Rota / Osetinskaya,Polina Rota & Desyatnikov CD

This disc of pieces played by pianist Polina Osetinskaya brings together the music of Nino Rota and Leonid Desyatnikov. An odd combination? Actually, no! Rota lived entirely in the 20th century while Desyatnikov was born in 1955, but what these composers have in common is not just the century they lived in but the way their work challenges what academic music had become. Neither Rota nor Desyatnikov has ever been part of any musical movement, and they have written no theoretical tracts (as was all the rage in the 20th century), but we can still see their music as a riposte to contemporary isolationism, arrogance, and fear.

1. O Venezia Venaga Venusia 2. L'uccello Magico 3. Intermezzo Della Mantie Religiosa 4. The Great Mouna 5. Il Duca Di Wurttemberg - 1A Parte 6. Il Duca Di Wurttemberg - 2A Parte 7. La Poup?e Automate 8. No. 1. Allegro Molto 9. No. 2. Allegro Ma Espressivo E Delicate 10. No. 3. Allegretto Con Spirit 11. No. 4. Andante Sostenuto Ed Espressivo 12. No. 5. Con Impeto 13. No. 6. Andante 14. No. 7. Allegro Con Spirit 15. No. 8. Lento Con Accento 16. No. 9. Allegretto Quasi Andantino 17. No. 10. Allegro Mosso E Marcato 18. No. 11. Andante Senza Lentezza 19. No. 12. Allegro 20. No. 13. Andante Cantabile 21. No. 14. Allegro Non Troppo E Marcato 22. No. 15. Allegro Robusto 23. Overture. Masque 24. From Kashchey's Life 25. Vaudeville 26. Jamais...(Elegy) 27. Rondeau-Chase 28. Little Bells (To the Memory of E. Rosenfeld) 29. Finale. Masque 30. In Honour of Dickens. Waltz 31. Nocturne from Giselle Obsession 32. Credit Titles from Moscow Nights 33. Happiness from the Target 34. Albumblatt