Emotional Vicissitudes
Yaroslav Senyshyn (piano)
Described as a pianist of "enormous power" by the Washington Post, Canadian Yaroslav Senyshyn is an exponent of the grand tradition of piano playing. In addition to his concert activities, he is a professor of aesthetic and moral philosophy at Simon Fraser University and publishes extensively on these topics. For this recording, Senyshyn couples well-known works by Rachmaninoff with two pieces by Atsushi Yoshinaka, who is a professor at Gakuin University and spent a year as a visiting professor at Simon Fraser University, where he and Senyshyn collaborated. His two works were inspired by a trip taken to the Strait of Georgia in British Columbia and are reminiscent of Rachmaninoff's homesickness and longing for his ancestral home.
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Track Listing
| Title | Composer | Performer |
|---|---|---|
| Prelude in G Major, Op. 32, No. 5 | Sergei Rachmaninoff | Yaroslav Senyshyn, piano |
| Prelude in B Minor, Op. 32, No. 10 | Sergei Rachmaninoff | Yaroslav Senyshyn, piano |
| Prelude in G Sharp Minor, Op. 32, No. 12 | Sergei Rachmaninoff | Yaroslav Senyshyn, piano |
| Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23, No. 5 | Sergei Rachmaninoff | Yaroslav Senyshyn, piano |
| Prelude in D Major, Op. 23, No. 4 | Sergei Rachmaninoff | Yaroslav Senyshyn, piano |
| Prelude in B Flat Major, Op. 23, No. 2 | Sergei Rachmaninoff | Yaroslav Senyshyn, piano |
| Étude-tableau in C Major, Op. 33, No. 2 | Sergei Rachmaninoff | Yaroslav Senyshyn, piano |
| Étude-tableau in E Flat Major, Op. 33, No. 7 | Sergei Rachmaninoff | Yaroslav Senyshyn, piano |
| Étude-tableau in G Minor, Op. 33, No. 8 | Sergei Rachmaninoff | Yaroslav Senyshyn, piano |
| Étude-tableau in E Flat Minor, Op. 39, No. 5 | Sergei Rachmaninoff | Yaroslav Senyshyn, piano |
| Étude-tableau in A Minor, Op. 39, No. 2 | Sergei Rachmaninoff | Yaroslav Senyshyn, piano |
| Étude-tableau in C Sharp Minor, Op. 33, No. 9 | Sergei Rachmaninoff | Yaroslav Senyshyn, piano |
| Meisoh (Meditation) | Arsushi Yoshinaka | Yaroslav Senyshyn, piano |
| Itami (Pain) | Arsushi Yoshinaka | Yaroslav Senyshyn, piano |
Reviews
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"one has only to listen to the thunderous bass at the beginning of the B Flat-Major Prelude, op. 23/2, and the crystalline clarity of the tolling bell-like figuration at the be-ginning of the G Sharp-Minor Prelude, op. 32/12, to appreciate [Yaroslav] Senyshyn's extraordinary dynamic range and delicate finger-work."
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