Performer: Sergey Rachmaninov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8111408
Release: 2018
Size: 187 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Rachmaninov: Morceaux de Salon, Op. 10
01. No. 3, Barcarolle in G Minor (Take 1)
02. No. 3, Barcarolle in G Minor (Take 2)
03. No. 3, Barcarolle in G Minor (Take 3)
Rachmaninov: Polka de V.R.
04. [Take 1] [Recorded 1919]
05. [Take 2] [Recorded 1919]
06. [Take 3] [Recorded 1919]
Tchaikovsky: The Seasons, Op. 37
07. XI. November. Troika
Rachmaninov: Preludes Op. 32 Nos. 1-13
08. No. 5 in G Major
Rachmaninov: Preludes Op. 23 Nos. 1-10
09. No. 5 in G Minor
Daquin: Premier livre de pièces de clavecin, Suite No. 3
10. No. 1, Le coucou
Mendelssohn: Songs without Words, Book 6, Op. 67
11. No. 4, Spinnerlied, MWV U182
12. Chopin: Waltz No. 1 in E flat major ‘Grande Valse Brillante’, Op. 18
Debussy: Children’s Corner
13. I. Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum
Rachmaninov: Preludes Op. 32 Nos. 1-13
14. No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor
Chopin: Waltzes, Op. 64
15. No. 1 in D-Flat Major “Minute” (Recorded 1921)
Debussy: Children’s Corner
16. VI. Golliwogg’s Cake-Walk
Chopin: Waltzes, Op. 70
17. No. 1 in G-Flat Major
Chopin: Waltzes, Op. 64
18. No. 1 in D-Flat Major “Minute” (Recorded 1923)
Rachmaninov: Polka de V.R.
19. Lachtäubchen, Op. 303 “Polka de W.R.” (Arr. S. Rachmaninov for Piano)
Grieg: Lyric Pieces I, Op. 12
20. No. 2, Waltz – No. 4, Elves’ Dance
Rachmaninov: 5 Morceaux de fantasie, Op. 3
21. No. 2, Prelude in C-Sharp Minor
Rachmaninov: 3 Old Viennese Dances
22. Liebesleid, TN iii / 5 / 1 (After Kreisler)
Dohnányi: Concert Etudes, Op. 28
23. No. 6 in F Minor “Capriccio”
Rachmaninov: Bizet – L’Arlesienne Suite No. 1
24. II. Minuetto
Sergey Rachmaninov moved to America in 1918 and immediately began giving concerts to raise funds for his new life outside Russia. Thomas Edison was the first to entice him into the recording studio, and the compositions captured here complete his work for Edison, the rest of which can be found on volume 4 (8111407). In 1920 Rachmaninov moved to the Victor company, and these first recordings, made with the acoustical process, reveal the perfectionist composer-pianist at his fascinating best.