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Composer
Rachmaninov

Artist
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Catalogue Number:
475 6198 9 DSA
International Release Date:
February 2005


TRACKLISTING

Moments Musicaux op.16
1 No.1 Adantino in B flat minor
2 No.2 Allegretto in E flat minor
3 No 3 Andante cantabile in B minor
4 No 4 Presto in E minor
5 No 5 Adagio sostenuto in D flat major
6 No 6 Maestoso in C major

Morceaux de Fantasie op 3
7 No 1 Elegie
8.No 2 Prelude in C sharp minor
9 No 3 Melodie
10 No 4 Polichinelle
11 No 5 Serenade

12 Fragments (1917)

13 Prelude in D minor op posth (1917)

14 Transcription for piano - anon
Tout est si beau, Op 21, No 7

15 Transcription - Kocsis
Vocalise Op 34, No 14
ABOUT THIS SACD
All new recordings, the outstanding Rachmaninov interpreter explores the composers formative early works.

Vladimir Ashkenazy's Decca discography, recorded over an amazing 40 year period, includes many outstanding interpretations, but it is in Russian repertoire that he has been most highly acclaimed.

Ashkenazy's recordings of the Rachmaninov Piano Concertos are among the best selling piano recordings of all time and pillars of the Decca catalogue.

This outstanding Rachmaninov pianist now turns his attention to the composers early works which laid the foundation for his rhapsodic mature style. Ashkenazy brings decades of experience and artistry to this project and reveals the heart of the young composer in music which the booklet essay describes as 'subtly phrased liquid lyricism'.

It was in the Morceaux de fantasie Op.3 that Rachmaninov, aged just nineteen, began to establish his own musical personality.

The Moments musicaux Op.16 were composed in 1896, while Rachmaninov was waiting for the first performance of his First Symphony, and the 6 pieces show him exploring bold new ways of pianistic expression.

The disc also includes two piano versions of Rachmaninov songs which are both melodic gems - the Vocalise Op.34 (transcribed by Zoltan Kocsis) and Zdes' khorosho (It is lovely here).

In contrast, Fragments and the posthumously published D minor prelude are poignant and nostalgic works composed immediately after the October Revolution.

KEY FACTS
62.38 minutes SACD Surround / SACD Stereo /
CD Stereo		 Potton Hall, Norfolk, England (29 November 2002; 25 March 2004; 30 August 2004)
48 kHz/24 bit multi-channel PCM recording
English / French / German n/a
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