Sergei Rachmaninoff Essentials

Apple Music Classical

Like the pianist/composers of the Classical era, this late-Romantic Russian wrote music in order to have material handy for his live gigs—including his famous Piano Concerto No. 3, which Rachmaninoff brought on his first American tour. His floridly dramatic preludes and concertos for piano have worked as proving grounds for virtuosos such as Vladimir Ashkenazy, Martha Argerich and Yuja Wang. But his symphonic music is just as rewarding (as recordings by the London Symphony Orchestra and Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra demonstrate).

I. Moderato

Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Sviatoslav Richter, Stanisław Wisłocki

11:09

Prelude in G Sharp Minor, Op. 32

Vladimir Horowitz

2:56

Hail, O Virgin Mother (Ave Maria)

Netherlands Radio Choir, Kaspars Putniņš

2:57

III. Finale (Alla breve)

Iván Fischer, London Symphony Orchestra, Jorge Bolet

15:47

Vocalise (Arr. Johnson)

Carducci String Quartet, Emma Johnson

4:15

No. 1, Élégie in E-Flat Minor

6:05

IV. Allegro Con Fuoco

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

12:38

No. 7 in F Major (Moderato)

Vladimir Ashkenazy

2:11

I. Vivace

Philharmonia Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev, Libor Pešek

12:27

IV. Die Trauervollen Eisenglocken: Lento Lugubre

Semyon Bychkov, Evgeny Akimov, Tatiana Pavlovskaya, West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, West German Radio Chorus, Chamber Choir Lege Artis, Vladimir Vaneev

11:16

No. 4, Polichinelle in F-Sharp Minor

3:20

No.2 Danse Orientale

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Truls Mørk

6:30

III. Allegro vivace

The Philadelphia Orchestra, Daniil Trifonov, Yannick Nézet-Séguin

9:24

II. Lento

Alexandre Kantorow

9:29

No. 4, Krisolov (The Rat-Catcher)

Soile Isokoski, Vladimir Ashkenazy

2:29

III. Adagio

Stephen Kovacevich, Alban Berg Quartett

15:45

No. 5 en Sol Mineur, Alla Marcia

Boris Berezovsky

4:08

I. Bless the Lord, O My Soul

Vladimir Minin, Moscow Chamber Choir

4:05

No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor. Prélude

4:15

Theme. L'istesso tempo & Variations II - VI

Mikhail Pletnev, Libor Pešek, Philharmonia Orchestra

3:02

II. Andante Con Moto (Tempo Di Valse)

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

8:53

Margaritki (Daisies), Op. 38, No. 3

Elisabeth Söderström, Vladimir Ashkenazy

2:30

No. 4 in E Minor

3:10

Variation 18. Andante cantabile

Daniil Trifonov, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Philadelphia Orchestra

2:54

13. "Dnes spaseniye"

Nikolai Korniev, St. Petersburg Chamber Choir

2:13

III. L'istesso tempo –⁠⁠ Allegro molto

6:03

II. Adagio

John Wilson, Sinfonia of London

11:55

IV. Pâques

Hélène Mercier, Louis Lortie

2:44

12. Noch′ pechal′na

Mstislav Rostropovich, Galina Vishnevskaya

3:07

IV. Tarantella

Yefim Bronfman, Emanuel Ax

6:11

X. Aleko's Cavatina

Göteborgs Symfoniker, Neeme Järvi, Sergei Leiferkus

6:01

Appassionato

Vladimir Horowitz

4:41

in My Garden at Night (Noch'yu v sadu u menya), Op. 38, No. 1

Elisabeth Söderström, Vladimir Ashkenazy

1:46

III. Allegro risoluto

Boris Berezovsky, Alexander Kniazev, Dmitri Makhtin

8:13

II. Adagio sostenuto

Modestas Pitrenas, Anna Fedorova, Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen

12:24

II. Scherzo

Charles Owen, Katya Apekisheva

2:53

The Harvest of Sorrow (Uzh tï, niva moya), Op. 4, No. 5

Elisabeth Söderström, Vladimir Ashkenazy

4:47

Moments musicaux in B Minor, Op. 16, No. 3

Vladimir Horowitz

6:43

I. Allegro ma non tanto

Martha Argerich, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Riccardo Chailly

15:29

Coda

1:44

1. Romance

6:39

II. a Night for Love

Yefim Bronfman, Emanuel Ax

6:26

II. Nochka (Night)

Tigran Alikhanov, Valery Polyansky, Russian State Symphonic Cappella

3:11

Theme –⁠ Var. 1–⁠⁠10

6:23

V. Lilacs

Ekaterina Ganelina, Hibla Gerzmava

2:08

No. 10 in B Minor

Alexis Weissenberg

5:13

II. Allegro scherzando

Jean-Guihen Queyras, Alexander Melnikov

6:04

Song without words (D Minor)

Vladimir Ashkenazy

1:22

VII. How Fair this Spot

Hibla Gerzmava, Ekaterina Ganelina

2:05

Polka de W. R.

Martin James Bartlett

4:15