Profound Slavonic emotion and thrilling virtuosity distinguish many of Rodion Shchedrin’s compositions. Even though he has long since become a citizen of the world, the composer born in Moscow has held on to his Russian origins and has never lost his ties with Russian musical folklore and poetry. In Tanya - Katya Shchedrin uses the syllabic content of the two women’s names alone to develop a melodic structure that has real emotional depth. A broad arc reaches all the way from the roots of tradit...