Alexey Shor was born in Ukraine but now lives in New York pursuing a distinguished career filled with prestigious performances and recordings in collaboration with leading international musicians. Childhood Memories traces a path from early childhood to adolescence in a nostalgic reflection on youth, while Verdiana is a musical tribute to Giuseppe Verdi that reworks his famous melodies into Latin dance styles including samba, bossa nova and tango. Both of these works feature Shor’s trademark of melodic clarity and emotional depth.

This third volume in Alexey Shor’s Composer’s Notebook series follows hot on the heels of Vol.2 in this edition (8579140), released in February 2025 with the celebrated Suite for Piano and Orchestra no.2 ‘From My Bookshelf’. The first volume appeared in December 2024 (8579139) with his Fourth Violin Concerto and Travel Notebook, Suite for Piano and Orchestra no.1.

Laureate of numerous international competitions, notably the Second Prize winner at the 2013 Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition at the age of twenty and the youngest prize-winner of the Bonn International Beethoven Competition, Rémi Geniet is fast establishing himself as one of the most prominent pianists of his generation.

Internationally acclaimed clarinettist, Fabrizio Meloni, is Principal Clarinet and Soloist of Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala and Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala. He has previously appeared in Hummel’s Clarinet Quartet in E flat major which can be heard on 8554280.