Rachmaninov the Pianist | Parnassus PACL95002

Rachmaninov the Pianist

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Label: Parnassus

Cat No: PACL95002

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 11th June 2021

Contents

Artists

Sergei Rachmaninov (piano)
Philadelphia Orchestra

Conductor

Leopold Stokowski

Works

Beethoven, Ludwig van

Variations (32) on an original theme, WoO80 (excerpts)

Chopin, Frederic

Ballades (4)
» no.3 in A flat major, op.47
Waltzes (19)
» no.7 in C sharp minor, op.64 no.2
» no.8 in A flat major, op.64 no.3

Kreisler, Fritz

Liebesleid (arr. Rachmaninov)

Mendelssohn, Felix

A Midsummer Night's Dream
» Scherzo (arr. Rachmaninov)

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Morceaux de fantaisie, op.3
» no.2 Prelude in C sharp minor
Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor, op.18
Preludes (13), op.32
» no.6 in F minor

Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai

The Tale of Tsar Saltan
» Flight of the Bumblebee (arr. Rachmaninov)

Tausig, Carl

Valse-Caprice no.2

Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich

The Seasons, op.37a
» no.11 November: Troika

Artists

Sergei Rachmaninov (piano)
Philadelphia Orchestra

Conductor

Leopold Stokowski

About

“His playing presents a delicious paradox... individualistic almost to the point of recreation, while so utterly natural, so profoundly honest, you could hardly imagine the music otherwise. [Beethoven Variations:] tautness of playing, absolute rhythmic security, burbling pianissimos, knife-edged sforzandos, artful rubato and unremitting sense of purpose ... delicate observations occur by the bar ... [Mendelssohn; Rimsky-Korsakov; Tchaikovsky:] scintillating, full of musical interest. His reworking of Liebesleid is extremely beautiful. [his own music:] ... each sounds as if spontaneously improvised ... the C sharp minor Prelude retains its magic through perfect timing. That is perhaps where Rachmaninov remains most inimitable: it wasn't how he struck the keys that mattered, but when.” – Gramophone

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