Piotr Meschaninov Archives

Vyacheslav Artyomov: Album XI – must-have for collectors

Aug 18th, 2020 | By Ralph Graves

Tags: Albert Govman, Alexander Oseichuk, Alexander Timochin, Alexei Nbotov, Alexei Semionov, CD Review, Chamber music, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Divine Art, Igor Abramov, Illa Spivak, Karina Lisitsian, Lev Mikhailov, Oleg Tantsov, Piotr Meschaninov, Ruzanna Lisitsian, Sergi Kokhlov, Valery Popov, Vladimir Pakulichev, Vladimir Yeriomin, Vyacheslav Artyomov, Yuri Smirnov

The eleventh entry in Divine Art’s Vyacheslav Artymov series presents an assortment of chamber music. The recordings were made between 1970 and 1981, but many are receiving their first commercial release with Album XI. I’ve often described Artyomov as a crafter of sound clouds. Some of the early works here that aesthetic. The Hymn of […]
Vyacheslav Artyomov – The Way to Olympus

Jul 2nd, 2019 | By Ralph Graves

Tags: Anton Batagov, CD Review, Classical music, contemporary classical music, Divine Art, Dmitri Kitaenko, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestral music, Piotr Meschaninov, Tatiana Grindenko, Timur Mynbaev, USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Vyacheslav Artyomov, Yelena Adjemova, Yevgeny Smirnov

Volume four of Divine Art’s Vyacheslav Artyomov series features a wide range of works — everything from a full orchestra (“The Way to Olympus”), to a solo piano (“Preludes to Sonnets”). While the forces may vary, there’s a consistency throughout all these works. Artyomov’s deeply spiritual philosophy imbues every composition. The music alternates between suspended […]

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