– Tcherepnine plays Tcherepnine – The NBC Music Guild – 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection –

Diving into music from the 1930s this week, with a recital by the Russian composer Alexander Tcherepnine, who was on a brief tour of the U.S. in 1938 and performed this recital for the NBC Music Guild. He performs two of his own works; Bagatelles for Piano, op. 5 and the Quintet for Piano and Strings op. 44 featuring the NBC String quartet (featuring Joseph Gingold, violin). It was broadcast on February 24, 1938.

As far as I know, there are no reissues of this recital and it’s a rare opportunity to hear Tcherepnine in early recordings of his own works. The Quintet was premiered only five years earlier.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend. Get ready for the new week.

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