Nina Kotova
Debut CD

Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra in B Minor, Op 104

1. Tchaikovsky Nocturne, Op. 19, No. 4 in D minor [4’34”] 2. Rachmaninov Romance (Ne poi, Krasavitsa, Op.4) [4’19”] 3. Glazunov Élégie in D flat, Op. 17 (Pensée á Liszt) [6’33”] 4. Chopin Étude, Op. 25, No. 7 [5’45”] 5. Stravinsky Danse Russe from Pétrouchka [2’35”] 6. Fauré Élégie [5’20”] 7. Rimsky-Korsakov Hymn to the Sun (Turkish Princess) from Le Coq d’or [4’11”] 8-10. Kotova Sketches from the Catwalk [5’36”] 11. Lyadov Preludia, Op. 11, No. 1 [2’47”] 12. Kotova Reminiscence [3’36”] 13. Glazunov Entracte (to scene II) from Raymonda [4’46”] 14. Rachmaninov Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 [7’09”] 15-17. Kotova Dark Blue [6’29”] 18. De Falla Ritual Fire Dance from El amor brujo [3’06”]

“…Nina is a musician of high seriousness and real talent…her expressive performances of such yearning miniatures…are clearly the work of a gifted artist…no less striking are her own compositions…in which a genuinely personal voice can be heard.”

– TIME Magazine