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Rachmaninov - Complete Works | Brilliant Classics 9013

Rachmaninov - Complete Works

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Label: Brilliant Classics

Cat No: 9013

Barcode: 5029365901321

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 31

Release Date: 8th December 2008

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Contents

Artists

Earl Wild (piano)
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
Santiago Rodriguez (piano)
Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
Emil Gilels (piano)
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Sergei Rachmaninov (piano)
Borodin Trio

Conductor

Gennady Rozhdestvensky

Artists

Earl Wild (piano)
Garrick Ohlsson (piano)
Santiago Rodriguez (piano)
Nikolai Lugansky (piano)
Emil Gilels (piano)
Vladimir Horowitz (piano)
Sviatoslav Richter (piano)
Sergei Rachmaninov (piano)
Borodin Trio

Conductor

Gennady Rozhdestvensky

About

The most complete collection of Rachmaninov’s output ever assembled in one box set: As well as the piano concertos and preludes, this collection includes his many songs and three operas, which are far less known.

The performers on this set are drawn from both sides of the divide: Earl Wild plays the piano concertos, while the equally maverick conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky masterminds the symphonies.

The Borodin Trio play the two impassioned piano trios, while another American virtuoso, Garrick Ohlsson, tackles the many transcriptions that the composer made of Chopin, Bach and others, with the major piano works (the sonatas, preludes and Étudestableaux) played by Santiago Rodriguez and Nikolai Lugansky.

New recordings of early piano pieces were commissioned especially for this set, which also includes three discs of ‘historic’ performances featuring a selection of piano concertos and solo works played by some of the great Rachmaninov pianists; Emil Gilels, Vladimir Horowitz, Sviatoslav Richter and, inevitably, the composer himself.

There is an extended introduction to the composer and his work by the Rachmaninov authority Julian Haylock on a bonus CD-ROM.

Contents:
CD 1:
- Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor Op.1   
- Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor Op.40 
- Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43 

 Total:  65:46 
 
CD 2:
- Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18  
- Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor Op.30 

Total:  67:46 

CD 3:
- Symphony No.1 in D minor Op.13  
- Symphony No.3 in A minor Op.44 
       
Total:  78:44 
 
CD 4:
- Symphony No.2 in E minor Op.27 
- ‘Youth’ Symphony in D minor: Grave – Allegro moderato
       
Total:  77:38 

CD 5:
- Symphonic Dances Op.45   
- The Bells Op.35
       
Total:  73:05 

CD 6:
- The Rock Op.7
- Prince Rostislav
- Scherzo in D minor
- Caprice bohémien Op.12 
- The Isle of the Dead Op.29 
       
Total:  79:42 
 
CD 7:
- Aleko: Opera in one act (Libretto by V. Nemirovich-Danchenko on A. Pushkin's poem The Gypsies) 
       
Total:  67:12 
 
CD 8:
- The Miserly Knight Op.24: Opera in three scenes (Libretto from The Little Tragedy by Alexander Pushkin)

Total:  60:30 
 
CD 9:
- Monna Vanna: Opera in one act, orchestrated by Igor Buketoff  
       
Total:  42:38 
 
CD 10:
- Francesca da Rimini: Opera in two scenes, with prologue and epilogue Op.25 
       
Total:  65:10 
 
CD 11:
- Vespers Op.37
       
Total:  61:50 
 
CD 12:
- Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Op.31 (beginning)
       
Total:  51:43 
 
CD 13:
- Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Op.31 (conclusion)  
- O Mother of God Vigilantly Praying: Sacred concerto for four-part unaccompanied choir 
- Chorus of Spirits for four-part unaccompanied choir
- Panteley the Healer for four-part unaccompanied choir
       
Total:  54:54 
 
CD 14:
- Spring (Vesna) Op.20: Cantata for baritone, chorus and orchestra   
- Three Russian Songs Op.41: Over the stream, the swift stream / Ah, Vanka, you are dashing / My cheeks, so white, so rosy! 
- Six Choruses Op.15 for women’s voices and piano 
- Scherzo in F major 
- Vocalise Op.34 No.14   
       
Total:  56:08 
 
CD 15: Complete Songs Vol.1 
1. At the gates of the holy cloister 
2. Nothing shall I say to you 
3. Again you are bestirred, my heart
4. April! A festive day in the spring  
5. Dusk was falling 
6. Song of the disenchanted   
7. The flower died
8. Do you remember the evening?  
9. O, no, I beg you, do not leave Op.4 No.1  
10. Morning Op.4 No.2
11. In the silence of the secret night Op.4 No.3 
12. Sing not, O lovely one Op.4 No.4 
13. Oh, my field Op.4 No.5  
14. It wasn’t long ago, my friend Op.4 No.6  
15. Water lily Op.8 No.1  
16. My child, your beauty is that of a flower Op.8 No.2 
17. Thoughts, reflections Op.8 No.3  
18. I fell in love, to my sorrow Op.8 No.4  
19. A dream Op.8 No.5  
20. Prayer Op.8 No.6  
21. I await you Op.14 No.1 
22. Small island Op.14 No.2 
23. How fleeting is delight in love Op.14 No.3
24. I was with her Op.14 No.4  
25. Summer nights Op.14 No.5 
26. You are so loved by all Op.14 No.6  
27. Do not believe me, friend Op.14 No.7 
28. Oh, do not grieve Op.14 No.8
29. She is as beautiful as midday Op.14 No.9 
30. In my soul Op.14 No.10 
31. Spring torrents Op.14 No.11 
32. It is time Op.14 No.12 
       
 Total:  76:01 
 
CD 16: Complete Songs Vol.2 
1. Were you hiccoughing, Natasha?  
2. Night
3. Fate Op.21 No.1 
4. By a fresh grave Op.21 No.2  
5. Twilight Op.21 No.3 
6. They replied Op.21 No.4 
7. Lilacs Op.21 No.5  
8. Fragment from A. Musset Op.21 No.6  
9. How peaceful Op.21 No.7 
10. On the death of a siskin Op.21 No.8  
11. Melody Op.21 No.9
12. Before the icon Op.21 No.10  
13. I am not a prophet Op.21 No.11  
14. How pained I am Op.21 No.12 
15. There are many sounds Op.26 No.1 
16. All was taken from me Op.26 No.2 
17. We shall rest Op.26 No.3
18. Two farewells Op.26 No.4  
19. Let us leave, my sweet Op.26 No.5
20. Christ is risen Op.26 No.6 
21. To my children Op.26 No.7
22. I beg for mercy Op.26 No.8 
23. I am again alone Op.26 No.9
24. At my window Op.26 No.10  
25. The fountain Op.26 No.11 
26. Night is sorrowful Op.26 No.12  
27. Yesterday we met Op.26 No.13  
28. The ring Op.26 No.14 
29. All passes Op.26 No.15 
       
Total:  71:54
 
CD 17: Complete Songs Vol.3 
1. Letter to K.S. Stanislavsky
2. The muse Op.34 No.1
3. In the soul of each of us Op.34 No.2
4. The storm Op.34 No.3 
5. A passing breeze Op.34 No.4 
6. Arion Op.35 No.4  
7. The raising of Lazarus Op.34 No.6  
8. It cannot be Op.34 No.7  
9. Music Op.34 No.8
10. You knew him Op.34 No.9
11. I remember this day Op.34 No.10 
12. The herald Op.34 No.11  
13. What happiness Op.34 No.12 
14. Dissonance Op.34 No.13  
15. Vocalise Op.34 No.14 
16. From the gospel of St John
17. At night in my garden Op.38 No.1
18. To her Op.38 No.2 
19. Daises Op.38 No.3 
20. The pied piper Op.38 No.3  
21. Sleep Op.38 No.5  
22. ‘A-oo’ Op.38 No.6 
23. A prayer   
24. All glory to God
       
Total:  68:00 
 
CD 18:
- Trio élégiaque No.1 in G minor Op. posth.   
- Trio élégiaque No.2 in D minor Op.9   
       
Total:  59:32 
 
CD 19:
- Morceaux de salon Op.6: Romance / Danse hongroise
- Lied in F minor: Andantino  
- Two Pieces for cello and piano Op.2: Prélude in F major: Comodo – Con moto / Danse orientale in A major: Andante cantabile
- Vocalise in E flat minor Op.34 No.14: Lento 
- Cello Sonata in G minor Op.19 
       
Total:  66:52 
 
CD 20:
- Études-tableaux Op.33  
- Études-tableaux Op.39
       
Total:  63:57 
 
CD 21:
- Preludes Op.23 
- Nocturnes: No.1 in F sharp minor /No.2 in F major / No.3 in C minor
- Song without Words (1887)  
- Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op.42
       
Total:  67:25 
 
CD 22:
- Piano Sonata No.1 in D minor Op.28
- Preludes Op.32
       
Total:  73:28 

CD 23:
- Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor Op.36 (revised version, 1931)
- Morceaux de fantaisie Op.3  
- Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op.22 
       
Total:  72:42 
 
CD 24:
- Moments musicaux Op.16 
- Morceaux de salon Op.10   
- Polka de V.R. 

Total:  68:36
 
CD 25: Piano Works - Transcriptions 
- Scherzo (from Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
- Lullaby (Tchaikovsky)
- Liebesfreud (Kreisler) 
- Suite from Partita in E major for violin solo (J.S. Bach) 
- Wohin (Schubert)
- Minuet (from Bizet: L’Arlésienne Suite No.1) 
- Flight of the Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov)  
- Liebesleid (Kreisler)
- Lilacs (Rachmaninoff)
- Daisies (Rachmaninoff)
- Humoresque Op.10 No.5 (Revised version)
- Mélodie Op.3 No.3 (Revised version)
- Hopak (Mussorgsky)
- Prelude Op. posth. (1917)
- Fragments (1917) 
       
 Total:  51:10 
 
CD 26: From Russia to America - Miscellany 1886–1918 
- Song without Words in D minor: Lento
- Four Pieces (c.1887–91): Romance in F sharp minor: Andante / Prélude in E flat minor: Allegro / Mélodie in E major: Andante / Gavotte in D major: Liberamente
- Canon in E minor: Andante con moto
- Suite in D minor (1890–91) from a lost orchestral original 
- Prélude in F major: Comodo – Più mosso – Tempo I
- Four Improvisations on Themes of Arensky, Glazunov, Taneyev and Rachmaninoff
- Morceau de fantaisie in G minor (Delmo): Liberamente 
- Fughetta in F major: Moderato
- Oriental Sketch in B flat major: Non allegro
- Piece (Prelude) in D minor: Andante ma non troppo – Poco più mosso – Tempo I
- Fragments in A flat major: Andante semplice – Più mosso – Come prima 
- The Star-Spangled Banner in B flat major
       
Total:  56:53 
 
CD 27: Works for piano duet I 
- Fantaisie-tableaux (Suite No.1) for two pianos Op.5 
- Russian Rhapsody 
- Six Morceaux for piano duet Op.11 
- Two Pieces for piano six-hands: Valse / Romance
- Polka italienne for piano duet 

Total:  62:37 
 
CD 28: Works for piano duet II 
- Suite No.2 for two pianos Op.17 
- Symphonic Dances for two pianos Op.45   
- Romance in G major for piano duet   
- Prelude in C sharp minor for two pianos 

Total:  62:32 
 
CD 29: Historical Recordings 
- Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18  
- Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor Op.30  
       
 Total:  65:12 
 
CD 30: Historical Recordings 
- Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor Op.1   
- Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18  
       
Total:  58:17 

CD 31: Historical Recordings 
1. Prelude in G minor Op.23 No.5
2. Prelude in C major Op.32 No.1  
3. Prelude in B flat major Op.32 No.2 
4. Prelude in F minor Op.32 No.6  
5. Prelude in F major Op.32 No.7
6. Prelude in A major Op.32 No.9  
7. Prelude in B minor Op.32 No.10 
8. Prelude in G sharp minor Op.32 No.12
9. Daisies Op.38 No.3 
10. Vocalise Op.34 No.14   
11. Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3 No.2 
12. Prelude in B flat major Op.23 No.2  
13. Prelude in G flat major Op.23 No.10 
14. Prelude in B major Op.32 No.11  
15. Prelude in G minor Op.23 No.5 
16. Moment musical in B minor Op.16 No.3  
17. Moment musical in D flat major Op.16 No.5  
18. Étude-tableau in C major Op.33 No.2  
19. Étude-tableau in G minor Op.33 No.8 
20. Étude-tableau in B minor Op.39 No.4 
21. Étude-tableau in E flat minor Op.39 No.5
22. Étude-tableau in A minor Op.39 No.6  
       
Total:  70:59

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