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Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3, Solo Piano Works

Label: Australian Eloquence

Cat No: ELQ4806624

Barcode: 0028948066247

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 2

Release Date: 31st March 2014

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Works

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Liebesfreud (Kreisler)
Liebesleid (Kreisler)
Morceaux de fantaisie, op.3

» no.3 Melodie

Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor, op.18
Piano Concerto no.3 in D minor, op.30
Prelude op.3 no.2 in C sharp minor
Preludes (10), op.23

» no.5 in G minor

» no.10 in G flat major

Preludes (13), op.32

» no.7 in F major

» no.12 in G sharp minor

Variations on a theme of Chopin, op.22

Artists

Jorge Bolet (piano)
Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal
London Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

Ivan Fischer
Charles Dutoit

Works

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Liebesfreud (Kreisler)
Liebesleid (Kreisler)
Morceaux de fantaisie, op.3

» no.3 Melodie

Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor, op.18
Piano Concerto no.3 in D minor, op.30
Prelude op.3 no.2 in C sharp minor
Preludes (10), op.23

» no.5 in G minor

» no.10 in G flat major

Preludes (13), op.32

» no.7 in F major

» no.12 in G sharp minor

Variations on a theme of Chopin, op.22

Artists

Jorge Bolet (piano)
Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal
London Symphony Orchestra

Conductors

Ivan Fischer
Charles Dutoit

About

2014 marks the centenary of the birth of the colossal Cuban-born pianist Jorge Bolet. Signed to Decca later in life, he made a series of magnificent Liszt recordings, but also recorded music by Chopin, Schumann, Brahms and Rachmaninov.

One of Bolet’s own teachers, Josef Hofmann, was the dedicatee of Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto, a work he recorded for Decca, together with the Second, and a series of solo piano works. There were three CDs in all of the music of Rachmaninov and these aristocratic performances are reissued here as a 2CD set.

The notes include comments by Bolet on his artistic approach to the Third Concerto.