CD Review


Images, Contrasts, Moods
Alexander Dmitriev
Alexander Dmitriev
23rd July 1999
Buellmann : Gothic Suite for Organ in 4 parts
Weber : Concert Piece for Piano & Orchestra
Liszt : Hungarian Rhapsody No6
Strauss :Waltz "Voices of Spring"
Rossini : "Cavatina Figaro
Zolotaryov:Contemplating the Dyonisian Frescoes of St Therapont's Monastery
Shamo : Morning in the Forest
Shostakovich : Waltz-Scerzo
Rimsky-Korsakov : Flight of the Bumble Bee
Myaskov : Moldavian Dance
Tikhonov-Kuznecov: Saratov Ornamentalia
The name of Alexander Dmitriev is internationally very well known amongst lovers of the art of the bayan. One of the leading accordionists in Russia, Dmitriev belongs to the St Petersburg's bayan school and is teaching at the St Petersburg's Music Conservatory combining successful pedagogical and concert careers.

Dmitriev is one of the leading presenters of the best traditions of the Russian bayan school in the area of transcriptions, style and musical thinking. The main contents of this recording are Dmitriev's transcriptions of well known compositions written by Buellmann, Weber, Liszt and Strauss. Dmitriev possesses an excellent inner hearing and as a result, his transcriptions sound as if they were originally written for the accordion, showing all the timbre varieties of the accordion.

He also possesses stunning technical abilities and it shows in particular in his performance of Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumble Bee" and Rossini's "Cavatina Figaro". His musical thinking is refined and his understanding of different musical styles profound and deep. All these qualities are reassurance that the pieces performed by him on this recording are of the highest artistic standard.
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