{"product_id":"sergei-rachmaninoff-transcriptions","title":"Sergei Rachmaninoff: Transcriptions","description":"Rachmaninoff in the hands of Marek Kozak - mastery without ostentation  To this day, Rachmaninoff's four concertos remain a touchstone for pianists  around the world. His piano transcriptions of music by other composers  (and of two of his own songs) do not attract so much attention, but what  they tell us about the composer and his life is just as interesting. His  arrangements place him alongside Liszt and Busoni, masters of the genre,  whose transcriptions are both tributes to the originals and unique  creations with a sonic aesthetic of their own. Rachmaninoff wrote most  of his transcriptions between 1921 and 1929, when he was busily performing  concerts and making recordings. On the concert stage, they allowed him  to demonstrate his phenomenal technique. Among the supreme examples  of his transcriptions are Mendelssohn's popular Scherzo from the incidental  music to A Midsummer Night's Dream and three movements from Bach's  Partita in E major for solo violin, BWV 1006. The 1941 arrangement  of Tchaikovsky's Lullaby from the cycle Six Romances brings Rachmaninoff's  entire oeuvre to a symbolic conclusion as a remembrance of his revered  teacher and of an extraordinary human being. Each transcription bears  witness to the humility and profound integrity of the composer's approach  to such arrangements. Virtuosity, integrity, and humility are no less  characteristic of the performer on this recording. Following his successful  debut album featuring neglected Czech piano concertos (Kovarovic,  Borkovec, Kapralova - Supraphon 2024), Marek Kozak demonstrates his  mastery even in this - only seemingly - unassuming genre.","brand":"Supraphon","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":45960274378986,"sku":"099925437428","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/4491458-3522675.jpg?v=1778216212","url":"https:\/\/arkivmusic.com\/products\/sergei-rachmaninoff-transcriptions","provider":"ArkivMusic","version":"1.0","type":"link"}