Solo Piano Recordings Volume 2 (recorded 1925-1942)
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Solo Piano Recordings Volume 2 (recorded 1925-1942)
Sergey Rachmaninov (piano)
[ Naxos Historical Great Pianists / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 1 August 2011
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His perfect technique, utter clarity and discipline, and supreme musicianship shine undiminished through even his earliest recordings.
Rachmaninov's reputation as a composer has waxed and waned over the years, but as a pianist he remains renowned, not least among other pianists, as one of the greatest. His perfect technique, utter clarity and discipline, and supreme musicianship shine undiminished through even his earliest recordings.
Ever the perfectionist, he would often set down multiple takes of even the shortest pieces (no fewer than 22 of Mendelssohn's Spinning Song, for instance), carefully choosing only the best for release. His account of a selection of Beethoven's 32 Variations in C minor WoO 80 effortlessly negotiates every nuance, from utmost delicacy to thunderous virtuosity, while his affinity for the Romantics is self-evident.
Tracks:
Bach, J S:
Sarabande from Partita No. 4 BWV828
Beethoven:
Variations (32) on an Original Theme in C minor, WoO 80: excerpt
The Ruins of Athens -Turkish March
Borodin:
Scherzo
Gluck:
Orfeo ed Euridice: Mélodie
Handel:
Keyboard Suite, HWV 430 in E major 'The Harmonious Blacksmith': Air & Variations
Liszt:
Ständchen - Leise flehen meine Lieder (No. 7a from Schwanengesang, S560, after Schubert)
Das Wandern (No. 1 from Müllerlieder von Franz Schubert, S565)
Gnomenreigen, S145 No. 2
Mendelssohn:
3 Etudes, Op. 104b
Song without Words, Op. 67 No. 4 in C major 'Spinning Song' or 'Bee's Wedding'
Mozart:
Rondo alla Turca from Piano Sonata No. 11, K331
Paderewski:
Minuet in G major, Op. 14 No. 1
Schubert:
Impromptu in A flat major, D899 No. 4
Scriabin:
Prelude, Op. 11 No. 8 in F sharp minor
Tausig:
Man lebt nur einmal. No. 2 from 'Walzer-Capricen nach J. Strauss'
Tchaikovsky:
The Seasons, Op. 37b: November (Troika)
