Rachmaninov - The Transcriptions
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Label: Hyperion - Helios
Cat No: CDH55458
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 3rd March 2014
Contents
Works
Partita for solo violin no.3 in E major, BWV1006 (trans. Rachmaninov)Liebesfreud (Kreisler)
Liebesleid (Kreisler)
Minuet from L'Arlesienne Suite no.1 (Bizet)
Polka de WR
Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn)
Songs (6), op.38
Vocalise, op.34 no.14 (arr. Kocsis)
Wohin? from Die Schone Mullerin (Schubert)
Romances (6), op.16
Artists
Howard Shelley (piano)Works
Partita for solo violin no.3 in E major, BWV1006 (trans. Rachmaninov)Liebesfreud (Kreisler)
Liebesleid (Kreisler)
Minuet from L'Arlesienne Suite no.1 (Bizet)
Polka de WR
Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn)
Songs (6), op.38
Vocalise, op.34 no.14 (arr. Kocsis)
Wohin? from Die Schone Mullerin (Schubert)
Romances (6), op.16
Artists
Howard Shelley (piano)About
When the twelve-year-old Sergei Rachmaninov became a piano student of Nikolai Zverev at the Moscow Conservatoire, the boy played duet transcriptions with fellow pupils as part of his general musical education. Tchaikovsky heard and commended them, and (probably inspired by his encouragement, and without instruction) in the summer of 1886 Rachmaninov began his first work as a composer: a piano-duet transcription of Tchaikovsky’s ‘Manfred’ Symphony, now lost.
But Rachmaninov continued to transcribe music for the piano, and a selection is recorded here. This album also includes a transcription of Rachmaninov’s Vocalise - the quintessence of the composer’s melodic genius - arranged by Zoltán Kocsis.
Gramophone Critics' Choice
‘Rachmaninov’s mix of Slavonic wit and melancholy is caught to perfection … a true keyboard aristocrat’ - Gramophone
[from CDA66486]
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