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Rachmaninov - Piano Sonata no.2, Moments musicaux, etc. | Evidence Classics EVCD085

Rachmaninov - Piano Sonata no.2, Moments musicaux, etc.

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Label: Evidence Classics

Cat No: EVCD085

Barcode: 5051083175500

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 25th February 2022

Contents

Artists

Jean-Paul Gasparian (piano)

Works

Rachmaninov, Sergei

Moments musicaux (6), op.16
Piano Sonata no.2 in B flat minor, op.36
Preludes (10), op.23
» no.4 in D major
Preludes (13), op.32
» no.10 in B minor
Songs (14), op.34
» no.14 Vocalise

Artists

Jean-Paul Gasparian (piano)

About

The virtuoso pianist and composer Sergei Rachmaninov, one of the last great figures of Russian Romanticism, was prone throughout his life to painful bouts of depression.

His troubled nature found release in music of flamboyant intensity, combining dazzling, feverish, almost expressionistic passages with perfectly limpid melodies.

The emotionally intense Sonata no.2 and the Six Moments musicaux illustrate this perfectly, while encapsulating the composer’s very distinctive poetry.

Jean-Paul Gasparian is in his element here: after an acclaimed first recording devoted to the Russian School, he confirms in this third opus not only his elective affinities, but also his impressive command of this repertoire.

There is profundity, density and warmth in his playing – qualities perfectly suited to the incandescent lyricism and the ardour and nobility that characterise the works of this Russian composer.

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