Performer: Sergey Rachmaninov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8111397
Release: 2012
Size: 169 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
01. Rachmaninov: Behr – Lachtaubchen, “Polka de WR”
Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39
02. No. 6 in A Minor: Allegro
Rachmaninov: Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3
03. No. 2, Prelude in C-Sharp Minor
04. No. 5, Serenade in B-Flat Minor
Rachmaninov: Preludes Op. 23 Nos. 1-10
05. No. 10 in G-Flat Major: Largo
Rachmaninov: Preludes Op. 32 Nos. 1-13
06. No. 3 in E Major: Allegro vivace
07. No. 7 in F Major: Moderato
08. No. 6 in F Minor: Allegro appassionato
Rachmaninov: Études-Tableaux, Op. 33
09. No. 2 in C Major: Allegro
10. No. 7 in E-Flat Major: Allegro con fuoco
Rachmaninov: Moments Musicaux, Op. 16
11. No. 2 in E-Flat Minor: Allegretto
12. Rachmaninov: Oriental Dance, Op. 2 No. 2
Rachmaninov: Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3
13. No. 3, Melodie in E Major
Rachmaninov: Morceaux de Salon, Op. 10
14. No. 5, Humoresque in G Major
Rachmaninov: Songs, Op. 38
15. No. 3, Daisies (Version for piano)
16. Rachmaninov: Siren’ (Lilacs), Op. 21, No. 5
Bach: Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006
17. I. Prelude (Arr. S. Rachmaninov for piano)
18. III. Gavotte (Arr. S. Rachmaninov for piano)
19. VII. Gigue (Arr. S. Rachmaninov for piano)
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – incidental music, Op. 61
20. I. Scherzo (Arr. S. Rachmaninov for piano)
Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D795
21. No. 1, Das Wandern (Arr. S. Rachmaninov for piano)
Mussorgsky: Sorochinskaya yarmarka (Sorochintsï Fair)
22. Gopak [Hopak] [arr. S. Rachmaninov for piano]
Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan Suite, Op. 57
23. Flight of the Bumblebee (Arr. S. Rachmaninov for piano)
Tchaikovsky: 6 Romances, Op. 16
24. No. 1, Cradle Song (Arr. S. Rachmaninov for piano)
25. Rachmaninov: Liebesfreud (after Kreisler)
This third volume of Rachmaninov’s Victor recordings contains discs he made of his own solo compositions and arrangements from the introduction of electrical recording in 1925 to a year before his death.
The works recorded were those most in demand by the public, each piece subject to Rachmaninov’s perfectionism and the version released always the best of a number of takes (for example, the recording of his famous Prelude in C sharp minor is Take 23).
Whether it be in the 1925 recording of his transcription of Kreisler’s Liebesfreud or the February 1942 recording of the same work (in which he displays a cast iron technique only a year before his death), the sheer virtuosity, utter clarity and supreme musicianship of Rachmaninov’s playing style are undiminished.
The first two releases in this series have been acclaimed for their superb remastering.