Great Pianists: Rachmaninov Vol.2 | Naxos - Historical 8112058

Great Pianists: Rachmaninov Vol.2

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Label: Naxos - Historical

Cat No: 8112058

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 3rd May 2011

Contents

About

Historical Recordings 1925-1942

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.

Rachmaninov the pianist in dazzling performances, superbly remastered... Here is a reminder and a remembrance of a matchless idiosyncrasy and mastery, particularly when discs dating from 1925–42 are so superbly remastered by Ward Marston” Gramophone on Vol.1

Contents:
- J S Bach: Partita No.4, BWV 828: V. Sarabande
Recorded on 16th December 1925

- Handel: Suite No.5, HWV 430: IV. Air & Variations
Recorded on 3rd January 1936

- Gluck (arr. Sgambati): Orfeo ed Euridice: Mélodie
Mozart: Sonata No.11, K.331: III. Rondo alla turca
Recorded on 14th May 1925

- Beethoven: 32 Variations, WoO 80 (Excerpts)
Recorded on 13th April and 14th May 1925

- Beethoven: The Ruins of Athens, Op.113: Turkish March (arr. Rubinstein)
Recorded on 14th December 1925

- Schubert: Impromptu, Op.90, No.4
Recorded on 29th December 1925

- Schubert, arr Liszt: Ständchen, S560 / R245
Recorded on 27th February 1942

- Schubert, arr Liszt: Das Wandern, S565 / R249
Recorded on 14th April 1925

- Liszt: Zwei Konzertetüden, S.145 / R6: No.2 Gnomenreigen
Recorded on 16th December 1925

- Liszt: Polonaise No.2, S.223/2 / R44
Recorded on 13th April 1925

- Mendelssohn: Three Etudes, Op.104b: Nos 2 and 3
Recorded on 25th April 1927

- Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Op.76: No.4 ‘Spinning Song’
Recorded on 25th April 1928

- Borodin: Scherzo
Recorded on 23rd December 1935

- Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op.37b: No.11 November ‘Troika en traineaux’
Recorded on 11th April 1928

- Scriabin: Prelude, Op.11, No.8
Recorded on 16th April 1929

- Paderewski: Humoresques de concert, Op.14: No.1 Menuet célèbre

- J Strauss II (arr. Tausig): Valse Caprice
Recorded on 5th April 1927

Producer and Audio Restoration Engineer: Ward Marston

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