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William Kapell Edition Vol 3 - Rachmaninoff: Concerto No 2

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Details

Composer
RACHMANINOV, SERGEI
Artist
William Kapell
Format
CD
Label
Sony Masterworks
Released
Feb 08, 2000
Catalog #
09026689922
UPC
090266899227

About

This re-release of William Kapell's 1951 recording of Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini with Fritz Reiner and the Robin Hood Dell Orchestra will hopefully serve as a corrective to the many pianists who take this work at dreadfully slow tempos. The fleet and bright Kapell-Reiner reading makes this work's theme and 24 variations cohere in a way that eludes so many other interpretations--as an extended, precise, and often frenetic dance and thus not, in this way, unlike Ravel's 'Bolero.' Such a reading not only teases out a most appropriate Paganinian mania in the faster variations but also rescues the slower ones, like the eighth (here given a cool, easy swing), from sounding like dirges.
Whether under the direction of Reiner or, as with the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2, under William Steinberg, the woodwind soloists of the Robin Hood Dell Orchestra are exemplary, while the strings (especially under Reiner) shimmer. The concerto possesses many moments that require careful advanced staging; otherwise, the work runs the risk of sounding tunefully episodic. With Steinberg keeping the ensemble super-tight throughout all three movements, he and Kapell stage these moments brilliantly.

Tracklist 32 tracks

  1. 1 Introduction: Allegro vivace 00:30
    Track
    1
    Title
    Introduction: Allegro vivace
    Duration
    00:30
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  2. 2 Theme: L'istesso tempo 00:19
    Track
    2
    Title
    Theme: L'istesso tempo
    Duration
    00:19
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  3. 3 Variation 2: L'istesso tempo 00:20
    Track
    3
    Title
    Variation 2: L'istesso tempo
    Duration
    00:20
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  4. 4 Variation 3: L'istesso tempo 00:27
    Track
    4
    Title
    Variation 3: L'istesso tempo
    Duration
    00:27
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  5. 5 Variation 4: Più vivo 00:27
    Track
    5
    Title
    Variation 4: Più vivo
    Duration
    00:27
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  6. 6 Variation 5: Tempo precedente 00:27
    Track
    6
    Title
    Variation 5: Tempo precedente
    Duration
    00:27
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  7. 7 Variation 6: L'istesso tempo 01:00
    Track
    7
    Title
    Variation 6: L'istesso tempo
    Duration
    01:00
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  8. 8 Variation 7: Meno mosso, a tempo moderato 01:01
    Track
    8
    Title
    Variation 7: Meno mosso, a tempo moderato
    Duration
    01:01
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  9. 9 Variation 8: Tempo I 00:32
    Track
    9
    Title
    Variation 8: Tempo I
    Duration
    00:32
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  10. 10 Variation 9: L'istesso tempo 00:30
    Track
    10
    Title
    Variation 9: L'istesso tempo
    Duration
    00:30
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  11. 11 Variation 10: Poco marcato 00:51
    Track
    11
    Title
    Variation 10: Poco marcato
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  12. 12 Variation 11: Moderato 01:17
    Track
    12
    Title
    Variation 11: Moderato
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  13. 13 Variation 12: Tempo di minuetto 01:10
    Track
    13
    Title
    Variation 12: Tempo di minuetto
    Duration
    01:10
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  14. 14 Variation 13: Allegro 00:26
    Track
    14
    Title
    Variation 13: Allegro
    Duration
    00:26
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  15. 15 Variation 14: L'istesso tempo 00:41
    Track
    15
    Title
    Variation 14: L'istesso tempo
    Duration
    00:41
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  16. 16 Variation 15: Più vivo scherzando 01:12
    Track
    16
    Title
    Variation 15: Più vivo scherzando
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  17. 17 Variation 16. Allegretto 01:22
    Track
    17
    Title
    Variation 16. Allegretto
    Duration
    01:22
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  18. 18 Variation 17: (Allegretto) 01:36
    Track
    18
    Title
    Variation 17: (Allegretto)
    Duration
    01:36
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  19. 19 Variation 18: Andante cantabile 02:45
    Track
    19
    Title
    Variation 18: Andante cantabile
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  20. 20 Variation 19: A tempo vivace 00:35
    Track
    20
    Title
    Variation 19: A tempo vivace
    Duration
    00:35
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  21. 21 Variation 20: Un poco più vivo 00:36
    Track
    21
    Title
    Variation 20: Un poco più vivo
    Duration
    00:36
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  22. 22 Variation 21: Un poco più vivo 00:26
    Track
    22
    Title
    Variation 21: Un poco più vivo
    Duration
    00:26
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  23. 23 Variation 22: Un poco più vivo (Alla breve) 01:43
    Track
    23
    Title
    Variation 22: Un poco più vivo (Alla breve)
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  24. 24 Variation 23. L'istesso tempo 00:47
    Track
    24
    Title
    Variation 23. L'istesso tempo
    Duration
    00:47
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  25. 25 Variation 24: A tempo un poco meno mosso 01:12
    Track
    25
    Title
    Variation 24: A tempo un poco meno mosso
    Duration
    01:12
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
  26. 26 I. Moderato - Allegro 09:26
    Track
    26
    Title
    I. Moderato - Allegro
    Duration
    09:26
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Steinberg
  27. 27 II. Adagio sostenuto 10:40
    Track
    27
    Title
    II. Adagio sostenuto
    Duration
    10:40
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Steinberg
  28. 28 III. Allegro scherzando 10:48
    Track
    28
    Title
    III. Allegro scherzando
    Duration
    10:48
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
    Ensemble
    Philadelphia Orchestra
    Conductor
    William Steinberg
  29. 29 Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 2. Prélude in C-Sharp Minor 03:58
    Track
    29
    Title
    Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 2. Prélude in C-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Sergei Rachmaninoff
    Performer
    William Kapell
  30. 30 No. 24. in D Minor 01:11
    Track
    30
    Title
    No. 24. in D Minor
    Duration
    01:11
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    William Kapell
  31. 31 No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor 01:54
    Track
    31
    Title
    No. 10 in C-Sharp Minor
    Duration
    01:54
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    William Kapell
  32. 32 No. 5 in D Major 00:26
    Track
    32
    Title
    No. 5 in D Major
    Duration
    00:26
    Composer
    Dmitri Shostakovich
    Performer
    William Kapell