"String of Destiny" or Piano Sonata No. 4 (2000) is one-movement, eight-minute long concert piece dedicated to Alissa Firsova who premiered it in 2001 in St Albans and then recorded it to Belgian label Megadisc MDC-7818. "A Brief History of Music" (1978, revised in 1997) is rather an experimental piano piece that in three minutes presents a brief history of music from Bach and Haydn to Webern and Shostakovich. The piece was premiered by the composer...