RUSSIAN POEM
CD 1
ANATOLIJ KONSTANTINOVIC LJADOV (1855–1914)
2 INTERMEZZI OP. 8
ALEKSANDR NIKOLAEVIC SKRJABIN (1872–1915)
12 ETUDES, OP. 8
SERGEI LJAPUNOW (1857–1918)
NOCTURNE, OP. 8
NIKOLAI MEDTNER (1879–1951)
2 FAIRY TALES, OP. 8
Elena Gaponenko, piano
FINNO-UGRIC TUNES
CD 2
JAN SIBELIUS (1865–1957)
VARIATIONS FOR CELLO SOLO
GYÖRGY LIGETI (1923–2006)
SONATA FOR CELLO SOLO
ZOLTÁN KODÁLY (1882–1967)
SONATA FOR CELLO SOLO, OP. 8
Elena Gaponenko, violoncello
The rare dual talent of the pianist and cellist
Elena Gaponenko was readily apparent
at an early stage: it was at the age of four
that she began playing both instruments. Elena
Gaponenko considers herself a kind of translator
through whom music ows; she makes the sonic
essence of the coded messages contained within
it accessible to the public. She herself designates
the stage as her calling, and feels the greatest ful-
lment when the music appear as “pure music”
and technical realisation is utterly subjected to the
musical content.