Alexander Melnikov
Idioma disponible: inglésInfluenced by Sviatoslav Richter in his younger years, Alexander Melnikov became interested in the fortepiano and has devoted much of his career to historical performances. He is also an enthusiastic chamber music performer on both the fortepiano and the modern piano. Melnikov was born in Moscow in 1973. A child prodigy, he performed Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1, at the age of 12. He encountered Richter as a youth and was invited by him to perform at festivals in Russia and abroad. Melnikov entered the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied with Lev Naumov. More unusually, he became interested in historical performance, still a rarity in Russia in the early 1990s, at age 18. He studied in that field with Alexei Lubimov, a Russian pioneer in historical performance, and with Andreas Staier, who became a frequent collaborator; the pair has often performed the 24 Preludes and Fugues for piano of Shostakovich, with Melnikov on piano, and Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, with Staier on harpsichord. Melnikov has performed recitals at such prestigious venues as Wigmore Hall in London, Tokyo's Suntory Hall, and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. As a concerto soloist, he has performed with the NDR Sinfonieorchester, the Concertgebouw Orchestra, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, among many other top ensembles. Melnikov has been particularly noted as a chamber music player, appearing in this capacity on both modern and historical instruments. He has regularly performed with violinist Isabelle Faust, and the pair's recording of Beethoven's violin sonatas earned the ECHO Klassik prize and a Gramophone Award. He has also appeared with cellist Alexander Rudin and Jean-Guihen Queyras, baritone Georg Nigl, and larger groups. He often performs with major historical-instrument ensembles such as the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Concerto Köln, and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin. Melnikov has recorded mostly for the Harmonia Mundi label, with a 2012 disc featuring the two Shostakovich piano concertos, under conductor Teodor Currentzis, recognized as a standout. In 2020, he and Faust released the second volume in a new cycle devoted to Mozart's violin sonatas.
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Influenced by Sviatoslav Richter in his younger years, Alexander Melnikov became interested in the fortepiano and has devoted much of his career to historical performances. He is also an enthusiastic chamber music performer on both the fortepiano and the modern piano.
Melnikov was born in Moscow in 1973. A child prodigy, he performed Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1, at the age of 12. He encountered Richter as a youth and was invited by him to perform at festivals in Russia and abroad. Melnikov entered the Moscow Conservatory, where he studied with Lev Naumov. More unusually, he became interested in historical performance, still a rarity in Russia in the early 1990s, at age 18. He studied in that field with Alexei Lubimov, a Russian pioneer in historical performance, and with Andreas Staier, who became a frequent collaborator; the pair has often performed the 24 Preludes and Fugues for piano of Shostakovich, with Melnikov on piano, and Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, with Staier on harpsichord. Melnikov has performed recitals at such prestigious venues as Wigmore Hall in London, Tokyo's Suntory Hall, and the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. As a concerto soloist, he has performed with the NDR Sinfonieorchester, the Concertgebouw Orchestra, and the Philadelphia Orchestra, among many other top ensembles.
Melnikov has been particularly noted as a chamber music player, appearing in this capacity on both modern and historical instruments. He has regularly performed with violinist Isabelle Faust, and the pair's recording of Beethoven's violin sonatas earned the ECHO Klassik prize and a Gramophone Award. He has also appeared with cellist Alexander Rudin and Jean-Guihen Queyras, baritone Georg Nigl, and larger groups. He often performs with major historical-instrument ensembles such as the Freiburg Baroque Orchestra, Concerto Köln, and the Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin.
Melnikov has recorded mostly for the Harmonia Mundi label, with a 2012 disc featuring the two Shostakovich piano concertos, under conductor Teodor Currentzis, recognized as a standout. In 2020, he and Faust released the second volume in a new cycle devoted to Mozart's violin sonatas.
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Dimitri Chostakovitch : Concertos pour piano - Sonate pour violon (Alexander Melnikov - Mahler Chamber Orchestra & Teodor Currentzis - Isabelle Faust)
Alexander Melnikov
Clásica - Editado por harmonia mundi el 1 feb. 2012
Prise de Son d'ExceptionChoc de Classica5 de DiapasonHi-Res AudioThe programming of this recording by Alexander Melnikov seems to be no accident. The two large, witty, outward-looking piano concertos surround the mo ...
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Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1, 3 & 5, Visions fugitives
Alexander Melnikov
Clásica - Editado por harmonia mundi el 6 may. 2022
In this third and final volume of his complete recording of the Prokofiev Sonatas, Alexander Melnikov explores two highly contrasted facets of the you ...
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Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Tragic Overture - Cherubini: Éliza (Overture)
Alexander Melnikov
Música concertante - Editado por harmonia mundi el 27 ago. 2021
A peak of the Romantic concerto. With his First Concerto, the young Brahms set his own course in the wake of Beethoven and Schumann and at the same ti ...
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Prokofiev: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2, 6, 8
Alexander Melnikov
Piano solo - Editado por harmonia mundi el 18 nov. 2016
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Schumann : Piano Concerto, Piano Trio Op. 80
Alexander Melnikov
Clásica - Editado por harmonia mundi el 19 ago. 2015
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Prokofiev : Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2 (Nos 4, 7, 9)
Alexander Melnikov
Clásica - Editado por harmonia mundi el 18 oct. 2019
5 de Diapason"This first volume in the complete cycle must already be given pride of place in the discography,” declared Classica magazine upon the release of Prok ...
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Four pianos, Four Pieces
Alexander Melnikov
Clásica - Editado por harmonia mundi el 9 feb. 2018
Gramophone Editor's Choice«Cuatro obras, cuatro pianos», así hemos de entender la portada de este álbum de Alexander Melnikov: para Schubert, elige un (muy sorprendente) fortep ...
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Debussy: Préludes du 2e Livre, La Mer (transc. Debussy)
Alexander Melnikov
Clásica - Editado por harmonia mundi el 29 jun. 2018
Russian pianist Alexander Melnikov not only performs on historical instruments but collects them, getting deeply acquainted with the strengths and idi ...
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Debussy : Préludes du 2e Livre, La Mer
Alexander Melnikov
Piano solo - Editado por harmonia mundi el 29 jun. 2018
5 de DiapasonGramophone Editor's ChoicePreis der deutschen SchallplattenkritikRussian pianist Alexander Melnikov not only performs on historical instruments but collects them, getting deeply acquainted with the strengths and idi ...
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Ludwig van Beethoven : Sonates pour violon & piano (Intégrale) (Isabelle Faust - Alexander Melnikov)
Alexander Melnikov
Música de cámara - Editado por harmonia mundi el 24 ago. 2009
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Scriabin: Piano Works
Alexander Melnikov
Clásica - Editado por harmonia mundi el 12 abr. 2013
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Scriabine: Œuvres pour piano
Alexander Melnikov
Clásica - Editado por harmonia mundi el 12 abr. 2013
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Hindemith: Sonatas for…
Alexander Melnikov
Clásica - Editado por harmonia mundi el 13 ene. 2015
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Rachmaninov: Etudes-tableaux, Op.39, Poems, Op.38
Alexander Melnikov
Clásica - Editado por harmonia mundi el 14 abr. 2007
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Brahms: Piano Sonatas Nos.1 & 2
Alexander Melnikov
Clásica - Editado por harmonia mundi el 15 feb. 2011
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Mozart, Schubert & Chopin: Three Sonatas
Alexander Melnikov
Música concertante - Editado por Pavane Records el 1 ene. 1991
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