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Katerina Souvorova's Audio Recordings

"She knows what she wants to say musically... It sets great challenges for the orchestra because we have to stay with her and try to accompany and answer her musically."

Charlotte Repertory Orchestra
Stephen Plate, Conductor

 

Three Etudes

Recorded live at Dana Auditorium, Queens College, Charlotte, NC on October 4, 1998.

Katerina Souvorova, piano.

Chopin

Etude No.1 in C Major

Etude No.2 in A Minor

Etude No.3 in E Major

Etude No.4 in C Sharp Minor

Etude No.5 in G Flat Major

Etude No.6 in E flat Minor

Etude No.7 in C Major

Etude No.8 in F Major

Etude No.9 in F Minor

Etude No.10 in A Flat Major

Etude No.11 in E Flat Major

Etude No.12 in C minor




Liszt

Der Wanderer

Auf dem Wasser zu singen

Ständchen

Die Forelle

Ave Maria

Erlkönig




Scriabin

Etude op. 2 No. 1

Etude op. 42 No. 5

Etude op. 8 No. 12

M. Mussorgsky (1839-1891) Pictures at an Exhibition.

Recorded at White Room Studious, Charlotte, NC, on January 14, 2000. Katerina Souvorova, piano.

Promenade

Gnomus

Promenade

Il Vecchio Castello

Promenade

Tuileries

Bydlo

Promenade

Ballet of the Unhatched chicks

Samuel Goldenberg and Schmuyle

Promenade

Limoges ( Market Place )

Catacombae: Sepulchrum Romanum

Con Mortuis in Lingua Mortua

The Hut on Fowl's Legs (Baba Yaga)

The Great Gate of Kiev

S. Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Eight Preludes.

Recorded at White Room Studious, Charlotte, NC, on January 14, 2000. Katerina Souvorova, piano.

Prelude in B Flat Major, Op. 23 No.2

Prelude in D Major, Op. 23 No.4

Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23 No.5

Prelude in E Flat Major, Op. 23 No.6

Prelude in G Major, Op. 32 No.5

Prelude in A Minor, Op. 32 No.8

Prelude in B Minor, Op. 32 No.10

Prelude in G Sharp Minor, Op. 32 No.12

P. Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), Songs.

Recorded at Acoustic Barn Studios, Charlotte, NC, on May 17, 2001. Rebecca Cook-Carter, soprano; Ruth De Boer, mezzo-soprano; Chris Cameron, tenor; John Blizzard, baritone; Katerina Souvorova, piano.

None, but the lonely heart, op. 6, No. 6   John Blizzard

Cradle Song, op.16, No. 1   Ruth DeBoer

Don Juan's Serenade, op.38, No. 1
John Blizzard

It was in early days of spring, op.38, No. 2
John Blizzard

At the ball, op. 38, No.3
John Blizzard

Whether day dawns, op. 47, No. 6
Rebecca Cook-Carter

Was I not a blade of grass in meadow green, op.47, No.7 Rebecca Cook-Carter

S. Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), Songs.

Recorded at Acoustic Barn Studios, Charlotte, NC, on May 17, 2001. Rebecca Cook-Carter, soprano; Ruth De Boer, mezzo-soprano; Chris Cameron, tenor; John Blizzard, baritone; Katerina Souvorova, piano.

Oh, stay , my love, forsake me not, op. 4, No.1   John Blizzard

Morning, op. 4, No.2   Ruth DeBoer

In the silence of night, op. 4, No.3  Christopher Cameron

Oh, never sing to me again, op. 4, No.4  Christopher Cameron

The harvest of sorrow, op. 4, No.5  Rebecca Cook-Carter

For a life of pain I have giv'n my love, op. 8, No. 4  Ruth DeBoer

Son, op. 8, No.5  Ruth DeBoer

 I wait for Thee, op. 14, No.1  Ruth DeBoer

I came to her, op. 14,  No. 4
 John Blizzard

As fair as a day in blaze of noon, op. 14 No.9
 John Blizzard

Spring waters, op. 14,  No.11  Christopher Cameron

The answer, op. 21, No.4  Christopher Cameron

Lilacs, op. 21, No.5  Rebecca Cook-Carter

How fair this spot, op. 21, No.7  Rebecca Cook-Carter

Christ is ris'n, op. 26, No.6  John Blizzard

Vocalize, op. 34, No.14  Rebecca Cook-Carter