Sacred & Profane by Varvara Myagkova

When a piece of music was written has nothing to do with whether it is modern. That is determined by a multitude of factors, the most important of which is its ability to differentiate itself in the mind of the listener from what is familiar in the present. That is music that will always be heard. Regardless of the turnover in civilizations, mankind is still helpless before that which destroyed our predecessors and strengthened by that which fortified every individual over centuries and millennia. Music is able to speak about each and every one of us, and at the same time about something greater than all our history. And I believe it is a very ambitious project to make a disc that directly addresses those themes and is both honest and of our time. You can and should devote your whole life to it. It is not mine alone — it belongs to us all. I think this is the first step at the very beginning of a long road. I am grateful to everyone who helped provide the opportunity to be so audacious.

Varvara Myagkova

Tracklist

1.	20 Regards sur l'enfant Jesus: I. Regard du Pere	9:16

2.	20 Regards sur l'enfant Jesus: IV. Regard de la Vierge	7:08

3.	Sonata in B minor, K. 27	2:41

4.	Sonata in D major, K. 430	2:55

5.	Sonata in D minor, K. 9	3:01

6.	Sonata in A minor, K. 451	2:01

7.	Sonata in B minor, K. 87	6:27

8.	Sonata in D minor, K. 1	2:10

9.	Prelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major, BWV 846	5:40

10.	Prelude and Fugue No. 10 in E minor, BWV 855	3:49

11.	Prelude and Fugue No. 3 in C-sharp major, BWV 848	3:49

12.	Prelude and Fugue No. 12 in F minor, BWV 857	6:50

13.	Prelude and Fugue No. 11 in F major, BWV 856	2:20

14.	Siciliano from the Flute Sonata No. 2, BWV 1031	4:46

15.	Largo from the Piano Concerto in F minor, BWV 1056	3:45

16.	Chorale Prelude "I call to You, Lord Jesus Christ", BWV 639	3:06

Credits

released June 3, 2022

Recorded by: Mikhail Spassky
Recorded at: Yamaha Artist Services, Moscow,
October 26—28, 2021, Yamaha Grand Piano CFX
Edited, mixed and mastered by: Mikhail Spassky

Liner notes (copywriter/editor) by: Elena Kharakidzyan
Copy editing by: Elena Dubchenko
Translation into English by: Ekaterina Kurdyukova, William Wescott
Booklet photos by: Alexandra Muravyeva
Cover photo by: Elena Kharakidzyan

Produced by: Elena Kharakidzyan

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