engineered disc…. For those as yet unacquainted with Paperno’s performances, this makes a fine introduction.”

St. Louis Post Dispatch (www.stltoday.com)

Through the Years remains one of the most satisfying piano recitals you can find…easy, casual, cultivated, and perfectly charming.”

John J. Puccio Classical Candor

Program Notes

Download Album Booklet

Through the Years

Notes by Raymond Tipper

[1] Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750)

Album Details

Total Time: 74:47

Produced by Dmitry Paperno and James Ginsburg
Engineer: Bill Maylone
Recorded: May 1 & 2, 2001 at WFMT, Chicago
Graphic Design: Melanie Germond
Cover Photo: Art Wolfe © The Image Bank
Microphones:
Sennheiser MKH 40, Schoeps MK 21

© 2004 Cedille Records/Cedille Chicago

CDR 90000 074