With his five piano concertos, sonatas and 24 preludes and fugues Rodion Shchedrin is one of the most prominent composers for piano of our time. A gifted pianist, he has given the first performances of most of his works himself. With the seven pieces in this Journal Shchedrin has created a cycle for piano reflecting his own life as a composer and pianist. These are remarkable confessions by the Russian musician who wrote his first major compositions as a twenty year-old student at the Moscow Con...

• I Sostenuto assai
• II L'istesso tempo
• III Allegretto moderato (in ritmo)
• IV Allegro, ma non troppo
• V Lento, sempre poco rubato
• VI Presto leggiero
• VII Sostenuto alla campane