Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
Performer: Boris Giltburg
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor: Carlos Miguel Prieto
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Release: 2018
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Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
01. I. Allegro ma non tanto
02. II. Intermezzo. Adagio – Un poco più mosso
03. III. Finale. Alla breve
Recorded: 27-29 February 2016
04. Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42
Recorded: 15 June 2016
Recording Venue: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow, UK
Rachmaninov’s ‘Piano Concerto No. 3’ is a complex, epic narrative that moves from a simple opening melody to the triumphant apotheosis at its conclusion. The composer ingeniously links motifs, melodies and at times whole sections between the movements, unifying the concerto into a single overarching storyline. In the ‘Variations on a Theme of Correlli,’ Rachmaninov reworks the original theme using his unique harmonic language until there is no trace left of its Baroque or Renaissance origins. Pianist Boris Giltburg was born in 1984 in Moscow and has lived in Tel Aviv since early childhood. He began lessons with his mother at the age of five and went on to study with Arie Vardi. In 2013 he took first prize at the Queen Elisabeth Competition, catapulting his career to a new level. His previous solo Rachmaninov recording was named Gramophone album of the month in June 2016, and more recently his first concerto album won a Diapason d’or for his account of the Shostakovich concertos.