Disc — Over the Rainbow 2018

Description

Thanks to a belief in the idea of «Dreams Must Come True» made the album «Over the Rainbow» become realized.

Singer Alexandra Zaryankina and pianist Alexander Timofeev met and began their artistic collaboration not by accident. Their introduction was made by the intuitive creative wisdom of musician Dmitry Chasovitin. Alexander was teaching under Dmitry Nikolaevich’s direction at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory of Music, with whom Alexandra was recording the album «Dreams of Scotland» and planning future projects together. One of those projects was an album of songs from films and musicals, but Dmitry Chasovitin’s life was tragically cut short in 2013. Such celebrated jewel of a musician and mentor as Dmitry Chasovitin is impossible to replace. In his absense, the album took on a new spirit: a spirit of respect, of love and of devotion to her mentor’s memory, as well as the beginning of Alexandra’s own personal collaborative artistic journey.

«Over the Rainbow» transports us into a world of musical theater and film, featuring some of our favorite tunes from movies such as «The Godfather,» «The Wizard of Oz,» as well as legendary musicals «West Side Story,» «Phantom of the Opera,» and «Cats.»

All of us, from time to time, need to immerse ourselves in the atmosphere and charms of past decades so that we can rest our souls and gather inspiration, and in doing so find happiness; not somewhere over the rainbow, but in the here and now, every day of our lives!

In memory of Dmitry Chasovitin.