Gramophone Magazine
April 2021
Editor's Choice

Zlata Chochieva (piano)

Bach, J S: Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006 (Excerpts Arr. S. Rachmaninoff for Piano), I. Prelude, III. Gavotte, VII. Gigue
Bach, J S: Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV1048, I. Vivo (Arr. I. Friedman for Piano)
Bach, J S: Flute Sonata No. 2 in E flat major, BWV1031, II. Siciliano (Arr. I. Friedman for Piano)
Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 1 in B minor, BWV1002, VII. Tempo di borea (Arr. I. Friedman for Piano)
Liszt: Müllerlieder Von Franz Schubert, S565, No. 5, Wohin?
Liszt: Franz Schuberts geistliche Lieder, S. 562, No. 1, Litanei
Liszt: 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558, No. 2, Auf dem Wasser zu singen
Liszt: Die Forelle, S. 564 (After Schubert's D. 550),
Liszt: Lieder aus Franz Schubert's Schwanengesang, S. 560, No. 7, Ständchen
Liszt: Mendelssohns Lieder, S. 547, No. 1, Auf Flügeln des Gesanges, No. 2, Sonntagslied, No. 4, Neue Liebe
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - incidental music, Op. 61, I. Scherzo (Arr. S. Rachmaninoff for Piano)
Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1, Op. 23bis, WD 40, II. Minuetto (Arr. S. Rachmaninoff for Piano)
Mahler: Symphony No. 3, II. Tempo di Menuetto. Sehr mäßig (Arr. I. Friedman for Piano)
Tchaikovsky: Lullaby Op. 16 No. 1, TH 95 (Arr. S. Rachmaninoff for Piano)
Mussorgsky: The Fair at Sorotchintsy, Hopak (Arr. S. Rachmaninoff for Piano)
Grazioli, G: Adagio in G Minor (Arr. I. Friedman for Piano)
Friedman, I: 6 Viennese Dances, No. 1, Tempo di Valse lente (After Gärtner)

Transcribing musical works for other instruments or instrumentations has a long tradition in music history. Sometimes, the composers themselves wrote different versions of their works and often it is the musicians who adapt works for their own instruments. Even great composers have enjoyed arranging the works of their predecessors and have thus transported them into their time and era of music history and lent their own interpretations to them. Among those are Sergei Rachmaninoff, Franz Liszt, and Ignaz Friedman - all three great pianists and composers. Renowned Russian pianist Zlata Chochieva presents their transcriptions of the works of great composers such as Bach, Mendelssohn and Mahler on her new album ""(re)creations". Recorded at Blackbird Music Studio Berlin September 2020.

"Right from the first note, you realise Chochieva has not just drifted into the studio on a whim or simply to fulfil a contract. This is music-making of real purpose and conviction." - Gramophone Magazine, April 2021.