Album guide
Introitus
- Composers
- Mozart; J.S. Bach; Tchaikovsky; Chopin; Rachmaninoff; Massenet
- Released
- 2021
- Label
- Arimoya
- Forces
- Piano, Trio
- Personnel
- Alexander Mironov piano, Ekaterina Pshenitsyna bass guitar, Petr Ivshin drums
Alexander Mironov developed Arimoya around the Jazz Philharmonic he directs at the Dubrava cultural centre in Sergiev Posad. Introitus captures the project’s 2020 line-up, with Ekaterina Pshenitsyna on bass guitar and Petr Ivshin on drums.
The album was not released until December 2021, four days before the same trio’s Bach record. Arimoya has since replaced the bass guitar with double bass and brought in a different drummer.
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Source works
The album’s complete track listing, with each classical source identified and original compositions marked plainly.
- IntroitusMozart: Requiem in D minor, K. 626: Introitus — Requiem aeternam
- Chorale PreludeJ.S. Bach: Chorale Prelude ‘Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ’, BWV 639, from the Orgelbüchlein
- Swan LakeTchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act II No. 10, Scène — the swan theme
- PreludeChopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 4 in E minor
- VocaliseRachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
- Pas de deuxTchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act II: No. 14a, Pas de deux
- MeditationMassenet: Thaïs, Act 2: Méditation
- AirJ.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air
