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Alexey STANCHINSKY (1885-1914)

Russian composer Alexey Stanchinsky was somewhat of a child prodigy – composing and performing his were composed around 1903 and this No 2, in the key of D minor, might sound a little like early Scriabin (with hints of Chopin and Schumann).

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