The lovely Nocturne in E major by the Russian Alexei Stanchinsky (1888-1914). Stanchinsky was well-known in his day; composers like Prokofiev, Medtner, and Feinberg admired his compositions. However, he died tragically young and has largely been forgotten--this itself is a world premiere recording, and as far as I know, several of Stanchinsky's works have never been recorded.
This nocturne is from the excellent disc "Twelve Nocturnes and a Waltz" by Robert Henry, which is available on iTunes and Amazon. Also, you can get scores for most of Stanchinsky's music at imslp.org.
(Sorry for the annoying watermark.)
To be able to read music is to know another language.
justpassnthru 6 months ago