Godowsky, Franck & Rachmaninoff: Chiaroscuro

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Alpha
Release Date
February 14, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Cesar Franck, Leopold Godowsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff
    • PERFORMER
      Roman Borisov
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 14, 2025
    • UPC
      3701624510803
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ALPHA1080
    • LABEL
      Alpha
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Sarabande in E Major (Rameau)

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    2. No. 3. Menuet in A Minor (Rameau)

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    3. No. 8. Pastorale (Angelus) in G Major (Corelli)

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    4. No. 10. Courante in E Minor (Lully)

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    5. Renaissance, Book 4: No. 19. Concert-Allegro in A Major (Scarlatti)

      Composer: Leopold Godowsky

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    6. Prélude -

      Composer: César Franck

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    7. Choral (Chorale) -

      Composer: César Franck

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    8. Fugue

      Composer: César Franck

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    9. Theme: Andante

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    10. Variation 1: Poco più mosso

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    11. Variation 2: L'istesso tempo

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    12. Variation 3: Tempo di menuetto

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    13. Variation 4: Andante

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    14. Variation 5: Allegro (ma non tanto)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    15. Variation 6: L'istesso tempo

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    16. Variation 7: Vivace

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    17. Variation 8: Adagio misterioso

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    18. Variation 9: Un poco più mosso

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    19. Variation 10: Allegro scherzando

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    20. Variation 11: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    21. Variation 12: L'istesso tempo

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    22. Variation 13: Agitato

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    23. Intermezzo

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    24. Variation 14: Andante (come prima)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    25. Variation 15: L'istesso tempo

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    26. Variation 16: Allegro vivace

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    27. Variation 17: Meno mosso

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    28. Variation 18: Allegro con brio

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    29. Variation 19: Più mosso, Agitato

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    30. Variation 20: Più mosso

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov

    31. Coda: Andante

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Performer: Roman Borisov


In 2022, 19-year-old pianist Roman Borisov became the youngest winner of the prestigious Kissinger KlavierOlymp competition. After taking part in Alpha's 'Next Generation Mozart Soloists' collection (ALPHA991), he now presents his first solo recital in Alpha's ongoing 'Piano Stories' series, which he sees as a 'conversation with the past', featuring composers inspired by earlier styles to create new works. Born in 1870, the brilliant virtuoso pianist Leopold Godowsky composed twenty-four 'free arrangements' of music by masters of the Baroque. Among these, Roman Borisov has selected pieces based on works by Rameau, Corelli, Scarlatti and John Loeillet (whose pieces were originally mis-attributed to Lully)... In 1931, Rachmaninoff composed his last original work for solo piano: a set of variations on 'La Folia', a 15th-century dance theme that Corelli famously used in one of his violin sonatas. The encounter between the Baroque style and the harmonic richness of the Russian composer is fascinating. The superb Prelude, Chorale and Fugue composed by Cesar Franck in 1884, an obvious tribute to J.S. Bach, concludes Roman's pianistic journey through time.