Fedorova,Anna Storyteller CD

Ballades, sonnets, poems - in earlier days, these were the genres one could mainly encounter in literature or folklore. That is, until Chopin, Liszt and Scriabin introduced them to classical music. On her album Storyteller, pianist Anna Fedorova focuses on these three composers, how they explored the poetic genres, and how their compositions reflected the actual pieces of literature that inspired them.

1. Four Ballades 2. Ballade No. 1 Op. 23 Chopin 9:47 3. Ballade No. 2 Op. 38 Chopin 7:38 4. Ballade No. 3 Op. 47 Chopin 7:49 5. Ballade No. 4 Op. 52 Chopin 11:49 6. Three Petrarch Sonnets 18:28 7. Petrarch Sonnet No. 47 Liszt 5:49 8. Petrarch Sonnet No. 104 Liszt 6:03 9. Petrarch Sonnet No. 123 Liszt 6:35 10. Two Poems Op. 32 5:02 11. I. Andante cantabile Scriabin 3:25 12. II. Allegro Scriabin 1:36 13. Sonata No. 4 Op. 30 8:52 14. I. Andante Scriabin 3:18 15. II. Prestissimo volando Scriabin 5:33