Sergei Rachmaninoff Essentials

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Sergei Rachmaninoff Essentials

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

Stanisław Wisłocki, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Sviatoslav Richter

11:09

Prelude in G Sharp Minor, Op. 32

Vladimir Horowitz

2:56

Hail, O Virgin Mother (Ave Maria)

Kaspars Putniņš, Netherlands Radio Choir

2:57

III. Finale (Alla breve)

Iván Fischer, Jorge Bolet, London Symphony Orchestra

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

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

12:38

Prelude in F, Op. 32, No. 7

Vladimir Ashkenazy

2:12

I. Vivace

Libor Pešek, Mikhail Pletnev, Philharmonia Orchestra

12:27

IV. Die Trauervollen Eisenglocken: Lento Lugubre

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

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

Daniil Trifonov, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, The Philadelphia Orchestra

9:24

II. Lento

Alexandre Kantorow

9:29

No. 4, Krisolov (The Rat-Catcher)

Soile Isokoski, Vladimir Ashkenazy

2:29

III. Adagio

Alban Berg Quartett, Stephen Kovacevich

15:45

No. 5 en Sol Mineur, Alla Marcia

Boris Berezovsky

4:08

I. Bless the Lord, O My Soul

Moscow Chamber Choir, Vladimir Minin

4:05

No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor. Prélude

4:15

Theme. L'istesso tempo & Variations II - VI

Libor Pešek, Philharmonia Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev

3:02

II. Andante Con Moto (Tempo Di Valse)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

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"

St. Petersburg Chamber Choir, Nikolai Korniev

2:13

III. L'istesso tempo –⁠⁠ Allegro molto

6:03

II. Adagio

Sinfonia of London, John Wilson

11:55

IV. Pâques

Louis Lortie, Hélène Mercier

2:44

12. Noch′ pechal′na

Galina Vishnevskaya, Mstislav Rostropovich

3:07

IV. Tarantella

Emanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfman

6:11

X. Aleko's Cavatina

Sergei Leiferkus, Neeme Järvi, Göteborgs Symfoniker

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, Dmitri Makhtin, Alexander Kniazev

8:13

II. Adagio sostenuto

Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen, Modestas Pitrenas, Anna Fedorova

12:24

II. Scherzo

Charles Owen, Katya Apekisheva

2:53

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

Vladimir Ashkenazy, Elisabeth Söderström

4:47

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

Vladimir Horowitz

6:43

1. Allegro ma non tanto (Live)

Riccardo Chailly, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Martha Argerich

15:26

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

Hibla Gerzmava, Ekaterina Ganelina

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

Ekaterina Ganelina, Hibla Gerzmava

2:05

Polka de W. R.

Martin James Bartlett

4:15