Release Date: 15 October 2012
Label: Arts Music
Packaging Type: Super Jewel Case (SACD)
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 600554776187
Description
On this new hybrid SACD the young Sicilian virtuoso Alessandro Mazzamuto makes his recording debut with three of Sergei Rachmaninov's works for solo piano: the Sonata No. 2 (in its original version from 1913), the five Morceaux de Fantasie, and the Variations on a Theme of Corelli.
The Sicilian pianist Alessandro Mazzamuto was the winner of the Lodovici Prize, awarded by Martha Argerich during the 2011 Busoni Competition to the contestant who showed the greatest flair for a recording project: that is to say, originality of performance and the ability to root out and explore the poetic contents of the scores.
Sergei Rachmaninov began his Piano Sonata No. 2, op. 36 in Rome in 1910 and completed it in Moscow in 1913. The five Morceaux de Fantaisie, op. 3 were written in 1892 and represent the young composer's first important milestone. The Variations on a Theme of Corelli, op. 42 (1931) is his last significant work for solo piano and one of his most accomplished cycles of variations.
Personnel: Alessandro Mazzamuto (piano)
Tracklisting
André Cluytens
André Cluytens
Orchestra of Eastern Netherlands & Gabriele Bellini
Tomaso Albinoni
Various Composers
Alessandro Mazzamuto
Arturo Sacchetti
Maria Mazo
Anastasia Yasko
Hans-Jurg Strub; Wurttembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen; Christian Erny
Sinfonieorchester Gottingen
Mona Hartmann
Ignace Michiels
Anna Reichert
Tomasz Skweres, Ensemble Reconsil, Osterreichisches Ensemble fur Neue Musik, Orkiestra Muzyki Nowej
Martyn Brabbins, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers
