Various Composers - Legends (Alexander Gadjiev)

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• Claude Debussy - Préludes, Livre I, CD 125: No. 10: La cathédrale engloutie
• Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition
• César Franck - Prélude, fugue et variation, Op. 18 (arr. Harold Bauer)
• Franz Liszt - Harmonies poétiques et religieuses III, S.173: No. 7, Funérailles
• Sergei Prokofiev - 10 Pieces for Piano, Op. 12: No. 6, Legend
• Alexander Scriabin - Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 “Black Mass”
• Alexander Siloti - Prelude in B Minor (after Bach's Prelude BWV 855a)
• Alexander Scriabin - 12 Etudes, Op. 8: No. 12 in D-Sharp Minor

Alexander Gadjiev, piano

Date: 2025

Label: Fuga Libera

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Alexander Gadjiev’s album Legends explores the mythical and narrative power of music, weaving together works that evoke timeless stories and worlds. Debussy’s La cathédrale engloutie summons the ghostly bells of a submerged cathedral, while Liszt’s Funérailles confronts mortality with stormy intensity. Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition paints a folkloric and cultural panorama, and Prokofiev’s Légende contrasts light and shadow. Scriabin’s Black Mass Sonata delves into a haunting, otherworldly realm, counterbalanced by Franck’s spiritual Prélude, Fugue et Variation and Bach-Siloti’s hymn-like Prelude in B minor. Designed as a mythical journey, the Italian-Slovenian pianist’s program reveals music’s power to transcend reality.

Alexander Gadjiev (b. 1994) is an Italian-Slovenian pianist acclaimed for his artistry and international competition successes. Trained at the Mozarteum in Salzburg with Pavel Gililov and at the Hanns Eisler Hochschule in Berlin with Eldar Nebolsin, he won the 2015 Hamamatsu International Piano Competition. A BBC New Generation Artist from 2019–2022, he gained major recognition in 2021, winning first prize and multiple awards at the Sydney International Piano Competition, and second prize plus the Sonata Prize at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw. He performs widely across Europe, Asia, and the U.S., appearing at prestigious festivals and venues worldwide.

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