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PARNASSUS

SERGEI RACHMANINOV THE PIANIST

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Artist
RACHMANINOV, SERGEI
Format
CD
Label
PARNASSUS
Released
Jun 11, 2021
Catalog #
PACD95002.2
UPC
5055354409028

About

His playing presents a delicious paradox... individualistic almost to the point of recreation, while so utterly natural, so profoundly honest, you could hardly imagine the music otherwise. [Beethoven Variations[: tautness of playing, absolute rhythmic security, burbling pianissimos, knife-edged sforzandos, artful rubato and unremitting sense of purpose... delicate observations occur by the bar... [trans-criptions]: (Mendelssohn; Rimsky-Korsakov; Tchaikovsky): scintillating, full of musical interest. His reworking of Liebesleid is extremely beautiful. [his own music]... each sounds as if spontaneously improvised... The C sharp minor Prelude retains it's magic through perfect timing. That is perhaps where Rachmaninov remains most inimitable: it wasn't how he struck the keys that mattered, but when. (Gramophone)

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 2. Prélude in C-Sharp Minor 03:41
    Track
    1
    Title
    Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 2. Prélude in C-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    03:41
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
  2. 2 13 Preludes, Op. 32: No. 6 in F Minor: Allegro appassionato 01:19
    Track
    2
    Title
    13 Preludes, Op. 32: No. 6 in F Minor: Allegro appassionato
    Duration
    01:19
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
  3. 3 32 Variations in C Minor, WoO 80 07:53
    Track
    3
    Title
    32 Variations in C Minor, WoO 80
    Duration
    07:53
    Composer
    Ludwig van Beethoven
    Performer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
  4. 4 Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47 07:21
    Track
    4
    Title
    Ballade No. 3 in A-Flat Major, Op. 47
    Duration
    07:21
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
  5. 5 Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2 03:37
    Track
    5
    Title
    Waltz No. 7 in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 64, No. 2
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
  6. 6 Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3 02:46
    Track
    6
    Title
    Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Frédéric Chopin
    Performer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
  7. 7 A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M13, Act II: Scherzo (arr. S. Rachmaninov for piano) 03:59
    Track
    7
    Title
    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61, MWV M13, Act II: Scherzo (arr. S. Rachmaninov for piano)
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Felix Mendelssohn
    Performer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
  8. 8 Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57: Flight of the Bumblebee (arr. S. Rachmaninov for piano) 01:10
    Track
    8
    Title
    Tale of Tsar Saltan, Op. 57: Flight of the Bumblebee (arr. S. Rachmaninov for piano)
    Duration
    01:10
    Composer
    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
    Performer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
  9. 9 Les saisons (The Seasons), Op. 37a: XI. November: Troika 03:54
    Track
    9
    Title
    Les saisons (The Seasons), Op. 37a: XI. November: Troika
    Duration
    03:54
    Composer
    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
    Performer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
  10. 10 Nouvelles soirées de Vienne (Valses-caprices d'après J Strauss): II. Man lebt nur einmal 06:57
    Track
    10
    Title
    Nouvelles soirées de Vienne (Valses-caprices d'après J Strauss): II. Man lebt nur einmal
    Duration
    06:57
    Composer
    Carl Tausig
    Performer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
  11. 11 Liebesleid (arr. S. Rachmaninov for piano) 04:27
    Track
    11
    Title
    Liebesleid (arr. S. Rachmaninov for piano)
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Fritz Kreisler
    Performer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
  12. 12 I. Moderato - Allegro 09:46
    Track
    12
    Title
    I. Moderato - Allegro
    Duration
    09:46
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leopold Stokowski
  13. 13 II. Adagio sostenuto 10:37
    Track
    13
    Title
    II. Adagio sostenuto
    Duration
    10:37
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leopold Stokowski
  14. 14 III. Allegro scherzando 10:47
    Track
    14
    Title
    III. Allegro scherzando
    Duration
    10:47
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
    Conductor
    Leopold Stokowski