Ukrainian Préludes

Compositions by Matvey Gozenpud, Nikolai Silvansky, and Evgeniya Yakhnina
Jascha Nemtsov, piano
hänssler CLASSIC / Deutschlandfunk Kultur 2024
Nominated for the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA)

“The overarching impression I got from listening to the disc – which I felt compelled to do over and over again – was that every piece is steeped in humanity. … I have rarely come across a disc where, as in this case, every one of the 42 pieces here by three composers bowled me over. It wasn’t as if there were some diamonds among the rough; rather, there was no rough but all diamonds.” (Steve Arloff)
https://musicwebinternational.com/2025/01/silvansky-gozenpud-yakhnina-ukrainian-preludes-hanssler-classic/

„Wie sehr sich die hier vereinten Präludien-Sammlungen lohnen, das offenbaren die Ersteinspielungen von Nemtsov. Was die Werke eint, ist eine unerhörte Ausdrucksdichte und stilistische Vielfalt. In seinen Gestaltungen fängt Nemtsov dies beispielhaft ein: den subtil-feinen Humor genauso wie humanistische Tiefe.“ (Marco Frei: PianoNews 12/2024)