Artist: Evgeny Bushkov, Belarussian State Chamber Orchestra, Elvira Misbakhova
Album: Airat Ichmouratov: Letter from an Unknown Woman
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2019
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24 bit, 96 kHz
Duration: 01:00:04
Total Tracks: 9
Total Size: 1,12 GB

Tracklist:

1. Airat Ichmouratov – Concerto grosso, Op. 28: I. Allegro (07:11)
2. Airat Ichmouratov – Concerto grosso, Op. 28: II. Adagio (09:09)
3. Airat Ichmouratov – Concerto grosso, Op. 28: III. Allegro con brio (04:58)
4. Elvira Misbakhova – 3 Romances, Op. 22: No. 1, Moderato (05:42)
5. Elvira Misbakhova – 3 Romances, Op. 22: No. 2, Adagio (08:33)
6. Elvira Misbakhova – 3 Romances, Op. 22: No. 3, Largo (07:13)
7. Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra – String Octet in G Minor, Op. 56 “Letter” (Version for String Orchestra): I. Largo (08:51)
8. Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra – String Octet in G Minor, Op. 56 “Letter” (Version for String Orchestra): II. Allegro (03:49)
9. Belarusian State Chamber Orchestra – String Octet in G Minor, Op. 56 “Letter” (Version for String Orchestra): III. Largo (04:35)

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Montreal-based since 1998, Airat Ichmouratov (born 1973) traces his musical roots back to the dominant culture in his native Tatarstan in Soviet times: ‘It was definitely the Russian school of composers’, he says, without rancour. ‘I’m influenced to this day by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff, and Tchaikovsky. My own musical style has evolved out of this rich heritage.’ There’s more. The Volga Tatar-born Russian-Canadian composer learned to play klezmer music while busking, together with his viola-playing wife, as new immigrants on the streets and Métro of Montreal. ‘I’ve been touring the world for twenty years as a clarinettist with the Montreal band Kleztory and find myself, a Muslim-born musician, playing klezmer. This, too, is now a distinctive part of my musical language.’ (From introductory notes by Keith Horner)