Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-4, Paganini Rhapsody / Vondráček, Brauner, Prague Symphony

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Label
Supraphon
Release Date
May 5, 2023
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Sergei Rachmaninoff
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Prague Symphony Orchestra
    • PERFORMER
      Lukas Vondracek
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      May 05, 2023
    • UPC
      099925432324
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SU4323-2
    • LABEL
      Supraphon
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Piano
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Vivace

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Lukáš Vondráček

      Conductor: Tomas Brauner

    2. II. Andante

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Lukáš Vondráček

      Conductor: Tomas Brauner

    3. III. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Lukáš Vondráček

      Conductor: Tomas Brauner

    4. I. Allegro vivace (alla breve)

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Lukáš Vondráček

      Conductor: Tomas Brauner

    5. II. Largo

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Lukáš Vondráček

      Conductor: Tomas Brauner

    6. III. Allegro vivace

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Lukáš Vondráček

      Conductor: Tomas Brauner

    7. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Lukáš Vondráček

      Conductor: Tomas Brauner

    8. I. Moderato - Allegro

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Lukáš Vondráček

      Conductor: Tomas Brauner

    9. II. Adagio sostenuto

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Lukáš Vondráček

      Conductor: Tomas Brauner

    10. III. Allegro scherzando

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Lukáš Vondráček

      Conductor: Tomas Brauner

    11. I. Allegro ma non tanto

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Lukáš Vondráček

      Conductor: Tomas Brauner

    12. II. Intermezzo: Adagio

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Lukáš Vondráček

      Conductor: Tomas Brauner

    13. III. Finale: Alla breve

      Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff

      Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra

      Performer: Lukáš Vondráček

      Conductor: Tomas Brauner


Lukáš Vondráček and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Scarcely do we encounter a connection between a musician and a composer so close, strong and energizing. When, at the age of 15, Vondráček was invited by Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Czech Philharmonic to perform Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 1, he had garnered international acclaim at numerous concerts and competitions. Just a year later, the pianist toured the USA and appeared at Carnegie Hall. At the age of 29, he triumphed at the Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels (2016), performing Rachmaninoff’s Concerto No. 3, conducted by Marin Alsop. Love at first listen, Rachmaninoff has become his flagship composer: “Besides affording the opportunity to showcase one’s technique, his music impresses by being contrastive and having an immense dynamic range ... What more could a person keen on tone color wish? It’s sheer beauty!”

Lukáš Vondráček has been invited to perform Rachmaninoff’s concertos by the most prominent orchestras and conductors worldwide. The present album is one of the few sweet fruits of the Covid pandemic, which cleared the soloist’s otherwise jam-packed diary and afforded him peaceful time for recording. The booklet contains an interview with Lukáš Vondráček, within which he provides an account of his ample experience of and great affinity to Rachmaninoff. Yet the most powerful confession is the recording itself, made with the superb Prague Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Tomáš Brauner, capturing performances rendering every detail, teeming with emotion, colour and contrast. Sheer beauty indeed! Rachmaninoff in Lukáš Vondráček’s hands. A lavish musical feast.