The Well Tempered Koshkin

On this CD:

1. The Elves, suite for guitar
Composed by Nikita Koshkin
Performed by Nikita Koshkin

2. Parade, for guitar
Composed by Nikita Koshkin
Performed by Nikita Koshkin

3. Three Stations on One Road, for guitar
Composed by Nikita Koshkin
Performed by Nikita Koshkin

4. The Ballads, suite for guitar
Composed by Nikita Koshkin
Performed by Nikita Koshkin

5. Marionette, for 2 guitars
Composed by Nikita Koshkin
Performed by Nikita Koshkin, Frank Koonce

6. Elegy, for 2 guitars
Composed by Nikita Koshkin
Performed by Nikita Koshkin, Frank Koonce

7. They Are Approaching, for 2 guitars
Composed by Nikita Koshkin
Performed by Nikita Koshkin, Frank Koonce

8. Romance, for guitar
Composed by Nikita Koshkin
Performed by Nikita Koshkin

9. Cambridge Suite, for 2 guitars
Composed by Nikita Koshkin
Performed by Nikita Koshkin, Frank Koonce

10. Let's Play Together, for 3 guitars
Composed by Nikita Koshkin
Performed by Nikita Koshkin, Frank Koonce

The Well Tempered Koshkin, Music, Nikita Koshkin, Frank Koonce, Nikita Koshkin, Chamber, Chamber Music, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music
The Well Tempered Koshkin
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Frothy but still solid music
 The Well Tempered Koshkin

Manufacturer: Soundset Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
Similar Items:
  1. The Prince's Toys
  2. The Prince's Toys, etc.
  3. Elena Papandreou plays Ronad Dyens
  4. Agustín Barrios: Guitar Music, Vol. 2

ASIN: B000056T90
Release Date: 2001-01-30

Tracks:

  1. The Elves: Ste: Gavotta
  2. The Elves: Ste: Valse
  3. The Elves: Ste: March
  4. The Elves: Ste: Melody
  5. The Elves: Ste: Galop
  6. Parade
  7. Three Stations On One Road
  8. The Ballads: Ste: 1. Allegretto
  9. The Ballads: Ste: 2. Moderato
  10. The Ballads: Ste: 3. Con Molto
  11. The Ballads: Ste: 4. Adagio Molto
  12. The Ballads: Ste: 5. Moderato
  13. Marionette - Nikita Koshkin/Frank Koonce
  14. Elegy - Nikita Koshkin/Frank Koonce
  15. They Are Approaching - Nikita Koshkin/Frank Koonce
  16. Romance
  17. Cambridge Ste: Lullaby - Frank Koonce/Nikita Koshkin
  18. Cambridge Ste: Tennis Waltz - Frank Koonce/Nikita Koshkin
  19. Cambridge Ste: Ragtime - Frank Koonce/Nikita Koshkin
  20. Cambridge Ste: Ballad - Frank Koonce/Nikita Koshkin
  21. Cambridge Ste: Humoresque - Frank Koonce/Nikita Koshkin
  22. Let's Play Together - Frank Koonce/Judicael Perroy/Nikita Koshkin

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Frothy but still solid music.......2003-06-14

Those of you who have heard The Prince's Toys may be disappointed or pleased that most of these works are frothy and tongue-in-cheek. I loved everything on Koshkin's first album because the Stravinsky and Shostakovich influences are so up-front. On this CD Koshkin plays with a lighter, happier mood and with more popular and folk idioms.

The Elves Suite has enough sardonic dissonance in it to resemble the more famous Usher Waltz, and Koshkin's jazzier pieces like Parade and 3 Stations on One Road have plenty of verve. The Ballads came off as too twee for me at first but I've found even this work has grown on me. I prefer Koshkin's fast and lively performance over Elena Papendreou's still good but not as gripping performance. You can sense listening to this album that Koshkin once wanted to play guitar in a rock band.

Overall the performances for all the pieces are great. Like the first CD Koonce and Koshkin worked on together these are works other classical guitarists ahven't recorded (excepting Elena Papandreou's recent disk, which I haven't been able to hear yet). So if you have any interest in Koshkin's music at all you should get this. Even though I prefer Koshkin's darker stuff there's still a lot of worthy music here.

Music Track:

  1. Time Flow: Chamber Music by Alan Schmitz
  2. Tongues of Fire
  3. Trumpet Music from the Italian Baroque, Vol 2
  4. Two Guitars in Paris
  5. Vagn Holmboe: String Quartets, Vol. 6
  6. Vintage Viennese
  7. Ward-Steinman: Three Concertos
  8. Wind-up: Chamber Music by Fitch & Archbold
  9. Without Compression: New Music For Recorders
  10. 20th Century Miniatures, Vol. 2

Music Track

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