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Rachmaninoff: Cello & Piano Music

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Details

Composer
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Artist
Simone Pedroni, Christiana Coppola
Format
CD
Label
Urania Records
Released
Jan 16, 2026
Catalog #
LDV14131
UPC
8051773578311

About

Rachmaninov, considered by academics to be a late romantic, often draws on Baroque models: an eclecticism of languages. He experiences music as a memory of affection, and in few places, as here, his insatiable Faustian aspiration to 'stop the moment' reaches a similar intensity. Op. 19 breathes a sense of a return to life and the otherworldly cello calls shatter according to a principle of hallucinatory suspension which is already the Rachmaninov of the Symphonic Dances op. 45. Piano Sonata No. 2 in E-flat minor, Op. 36 had a complex gestation, culminating in a 1931 revision in which the Maestro reduced a certain 'pleasant storytelling' in the style of Liszt, moving closer to the neoclassical matrix, but 'Russian-style', of his later works. As an ideal encore, the programme also features the Danse orientale Op. 2, No. 2, the adolescent Sergei's homage to that narrative of exotic landscapes, musical scales infused with chromatic enchantments.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 2 Pieces, Op. 2: No. 2. Danse orientale 08:03
    Track
    1
    Title
    2 Pieces, Op. 2: No. 2. Danse orientale
    Duration
    08:03
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Christiana Coppola, Simone Pedroni
  2. 2 I. Lento - Allegro moderato 16:17
    Track
    2
    Title
    I. Lento - Allegro moderato
    Duration
    16:17
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Christiana Coppola, Simone Pedroni
  3. 3 II. Allegro scherzando 07:21
    Track
    3
    Title
    II. Allegro scherzando
    Duration
    07:21
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Christiana Coppola, Simone Pedroni
  4. 4 III. Andante 07:02
    Track
    4
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    07:02
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Christiana Coppola, Simone Pedroni
  5. 5 IV. Allegro mosso 13:46
    Track
    5
    Title
    IV. Allegro mosso
    Duration
    13:46
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Christiana Coppola, Simone Pedroni
  6. 6 I. Allegro agitato 11:32
    Track
    6
    Title
    I. Allegro agitato
    Duration
    11:32
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Simone Pedroni
  7. 7 II. Non allegro - Lento 08:33
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Non allegro - Lento
    Duration
    08:33
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Simone Pedroni
  8. 8 III. Allegro molto 07:06
    Track
    8
    Title
    III. Allegro molto
    Duration
    07:06
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Simone Pedroni
  9. 9 Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 1. Elégie in E-Flat Minor 06:36
    Track
    9
    Title
    Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 1. Elégie in E-Flat Minor
    Duration
    06:36
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Simone Pedroni