Rachmaninoff: Classical Music Masterpieces

Опубликовано 3 ноября 2024, 12:00

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Sergei Rachmaninoff
Classical Music Masterpieces
Tracklist:

00:00 10 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 10 in G-Flat Major
03:11 13 Preludes, Op. 32: No. 5 in G Major
Vovka Ashkenazy

06:30 Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: III. Adagio (Live)
Kyiv State Symphony Orchestra, Yurii Nykonenko

20:42 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XVIII. Andante cantabile
Metamorphose String Orchestra, Pavel Lyubomudrov

24:01 14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise
30:39 Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 1, Elégie
Massimiliano Martinelli, Jonathan Floril

36:06 5 Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 2, Prélude (The Bells of Moscow)
Vovka Ashkenazy

40:35 12 Romances, Op. 21: No. 5, Lilacs
Benedetta Iardella

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music. Early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and other Russian composers gave way to a thoroughly personal idiom notable for its song-like melodicism, expressiveness, dense contrapuntal textures, and rich orchestral colours. The piano is featured prominently in Rachmaninoff's compositional output and he used his skills as a performer to fully explore the expressive and technical possibilities of the instrument.
Born into a musical family, Rachmaninoff began learning the piano at the age of four. He studied piano and composition at the Moscow Conservatory, from which he graduated in 1892, having already written several compositions. In 1897, following the disastrous premiere of his Symphony No. 1, Rachmaninoff entered a four-year depression and composed little, until supportive therapy allowed him to complete his well-received Piano Concerto No. 2 in 1901. Rachmaninoff went on to become conductor of the Bolshoi Theatre from 1904–1906, and relocated to Dresden, Germany, in 1906. He later embarked upon his first tour of the United States as a pianist in 1909.
After the Russian Revolution, Rachmaninoff and his family left Russia permanently, settling in New York in 1918. Following this, he spent most of his time touring as a pianist through the US and Europe, from 1932 onwards spending his summers at his villa in Switzerland. During this time, Rachmaninoff's primary occupation was performing, and his compositional output decreased significantly, completing just six works after leaving Russia. By 1942, his declining health led him to move to Beverly Hills, California, where he died in 1943.
(Source: Wikipedia)

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