United Kingdom
Music and Arts: MA1228
Rachmaninov - Preludes, Corelli Variations, Isle of the Dead
Our Price: £10.50
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Instrumental
Release Date: 29th June 2009
Sergei Rachmaninov’s piano music can serve as a powerful introduction to the instrument for those not yet familiar with classical repertoire: its immediacy, sheer charm and expressive power cannot fail to move even non-musical listeners.
These same qualities, however, yield the most common prejudices against Rachmaninov, especially among those who view him as a reactionary bent on easy appreciation, as if this were inherently synonymous with mediocrity.
In these virtuosic performances of three Rachmaninov solo works - of which Isle of the Dead is a recording premiere - Italian pianist Carlo Grante demonstrates the music’s depth of thought, originality and inventiveness, making a convincing case for its viability today.
These same qualities, however, yield the most common prejudices against Rachmaninov, especially among those who view him as a reactionary bent on easy appreciation, as if this were inherently synonymous with mediocrity.
In these virtuosic performances of three Rachmaninov solo works - of which Isle of the Dead is a recording premiere - Italian pianist Carlo Grante demonstrates the music’s depth of thought, originality and inventiveness, making a convincing case for its viability today.
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