wimmoh's video: Alexei Nasedkin - Schubert Sonata No 20 in A major D 959

Franz Schubert - Sonata No. 20 in A major D 959 Alexei Nasedkin (December 20, 1942 - December 4, 2014 ), piano Taken from the vinyl Eurodisc Stereo 200 87-366 (1977). Originally released on Melodiya Russia. Vinyl is edited and transferred to digital by Wimmo using a Denon DP-35F turntable, a Denon DL-60 cartridge and an ART DJ pre II phono preamplifier. 1. Allegro 00:00 2. Andantino 13:49 3. Scherzo. Allegro vivace 21:16 4. Rondo. Allegretto 26:30 Alexei Nasedkin received excellent pianistic training: in the Central School of Music he studied with A. Artobolevskaya and in the Moscow Conservatory with professors H. Neuhaus and L. Naumov. In 1951 the nine-year old pianist gave his first public concert in which he played Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto with the orchestra conducted by N. Rakhlin. In 1959, when still a student of the Musical School, Nasedkin was awarded with the first prize and gold medal at the International Competition of Pianists held at the VII Festival of Youth and Students in Vienna. The pianist was made laureate of the II Tchaikovsky International Competition (Moscow 1962) and the International Competition of Pianists in Leeds (Great Britain) in1966. In 1967 he scored two more victories at the international competitions held in Vienna: the Schubert Competition and ‘20th Century Music’. In the same year he won top prizes at the competition for Chamber Ensembles in Munich (jointly with cellist Natalia Gutman). Nasedkin’s creative achievements and his extensive concert activities confirm the words of H. Neuhaus who wrote about his pupil: ‘Alexy Nasedkin’s communion with music and the piano brings him true enjoyment. I see in him the markings of an excellent musician who will one day amaze the world with his profoundly and inspiration … ’. Today Alexei Nasedkin is a mature musician, who concertizes with invariable success both in the USSR and abroad. He has given recital in Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Austria, England, Belgium, the USA, the FRG, Japan and other Countries. Dwelling on the performance of the pianist, the journal “Sovetskaya muyzka” wrote: “Today we find in A. Nasedkin the most precious quality that an artist can process, his own characteristic style of playing, a style that has fully crystallized”. Nasedkin’s repertory embraces an impressive number of different authors and he continues replenish it with new names and new competitions. The pianist shows permanent interest in the works of Sovjet Composers: Prokofiev, An. Alexandrov, Galyin, Shchedrin and others. His programmes include sonatas by Beethoven, Schubert and Brahms, ‘Symphonic Etudes’ by Schumann, ‘Pictures from the Exhibition’ by Mussorgsky, and pieces by Debussy, Ravelm Scriabin, Rachmaninov and Chopin. Alexei Nasedkin has been awarded the metal of the Dinu Lipatti English Society. In 1971 the pianist was decorated with the order ‘Badge of Honour’. Aleksey Nasedkin (Russian: Алексе́й Насе́дкин; born in Moscow, December 20, 1942) is a Russian pianist and composer. A recipient of the People's Artist of the Russian Federation title, Nasedkin is the president of Russia's Schubert Society. He's a member of the Composers' Union of the USSR/RF and a professor at Moscow's Conservatory, where he has taught since 1966.