Boris Giltburg - Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux & Moments Musicaux '2016

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. Études-tableaux, Op. 39: No. 1, Allegro agitato
02. Études-tableaux, Op. 39: No. 2, Lento assai
03. Études-tableaux, Op. 39: No. 3, Allegro molto
04. Études-tableaux, Op. 39: No. 4, Allegro assai
05. Études-tableaux, Op. 39: No. 5, Appassionato
06. Études-tableaux, Op. 39: No. 6, Allegro
07. Études-tableaux, Op. 39: No. 7, Lento
08. Études-tableaux, Op. 39: No. 8, Allegro moderato
09. Études-tableaux, Op. 39: No. 9, Allegro moderato
10. 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16: No. 1, Andantino
11. 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16: No. 2, Allegretto
12. 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16: No. 3, Andante cantabile
13. 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16: No. 4, Presto
14. 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16: No. 5, Adagio sostenuto
15. 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16: No. 6, Maestoso


Pianist Boris Giltburg sees Rachmaninov’s Études-tableaux, Op. 39 as
cinematic short stories or colourful tone paintings. In contrast, the
unashamedly beautiful Moments musicaux are concentrated explorations of a single
idea or mood, from struggle and pain towards light and genuine joy. In these
collections, which contain some of the composer’s most affecting music,
Rachmaninov shows himself to be a master of the meticulously crafted short-form
genre.

Pianist Boris Giltburg’s recordings for Naxos continue with some of
Rachmaninov’s best loved solo repertoire. Giltburg’s 2015 Schumann
program (8573399) was widely acclaimed, BBC Music Magazine stating that
“His tone is pure velvet, cushioned and almost vocal in quality with never
a hint of harshness—and complemented here by excellent
recording—and the phrasing is always eloquent.” This was followed
soon after by a program of Beethoven sonatas (8573400), admired by Gramophone:
“Giltburg’s highly articulated fingerwork… gives appropriate
variety and character to the gnarly writing… Naxos provides superb,
full-bodied and detailed sound.”

These works are always popular on record and we have of course visited this
repertoire before, notably in highly regarded recordings made in the 1990s by
the remarkable Idil Biret. With multiple award-winning artist Boris Giltburg we
have the opportunity of bringing a freshly imaginative view onto some of the
20th century’s finest Russian piano music, and introducing it to
Companion Titles – his growing cohort of fans in the 21st.

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