Resurgence
Janne Fredens And Søren Rastogi Revive A Lost Romantic Composer.
Leokadiya Kashperova (1872–1940) was a celebrated pianist, an early Russian woman composer with a substantial public career, and the first teacher of Igor Stravinsky. After the Revolution her music disappeared from the concert platform and was almost entirely forgotten. Resurgence presents her Opus 1, two cello sonatas written in 1895 and 1896 straight after she graduated from Anton Rubinstein’s piano class. They are dedicated to the great cellist Alexander Verzhbilovich. The G major sonata is a warm, Brahmsian work with echoes of Chopin, Tchaikovsky and a tribute to Rubinstein himself, and the E minor sonata ranges from an agitated opening to a blazing finale. The booklet describes the pair as “a fascinating diptych” and, as Graham Griffiths writes, among “the most impressive Opus 1 creations by any young composer”. Both are part of the first CD recordings from the Kashperova Edition (Boosey & Hawkes).
Danish cellist Janne Fredens, who plays a 2018 Peter Westerlund cello, and pianist Søren Rastogi, who plays a Steinway D, follow their acclaimed OUR Recordings album Upheaval with this new discovery. The cello sings with intense poetry while the piano shows off Kashperova’s own virtuosity. Recorded in Aarhus in 2026 in DXD, with a 12-microphone Dolby Atmos array, the album brings a long-overlooked voice back to life in vivid immersive sound.
Janne Fredens, cello (Peter Westerlund, 2018)
Søren Rastogi, piano (Steinway D)
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