Rudin/ Kusnezow - Edison Denisov, Claude Debussy, Dmitri Shostakovich, Sergei Prokofiev, Modest Mussorgsky, Fedor Rudin (arranger): Herita

On this fascinating new release, violinist Fedor Rudin and pianist Boris Kusnezow perform works by mid-20th-century Russian composers Edison Denisov, Dmitri Shostakovich and Sergei Prokofiev, including previously unpublished music. French-Russian violinist Fedor Rudin explores and pays tribute to his heritage via this rich collection of works, including his own arrangement of Denisov�s orchestration of Debussy�s �Prelude and Duo�, which comes from Debussy�s unfinished opera, Rodrigue et Chim�ne. Other gems include Denisov�s rarely-heard Three concert pieces for violin and piano (1958), and his previously unpublished Sonatina (1972), which marks a return to his melodic youth after the musically experimental interim years. Those years are represented here by Denisov�s dodecaphonic Sonata (1963). We also hear an unfinished Sonata by Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff�s arrangement of Mussorgsky�s �Hopak� from his opera Sorochinsky Fair, and Prokofiev�s unusually theatrical Violin Sonata No. 1.