Ranging widely over Tcherepnin’s compositional life, Volume 7 includes early, unpublished works such as the Étude de concert, Old St Petersburg and the Ballade, which have been made available especially for this recording. The ultra–virtuosic Toccata No. 2 dates from 1922 whilst shorter, lighter pieces such as the Polka were written during the German Occupation of Paris.

Listen to an excerpt from
Toccata No. 2, Op. 20

VOEUX (WISHES), OP. 39B (1926) (09:58)
1 Pour mon Saint (00:55)
2 Pour ma famille (01:22)
3 Pour le sentiment (02:07)
4 Pour le bonheur bourgeois (01:12)
5 Pour le travail (01:54)
6 Pour la vie (01:43)
7 Pour la paix en Orient (00:45)

8 POLKA (VERSION FOR PIANO) (1944) (01:53)

9 ÉTUDE DE CONCERT (1920) * (04:10)

10 CANZONA, OP. 28 (1924) (03:25)

11 AUTOUR DES MONTAGNES RUSSES (RIDING THE ROLLER COASTER) (1937) (03:28)

12 TOCCATA NO. 2, OP. 20 (1922) (08:07)

13 PASTORAL (ARRANGED BY THE COMPOSER FROM THE LOST FLUTE, OP. 89: INTRODUCTION) (1955) * (01:44)

14 CANON, OP. POSTH. (VERSION FOR PIANO)
(1923–24) * (02:44)

15 DIALOGUE (ARRANGED BY THE COMPOSER FROM SUITE GÉORGIENNE, OP. 57: II. —) (1952) * (04:03)

16 OLD ST PETERSBURG (CA. 1917) * (03:16)

17 BALLADE (1917) * (08:57)

18 SOUVENIR DE VOYAGE * (02:55)

19 BADINAGE (1941) * (02:56)

TOTAL TIME: 57:30

Giorgio Koukl is a pianist/harpsichordist and composer based in Lugano, Switzerland. Born in Prague, he studied at the State Music School and Conservatoire before moving to Switzerland and continuing his studies at the Conservatoires of Zürich and Milan. Koukl’s complete recordings of Martinů’s piano music for Naxos have been critically acclaimed as "a delight" (Gramophone) and "estimable and important" (MusicWeb International).