Soprano Sarah Moulton Faux and pianist Konstantin Soukhovetski are featured in Get Classical in an in-depth profile exploring their album YULIYA (Azica Records) — the first modern recordings of the lost art songs of Julia Weissberg Rimsky-Korsakov. Written by Ilona Oltuski, the article traces Faux’s archival research at the Russian State Library in Moscow, the creative collaboration with Soukhovetski that brought these forgotten compositions to life, and the scholarly foundation behind the project, including liner notes co-written with musicologist Dr. Kirsten Santos Rutschman.
Produced by seven-time Grammy® winner Judith Sherman, YULIYA restores the voice of a composer who studied under luminaries including Engelbert Humperdinck and Max Reger, and whose art songs drew on texts by influential women across cultures — from Indian activist Sarojini Naidu to Russian poet Sophia Parnok. Weissberg Rimsky-Korsakov perished during the Nazi siege of Leningrad, and her music had been largely silent until Faux and Soukhovetski returned it to the world. Read the full article at Get Classical.