Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov & Prokofiev - First Piano Concertos
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Label: Bel Air Music
Cat No: BAM2017
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Orchestral
Release Date: 22nd December 2008
Contents
Works
Piano Concerto no.1 in D flat major, op.10Piano Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor, op.1
Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23
Artists
Oxana Yablonskaya (piano)Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Dmitry YablonskyWorks
Piano Concerto no.1 in D flat major, op.10Piano Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor, op.1
Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor, op.23
Artists
Oxana Yablonskaya (piano)Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor
Dmitry YablonskyAbout
Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto no.1 was his first completed concert work in 1890-91. The concerto was later revised in 1917 just before Rachmaninov left Russia. Like so much of Russian music, Rachmaninov’s First Piano Concerto has a brooding expansiveness that seems to echo the vast open spaces of the Russian landscape. Rich melodies are not dropped once they have done their job, but are allowed to unfold gradually, like great storm clouds tumbling through the sky. Rachmaninov benefited much from the experience gained in composing his Second and Third piano concertos which were written in the interval, so the revised version of Concerto no.1 proved to be one of his best concertos.
In 1904, at the age of 13, the young Prokofiev entered the St Petersburg Conservatory, taking with him four operas, two sonatas, a symphony, and many other pieces. His ten years at the conservatory were not without problems because he already felt himself a composer who needed little but polishing up. In 1910, his father died and it became necessary for him to make his own way. Fortunately in 1911 and 1913, he premiered his First and Second piano concertos - each causing quite a sensation - and his music appeared in print for the first time. He graduated in 1914, winning the Rubinstein Prize for a performance of his Piano Concerto no.1.
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