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This week’s program showcases Cedille’s first new release for 2015: pianist Jorge Federico Osorio’s Russian Recital.Internationally admired concert pianist Jorge Federico Osorio, praised by The New York Times for “the sweep and freshness of his readings,” offers a riveting and richly pictorial recital on his first-ever recording of Russian masterworks for solo piano. Mussorgsky’s original piano setting of his popular Pictures at an Exhibition anchors an absorbing program that includes Prokofiev’s Sixth Sonata and Romeo and Juliet Before Parting, plus Shostakovich’s Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in D minor.Playlist:SERGEI PROKOFIEV (1891–1953)Piano Sonata No. 6 in A major, Op. 82I. Allegro moderato (8:19)II. Allegretto (4:23)From Russian RecitalCedille Records 90000 153 (Tracks 1–2)Jorge Federico Osorio, pianoPROKOFIEVRomeo and Juliet Before Parting (7:41)from Ten Pieces from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 75From Russian RecitalCedille Records 90000 153 (Track 5)Jorge Federico Osorio, pianoDMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (1906–1975)Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in D minorfrom 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87Fugue (7:11)From Russian RecitalCedille Records 90000 153 (Track 7)Jorge Federico Osorio, pianoMODEST MUSSORGSKY (1839–1881)Pictures at an ExhibitionPromenade (1:18)I. Gnomus (2:24)[Promenade] (0:52)II. Il vecchio castello (4:10)[Promenade] (0:26)III. Tuileries (0:58)IV. Bydlo (2:35)[Promenade] (0:52)V. Ballet of the Chicks in their Shells (1:09)IX. The Hut on Fowls’ Legs (Baba-Yaga) (3:17)X. The Great Gate of Kiev (4:32)From Russian RecitalCedille Records 90000 153 (Tracks 8–16, 22 & 23)Jorge Federico Osorio, piano