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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Rachmaninov - Solo Piano Recordings Volume 3Victor Recordings 1925-1942
Bach, J S: | Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006: suite (Gigue, Gavotte & Preludio) arr. Rachmaninov | Kreisler: | Liebesfreud arr. Rachmaninov | Mendelssohn: | A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo arr. Rachmaninov | Mussorgsky: | Sorochintsy Fair: Gopak arr. Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov: | Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 2 in C major Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 7 in E flat major (published as No. 4) Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 6 in A minor Moment musical No. 2 in E flat minor, Op. 16 No. 2 Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor Melodie in E Major, Op. 3 No. 3 Serenade, Op. 3 No. 5 Humoresque in G major, Op. 10 No. 5 Oriental Sketch (1917) Polka de V.R. Prelude Op. 23 No. 10 in G flat major Prelude Op. 32 No. 3 in E major Prelude Op. 32 No. 6 in F minor Prelude Op. 32 No. 7 in F major Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5 arr. for solo piano Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3 | Rimsky Korsakov: | Flight of the Bumble Bee arr. Rachmaninov | Schubert: | Das Wandern (No. 1 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) arr. Rachmaninov | Tchaikovsky: | Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1 |
Sergei Rachmaninov (piano) This third volume of Rachmaninov’s Victor recordings contains discs he made of his own solo compositions and arrangements from the introduction of electrical recording in 1925 to a year before his death. The works recorded were those most in demand by the public, each piece subject to Rachmaninov’s perfectionism and the version released always the best of a number of takes (for example, the recording of his famous Prelude in C sharp minor is Take 23). Whether it be in the 1925 recording of his transcription of Kreisler’s Liebesfreud or the February 1942 recording of the same work (in which he displays a cast iron technique only a year before his death), the sheer virtuosity, utter clarity and supreme musicianship of Rachmaninov’s playing style are undiminished. The first two releases in this series have been acclaimed for their superb remastering. Ward Marston, producer and audio restoration engineer “Wonders galore in Rachmaninov's playing, beyond its obvious historical importance. Cast-iron technique, proper old-school sense of line and tone colour, and an incomparable rubato.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2013 ***** “No composer or pianist has ever sounded more indelibly Russian, and never more so than in his own music...What clear relish and delight in the playful rather than melancholic capers of the Polka, what vitality and aplomb in the festive E major Prelude...this, the thrid volume of Naxos's 'Great Pianists' Rachmaninov, gives us playing beyond price.” Gramophone Magazine, January 2013 | | | (also available to download from $9.00) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1and solo works by Rachmaninov
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| |  | Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninov (piano) Zenph re-performances of Rachmaninoff playing his own works in crystal-clear sound - the third release from Zenph Studios and Sony Masterworks. Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff follows upon the success of Zenph Studios’ productions of Glenn Gould’s 1955 recording of The Goldberg Variations (2007) and Art Tatum’s Piano Starts Here (2008). This new compilation of re-performances is made from original masters that the Russian composer and pianist recorded during his lifetime. The recording features Rachmaninoff playing five of his own compositions: the Prelude in C-sharp minor; the Etudes Tableaux in C major and E-flat major, Op. 33; “Daisies”; and Moment Musical in E-flat minor, Op. 16. It also includes Rachmaninoff’s renditions of Kreisler’s Liebesleid and Liebesfreud; Rimsky-Korsakov’s Flight of the Bumblebee; Mendelssohn’s scherzo from A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Tchaikovsky’s Lullaby. “there's little doubt Zenph's enhanced sound quality makes one appreciate the warmth and clarity of Rachmaninov's playing with its lightness of touch, sparing use of the pedal and avoidance of indulgent mannerisms.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2010 **** “It's unnervingly like raising Rachmaninov from the dead but it's undeniably fascinating to hear his own etudes and arrangements of works by Bach, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky in these 21st-century reincarnations.” The Observer, 6th December 2009 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Rachmaninoff: Solo Works and Transcriptions
Bach, J S: | Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006: suite (Gigue, Gavotte & Preludio) trans. Rachmaninov | Mendelssohn: | A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo trans. Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov: | Prelude Op. 23 No. 10 in G flat major Prelude Op. 32 No. 3 in E major Prelude Op. 32 No. 6 in F minor Prelude Op. 32 No. 7 in F major Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 2 in C major Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 7 in E flat major (published as No. 4) Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3 Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 6 in A minor Oriental Sketch (1917) Melodie in E Major, Op. 3 No. 3 Serenade, Op. 3 No. 5 Humoresque in G major, Op. 10 No. 5 Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5 Moment musical No. 2 in E flat minor, Op. 16 No. 2 Polka de V.R. Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor Liebesleid (after Kreisler) Hopak | Rimsky Korsakov: | Flight of the Bumble Bee trans. Rachmaninov | Schubert: | Wohin? (No. 2 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) trans. Rachmaninov | Tchaikovsky: | Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1 trans. Rachmaninov |
Sergej Rachmaninoff (piano) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No. 2 & Corelli Variations
Nikolai Lugansky, now a household name on the international concert stage, began his recording career in his early twenties for the label Vanguard Classics. This Rachmaninov recital contains a lyrical and transparent performance of the famous Second Sonata, several song transcriptions, the Corelli Variations and a hair-raising performance of Mendelssohn's 'Scherzo' from Midsummer Night's Dream, surpassing even the composer himself in sparkling lightness and velocity. Nikolay Lugansky, hailed by his teachter Tatiana Nikolaeva as “the next one”, has made an impressive career, and performs with the world' s most famous orchestras and conductors. He records for Warner Classics. First and only recording by Lugansky of this repertoire. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Rachmaninov & Saint-Saens: Piano Works
This young pianist uses his everyday encounters and experiences as much as his contact with the keyboard to nourish his music. He particularly enjoys chamber music and has worked with ensembles such as the Psophos Quartet. He has a taste for intimate venues, where a true exchange with the audience can take place. Here he brings his talents to his native French and Russian works. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The Composer-Pianists
“Here is a cunning and potent mix of every conceivable form of pianistic and musical intricacy (it excludes the merely decorative, salon or ephemeral). Everything is of the most absorbing interest; everything is impeccably per- formed. Hamelin's richly inclusive programme ranges from Godowsky's Toccata, music of the most wicked, labyrinthine complexity, to three of his own projected cycle of 12 Etudes, among them a ferociously witty and demanding Prelude and Fugue and a reworking of Chopin's Op 10 No-5, full of black thoughts as well as black notes. Then there's Alkan's sinister absorption of the Andante from Haydn's Surprise Symphony (loyal to Haydn, Alkan's teasing perversity also makes such music peculiarly his own); a Berceuse by Samuel Feinberg that prompts Francis Pott, in his brilliantly illuminating notes, to question what sort of child would be lulled by such strangeness; some superb Medtner and Scriabin and a cloudy, profoundly expressive Fantasiaafter J. S. Bach by Busoni.
Clearly among the most remarkable pianists of our time, Hamelin makes light of every technical and musical difficulty, easing his way through Godowsky's intricacy with yards to spare, registering every sly modulation of Alkan's 'Le premier billet-doux' and generating a white-hot intensity in Rachmaninov's admirably revised version of his Second Moment musical.
Here, Hamelin's maintenance of a 'line' set within a hectically whirling complexity is something to marvel at. Taut, sinewy and impassioned, this performance is a worthy successor to Rachmaninov's own legendary disc. Every phrase and note is coolly appraised within its overall context and the results are audacious and immaculate as required. Hyperion's sound is superb.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Rachmaninov: Variations on a Theme of Chopin
“The Variations are striking for Biret's sheer capability; not just an impressively robust technical facility, but a vivid and involving reading to match. ...the recorded piano sound is wide and open throughout...the disc represents a rare combination of Rachmaninov's smaller works, and a thoroughly recommendable Chopin Variations” International Record Review, March 2000 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The Art of Rachmaninov, Vol. 8
Borodin: | Scherzo in A flat | Rachmaninov: | Hopak Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 2 in C major La Foire, Op. 33, No. 7 Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 6 in A minor Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3 Polka de V.R. Oriental Sketch (1917) Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5 Humoresque in G major, Op. 10 No. 5 Moment musical No. 2 in E flat minor, Op. 16 No. 2 Barcarolle in G minor. Op. 10 No. 3 Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor Prelude Op. 23 No. 10 in G flat major Prelude Op. 32 No. 3 in E major Prelude Op. 32 No. 5 in G major Prelude Op. 32 No. 6 in F minor Prelude Op. 32 No. 7 in F major Prelude Op. 32 No. 12 in G sharp minor | Rimsky Korsakov: | Flight of the Bumble Bee | Scriabin: | Prelude, Op. 11 No. 8 in F sharp minor | Tchaikovsky: | Waltz in A flat, Op. 40 No. 8 Humoresque, Op. 10 No. 2 The Seasons, Op. 37b: November (Troika) Lullaby |
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| |  | Vladimir Sofronitsky in Recital
Vladimir Sofronitsky (piano) ADD | | | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. |
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