Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
Performer: Fanny Azzuro
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Rubicon
Catalogue: RCD1070
Release: 2021
Size: 1.14 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3
01. II. Prélude in C-Sharp Minor
10 Préludes, op. 23
02. I. Largo in F-Sharp Minor
03. II. Maestoso in B-Flat Major
04. III. Tempo di minuetto in D Minor
05. IV. Andante cantabile in D Major
06. V. Alla marcia in G Minor
07. VI. Andante in E-Flat Major
08. VII. Allegro in C Minor
09. VIII. Allegro vivace in A-Flat Major
10. IX. Presto in E-Flat Minor
11. X. Largo in G-Flat Major
13 Préludes, op. 32
12. I. Allegro vivace in C Major
13. II. Allegretto in B-Flat Minor
14. III. Allegro vivace in E Major
15. IV. Allegro con brio in E Minor
16. V. Moderato in G Major
17. VI. Allegro appassionato in F Minor
18. VII. Moderato in F Major
19. VIII. Vivo in A Minor
20. IX. Allegro moderato in A Major
21. X. Lento in B Minor
22. XI. Allegretto in B Major
23. XII. Allegro in G-Sharp Minor
24. XIII. Grave in D-Flat Major
The French pianist Fanny Azzuro is the winner of several international competitions, including the World Piano Competition in Cincinnati. Her penchant for Russian music is confirmed in her new album devoted to the twenty-four Rachmaninov Preludes. Fanny Azzuro was still just a student at the Paris Conservatoire when pianist Vladimir Viardo set her to work on Rachmaninov’s Variations on a Theme of Corelli during a master class. From then on Russian music became one of her principal interests.
For Fanny Azzuro, Rachmaninov’s twenty-four Preludes bear witness to the landscape of the Russian soul. They were very well described by the composer himself, as the pianist likes to say, quoting Rachmaninov: “The work must become a part of the pianist. Each note must bring an awareness of his true artistic mission”. “Playing this music is exhilarating”, she says, but Fanny Azzuro never loses the thread nor is she overwhelmed by the pathos and powerful expression of the Russian composer.