Description

MIKHAIL ERDENKO (VILLAGE BARANOVO, KURSK, 4 DECEMBER, 1885 – MOSCOW, 21 JANUARY, 1940)

He was the founder of a dynasty of Russian Roma musicians, singers, dancers and artists. An outstanding violinist, he was professor at the Moscow conservatory and a personal friend of Lev Tolstoy, for whom he also played. He was a master in arrangements of popular music, of which the most celebrated is his version of the Kol Nidrei, a Jewish prayer in Aramaic which is said in the Synagogue at the evening service on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. Almost all members of the Erdenko family are devoted to Gypsy folk music, song and dance, performing arts and circus. Several of them have become well known artists in Russia and worldwide: Lyubov Erdenko, she was an outstanding dancer and composer; Aleksandra Tushenko, singer and dancer; the couple Roza and Nikolay Erdenko, musicians and artists who are at present the senior representatives of the family.

TRACKLIST

1. Siciliana BWV 1031 (Bach) Nipponophone 14855
2. Gavotte (Bach-Kreisler) BWV 816 MuzTrust 13611 (2519А)
3. Waltz №8, Op.69 (Chopin) MuzTrust 13612 (2521)
4. Paganini’s Caprice No. 21 (Szymanowski) MuzTrust 12612 (2522)
5. Humoresque Op.101 №7 (Dvořák-Kreisler) Nipponophone 14852
6. Orientale Op.50 №9 (Cui) Nipponophone 14853
7. Nightingale (Alyabyev- Vieuxtemps) Nipponophone 14854
8. Orientale (Glazunov) MuzTrust 13611 (2520А)
9. Kol Nidrei, Op. 3 Beka Grand 2297
10. Waltz Op. 39, No. 15 (Brahms) Gramplasttrest 573
11. Orientale Op.50 №9 (Cui) Beka Grand 2297
12. Siciliana BWV 1031 (Bach) Gramplasttres 573
13. 1). Autumn Song, Op. 37-bis No. 10. (Tchaikovsky) 2). Moment Musical, Op. 94 No. 3, D.780 (Schubert) Artistopia 159
14. Menuet (Milandre) Gramophone 227929 4968ae
15. Sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13 (Pathétique) – Adagio cantabile (Beethoven) Artistopia 22121