Tower,Tatiana Leningrad Harp & Concertos Tatiana Tower Harp CD

This is dedicated to the remarkable Russian harpist Tatiana Tower who became a musical legend of Leningrad. Born in Moscow in 1945 she started playing harp at the age of four on the advice of her aunt, soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre. She studied at the Gnessin College, and at the Moscow Conservatory. In 1969 she won the first International Harp Competition in Hartford, USA, and became a prize winner of international music festivas of Latin America. In 1968, Tatiana Tower's life took a momentous turn - she became soloist of the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra headed by Evgeny Mravinsky

1. Valery Kikta (b. 1941): Frescoes of St. Sophia of Kiev (Harp Concerto), Op.50 (1972) ;1. Ornament I 2. The Beast Attacks the Horseman 3. Ornament II 4. Group Portrait of Yaroslav the WiseÆs Daughters 5. St. MichaelÆs Aisle 6. Mummers Wrestling 7. Musician. Wandering Clowns 8. Ornament III 9. Fantasy on TchaikovskyÆs opera Queen of Spades (1982) 10. Alberto Ginastera (1916-83): Harp Concerto, Op.25 (1956) ;Allegro 11. Molto Moderato 12. Liberamento capriccioso 13. Claude Debussy (1862-1918); Danse Sacr?e et Danse Profane for harp ; strings (1904) 14. Ekaterina Walter-K?hne (1870-1930); Fantasy on TchaikovskyÆs opera Eugene Onegin 15. Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-93);On the Troika (from The Seasons), arr. Xenia Erdely