A Fearful Fairy Tale, by Helena Basilova

A Fearful Fairy Tale

by Helena Basilova

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1.	Bagri: Fairy tale about the forgotten homeland: I. The first snow 01:03		buy track
2.	Myaskovsky: Yellowed leaves, Op. 31: I. Andante 02:21		buy track
3.	Myaskovsky: Yellowed leaves, Op. 31: II. Un poco sostenuto, malinconico e abbandonamente 01:57		buy track
4.	Myaskovsky: Yellowed leaves, Op. 31: III. Andante cantabile 01:08		buy track
5.	Myaskovsky: Yellowed leaves, Op. 31: IV. Molto vivace e fantastico 02:24		buy track
6.	Myaskovsky: Yellowed leaves, Op. 31: V. Molto calmo, ma non troppo lento 02:24		buy track
7.	Myaskovsky: Yellowed leaves, Op. 31: VI. Vivo 02:42		buy track
8.	Myaskovsky: Yellowed leaves, Op. 31: VII. Moderato 03:48		buy track
9.	Firsova: A fearful fairy tale, Op. 171 05:46		buy track
10.	Prokofiev: Tales of an old grandmother, Op. 31: I. Moderato 01:55		buy track
11.	Prokofiev: Tales of an old grandmother, Op. 31: II. Andantino 01:14		buy track
12.	Janáček: Pohádka (fairy tale), JW VII/5: I. Con moto 04:59		buy track
13.	Janáček: Pohádka (fairy tale), JW VII/5: II. Con moto 04:01		buy track
14.	Janáček: Pohádka (fairy tale), JW VII/5: III. Allegro 02:36		buy track
15.	Schnittke: Piano sonata No. 1, Op. 129: I. Largo 06:24		buy track
16.	Medtner: Three tales, Op. 9: II. Allegro alla serenata, con alcuna licenza 04:07	info	buy track
17.	Medtner: Four tales, Op. 34: II. Allegro cantabile e leggiero 02:30		buy track
18.	Medtner: Four tales, Op. 26: III. Narrante a piacere 02:26		buy track
19.	Medtner: Two tales, Op. 20: II. Pesante. Minaccioso 04:03		buy track
20.	Bagri: Fairy tale about the forgotten homeland: II. Winter dance 02:09		buy track

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There are two words for truth in Russian: Pravda for objective truth and Ishtina for transcendental truth, that what you know but cannot explain. While Helena’s previous solo albums - with music from Janacek and Scriabin - were each in their own way quite personal to her, this time she wanted more Ishtina than Pravda. She wanted a story that was not just personal for her but representative of her. And Helena’s personal story is one of multitudes. Of departures and forgetting, discovery and loss, of glimmers of understanding, and feelings of coherence in oceans of confusing false certainties.

This collection of music is meant as a story in itself, each piece included for the power it has to forge a connection that needed the story to be forged. And so it was with the piece that inspired the album.

This album - of stories and a story in itself - is Helena’s tribute, to fairy tales and her homeland.

Excerpts from the album notes by Wouter de Iongh.

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released August 2, 2019

recording & mastering: Brendon Heinst
assistant engineer: Ernst Spyckerelle
cover photography: Anna Maria Olech

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Helena Basilova Amsterdam, Netherlands

‘ Helena Basilova played sensitively and with flair ’ – The New York Times

Rooted in a deep understanding of tradition and interpretation, Basilova collaborates with
composers and artists all over the world and is dedicated to finding new interfaces between
performer and audience.

Helena performed, among others, at Carnegie Hall, HPAC Japan, Concertgebouw
NL, NCPA India, Banff Centre, Canada. ... more

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