Nikolai Tcherepnin: Songs from Toccata Classics

[LateRomantic75]

Whilst vocal music without orchestral accompaniment is not my area of focus, this upcoming release from Toccata Classics sounds quite attractive: http://www.toccataclassics.com/cddetail.php?CN=TOCC0221

Nikolai Tcherepnin (1873–1945) – a student of Rimsky-Korsakov and teacher of Prokofiev – was a Russian-born composer and conductor, and the first of his family's musical dynasty. This CD provides an overview of his ninety-plus songs, which cover a wide range of styles. The early ones are in a late-Romantic idiom; the Japanese Lyrics of 1923 display oriental colours; and the extraordinary Oceanic Suite (1917–23), which sets a series of incantations by the symbolist poet Konstantin Balmont, presents modern evocations of primitive ritual.

(from the Toccata website)