0855317003172

Rachmaninoff Complete Piano Works, Vol. 3

Artur Pizarro

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Format: 3CD

Cat No: ODRCD317

Release Date:  13 November 2015

Label:  Odradek Records

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  3

Barcode:  0855317003172

Genres:  Classical  Solo Instrumental  

Composer/Series:  Rachmaninoff Complete Piano Works, Vol. 3

  • Description

    Distinguished Portuguese pianist Artur Pizarro concludes his landmark recording of the 'Complete Piano Works' of Sergei Rachmaninoff for Odradek Records with its third volume.

    Among the compositions on this 3-CD set are the early Suite in D minor, only recently re-discovered and given its premiere (it is thought) in 2007, the Piano Sonata No. 1, the Etudes-tableaux, op 33, Rachmaninoff's transcriptions of other composers - from Mendelssohn and Bizet to Rimsky-Korsakov's 'The Flight of the Bumble Bee' - and a host of miniature pieces.



    Artur Pizarro is renowned for his performances of Rachmaninoff. A former winner of the Leeds Piano Competition (he played the Third Concerto when he won the competition in 1990), Pizarro offers his listeners a lifetime of love for, and experience with, this music which speaks, as he says, "of the endless variety of the human condition".



    A 7-CD set comprising all three volumes of Pizarro's Rachmaninoff solo piano recordings will be released in early 2016. Another new Pizarro album is Rachmaninoff's Piano Trio No. 2 in D minor 'Trio élégiaque' with violinist Christian Tetzlaff and cellist Tanja Tetzlaff for the Avi Music label. In 2014, Artur Pizarro and the Italian pianist Rinaldo Zhok formed a duo for both the piano duet and two piano repertoire. Their debut disc together - of music by Antonin Dvorak - will also be released by Odradek.



    Personnel: Artur Pizarro (piano)



    On Pizarro's Rachmaninoff Volume 2:


    "

    Pizarro's playing is absolutely exquisite, not only revelling in the expressive beauty of Rachmaninov's invention, but also managing to draw out lots of interesting inner melodic voices" - BBC Music Magazine (***** Instrumental Choice)

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Suite in D minor, I. Lento - Allegro Moderato
      • 2. II. Lento
      • 3. III. Menuetto
      • 4. IV. Allegro
      • 5. The Star Spangled Banner (John Stafford-Smith)
      • 6. Hopak (The Fair at Sorochyntsi) (Mussorgsky)
      • 7. Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3
      • 8. Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5
      • 9. Lullaby (Tchaikovsky)
      • 10. The Flight Of The Bumble Bee (The Tale Of Tsar Saltan) (Rimsky-Korsakov)
      • 11. Suite from Partita in E major, BWV 1006 (J.S. Bach), I. Prelude
      • 12. II. Gavotte
      • 13. III. Gigue
      • 14. Wohin? D795 No. 2 (from Die Schone Mullerin) (Schubert)
      • 15. Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61 (Mendelssohn)
      • 16. Menuet from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 (Bizet)
      • 17. Polka De V.R.
      • 18. Liebesleid (Kreisler)
      • 19. Liebesfreud (Kreisler)

      Disc 2

      • 1. Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 28., I. Allegro Moderato
      • 2. II. Lento
      • 3. III. Allegro Molto
      • 4. Etudes tableaux, Op. 33, I. Allegro Non Troppo (F minor)
      • 5. II. Allegro (C major)
      • 6. III. Grave (C minor)
      • 7. IV. Moderato (D minor)
      • 8. V. Non Allegro Presto (E flat minor)
      • 9. VI. Allegro Con Fuoco (E flat major)
      • 10. VII. Moderato (G minor)
      • 11. VIII. Grave (C Sharp minor)

      Disc 3

      • 1. 4 Pieces, I. Romance
      • 2. II. Prelude
      • 3. III. Melodie
      • 4. IV. Gavotte
      • 5. Fughetta
      • 6. Prelude in F major
      • 7. Fugue in D minor
      • 8. Morceau De Fantaisie Delmo
      • 9. Song Without Words in D minor
      • 10. 3 Nocturnes, I. F Sharp minor
      • 11. II. F major
      • 12. III. C minor
      • 13. Canon in E minor
      • 14. 4 Improvisations, I. Moderato (E minor)
      • 15. II. Allegretto (C major)
      • 16. III. Allegro Scherzando (B flat minor)
      • 17. IV. Largo (F minor)
      • 18. Prelude in D minor Op. Posth.
      • 19. Fragments
      • 20. Oriental Sketch