Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
Performer: Noriko Ogawa
Orchestra: Malmö Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: BIS
Catalogue: BISCD975
Release: 2012
Size: 663 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1
01. I. Vivace
02. II. Andante
03. III. Allegro vivace
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40
04. I. Allegro
05. II. Largo
06. III. Allegro vivace
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
07. Introduction. Allegro vivace
08. Variation 1: Precedente
09. Theme. L’istesso tempo
10. Variation 2: L’istesso tempo
11. Variation 3: L’istesso tempo
12. Variation 4: Più vivo
13. Variation 5: Tempo precedente
14. Variation 6: L’istesso tempo
15. Variation 7: Meno mosso, a tempo moderato
16. Variation 8: Tempo I
17. Variation 9: L’istesso tempo
18. Variation 10: Poco marcato
19. Variation 11: Moderato
20. Variation 12: Tempo di minuetto
21. Variation 13: Allegro
22. Variation 14: L’istesso tempo
23. Variation 15: Più vivo scherzando
24. Variation 16. Allegretto
25. Variation 17: (Allegretto)
26. Variation 18: Andante cantabile
27. Variation 19: A tempo vivace
28. Variation 20: Un poco più vivo
29. Variation 21: Un poco più vivo
30. Variation 22: Un poco più vivo (Alla breve)
31. Variation 23. L’istesso tempo
32. Variation 24: A tempo un poco meno mosso
Noriko Ogawa and the Malmö Symphony Orchestra return to the works of Rachmaninov with a disc featuring his first and fourth piano concertos and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.
Rachmaninov’s first concerto was written while he was a student at the Moscow Concervatory, but underwent considerable revisions up to 1917.
His fourth piano concerto was written after a considerable break from composition as he was kept busy as a touring performer in the USA. The unsuccessful first performance again led to considerable revisions.
The Rhapsody on a Theme of Paginini was his first major composition after the fourth piano concerto and since its première has been an enduring fixture in the repertory.
Noriko Ogawa and the Malmö Symphony have recorded the Second and Third concertos for BIS (BISCD900) which attracted considerable acclaim.