Rachmaninov: Preludes & Melodies

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[Bax] has technique to burn but also has the unteachable ability to tug at the heart strings...In the transcriptions, Bax pays particular attention to the intricate weaving of separate voices,... — Classic FM Magazine, September 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th May 2011
Catalogue No: SIGCD264
Label: Signum
Length: 76 minutes

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Rachmaninoff: Preludes Op. 23 Nos. 1-10

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No. 1 in F sharp minor: Largo

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No. 2 in B flat major: Maestoso

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No. 3 in D minor: Tempo di minuetto

Track length3:54

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No. 4 in D major: Andante cantabile

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No. 5 in G minor: Alla marcia

Track length3:34

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No. 6 in E flat major: Andante

Track length3:22

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No. 7 in C minor: Allegro

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No. 8 in A flat major: Allegro vivace

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No. 9 in E flat minor: Presto

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No. 10 in G flat major: Largo

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Rachmaninoff: Prelude in F major, Op. 2

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Alessio Bax

Rachmaninoff: Canon in D minor

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Rachmaninoff: Prelude in E flat minor

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Rachmaninoff: Melodie in E major

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Rachmaninoff: Gavotte in D major

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Rachmaninoff: Prelude in D minor, Op. Posth

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Rachmaninoff: Fragments, Op. Posth

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Rachmaninoff: Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5

Work length2:40

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Rachmaninoff: Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3

Work length2:29

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S. Rachmaninov, arr. Bax: Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14

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M. Mussorgsky, arr. Rachmaninov: Sorochintsy Fair: Hopak

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Alessio Bax

Kreisler: Liebesleid

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Kreisler: Liebesfreud

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Alessio Bax

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In his second solo recital disc for Signum, this release demonstrates Alessio Bax’s dazzling skill and flair in performance and interpretation – this time with Rachmaninov’s piano works. The programme is centered around the Preludes Op.23, but takes in a broad selection of his other studies, etudes, melodies and transcriptions. Bax describes the programme as being a collection of ‘Visions and Landscapes’.

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September 2011

[Bax] has technique to burn but also has the unteachable ability to tug at the heart strings...In the transcriptions, Bax pays particular attention to the intricate weaving of separate voices, and is truly affecting in his own arrangement of Vocalise. This is one of the most intelligent and engrossing Rachmaninov recitals of recent years.

Awards Issue 2011

With this intricate and enterprising recital, the wondrously gifted Alessio Bax fulfils, in his own words, a long-cherished dream...he finds all of the composer's dark-hued melancholy, playing with an impeccable sense of vocal line and with an intense and stylish rubato...if his Op. 23 Preludes lack the classic quality of, say, Lympany or Osborne, his vividness and personality weaven their own intoxicationg spell.

31st July 2011

He writes in the sleeve notes of a long-held desire to record Rachmaninov and [in the Vocalise] you feel he totally understands the composer's unique harmonic world. It's worth acquiring the CD for this track alone.

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