Composer: Frédéric François Chopin, Ferencz Liszt, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sergey Rachmaninov, Carl Tausig
Performer: Sergey Rachmaninov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8111407
Release: 2017
Size: 170 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Chopin: Waltz No. 5 in A flat major, Op. 42
01. Waltz No. 5 in A-Flat Major, Op. 42 (Take A)
02. Waltz No. 5 in A-Flat Major, Op. 42 (Take C)
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K331 ‘Alla Turca’
03. I. Theme: Andante grazioso – Variation 1 – Variation 5 – Variation 6 (Take A)
04. I. Theme: Andante grazioso – Variation 1 – Variation 5 – Variation 6 (Take C)
Tausig: Pastorale in E Minor (arr. of D. Scarlatti’s Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, K.9 / L.413 / P.65 for piano)
05. Pastorale in E Minor (Take A)
06. Pastorale in E Minor (Take C)
Chopin: Waltzes, Op. 64
07. Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3 (Take A)
08. Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3 (Take B)
09. Waltz No. 8 in A-Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3 (Take C)
Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2
10. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (Take A)
11. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (Take B)
12. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (Take C)
Rachmaninov: Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3
13. No. 2. Prelude in C-Sharp Minor (Take A)
14. No. 2. Prelude in C-Sharp Minor (Take C)
Rachmaninov was obliged to start a new life after abandoning all his possessions when leaving Russia for good in 1917. He sought his fortune in the New World, supporting his family as a pianist and giving numerous concerts. This activity generated interest from fledgling record companies, and before long Rachmaninov was working for Thomas Edison in his New York studio. These new transfers of ‘approved’ and ‘held’ takes made using the old acoustic process known as ‘hill-and dale’ reveal more about the instrument Rachmaninov played (probably a Lauter piano) than ever before, as well as opening out his robustly virtuoso approach to Chopin, the beautiful tone he gives to Mozart, and his breathtaking technique in Liszt’s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, the longest solo work he ever recorded.