Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2

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what makes this release so outstanding is the quality of Tsujii's interpretative response to two very demanding, and very different composers. His powerful, yet unhurried manner and full, rather... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 24th Jan 2011
Catalogue No: CC72371
Label: Challenge Classics
Length: 59 minutes

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Work length34:29

$6.00

$8.40

Nobuyuki Tsujii
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Yutaka Sado

Moderato

Track length11:11

$2.00

$2.80

Adagio Sostenuto

Track length11:20

$2.00

$2.80

Allegro scherzando

Track length11:58

$2.00

$2.80

Liszt: Liebestraum, S541 No. 3 (Nocturne in A flat major)

Work length4:09

$1.00

$1.40

Nobuyuki Tsujii
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Yutaka Sado

Liszt: Mephisto Waltz No. 1

Work length11:10

$2.00

$2.80

Nobuyuki Tsujii
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Yutaka Sado

Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor

Work length9:58

$1.50

$2.10

Nobuyuki Tsujii
Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Yutaka Sado

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Award-winning blind pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii makes his first recording for Challenge Classics with conductor Yutaka Sado and the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin on a disc that includes Sergei Rachmaninov’s much-loved Piano Concerto No. 2 and three popular pieces for solo piano by Franz Liszt.

Blind since birth, 21-year-old Nobuyuki Tsujii was joint-winner of the Gold Medal at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2009. Since winning the competition he has appeared at the Aspen Music Festival, and the Ravinia Festival, and given recitals throughout the U.S.A. He has worked with conductors including Vladimir Ashkenazy, Yutaka Sado and Vladimir Spivakov. Future plans include appearances with the BBC Philharmonic, Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra, and recitals in Berlin, Belgrade and Basel. Nobuyuki Tsujii has made a number of recordings for Avex Classics including an all- Chopin recital disc, and a live DVD recording of his 2008 solo recital at Suntory Hall.

After having spent three years of creative hardship without writing anything, the composition of the Second Piano Concerto restored Rachmaninov’s confidence in his creative abilities, and the first complete performance of the wiork in 1901 brought him great and lasting success. Franz Liszt was a multi-faceted musical genius, and the solo piano pieces featured here cover several aspects of this. The disc includes the celebrated Hungarian Rhapsody No.2, as well as Liebestraum No. 3 and the First Mephisto Waltz.

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May 2011

what makes this release so outstanding is the quality of Tsujii's interpretative response to two very demanding, and very different composers. His powerful, yet unhurried manner and full, rather dark keyboard tone together draw out the riches of Rachmaninov's evergreen Concerto in a way that has it sounding wonderfully fresh...his playing is alert to every switchback of mood and pace.

April 2011

The Mephisto Waltz in particular has treacherous leaps which most sighted pianists find challenging, so to hear Tsujii in one of the most thrilling account of [sic] disc seems nothing short of miraculous.

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2

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