Artur Pizarro - Sergei Rachmaninoff: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2 '2015

Tracks list

Tracklist

01. 13 Preludes, Op. 32: I. Allegro vivace (C major)
02. 13 Preludes, Op. 32: II. Allegretto (B-flat minor)
03. 13 Preludes, Op. 32: III. Allegro vivace (E major)
04. 13 Preludes, Op. 32: IV. Allegro con brio (E minor)
05. 13 Preludes, Op. 32: V. Moderato (G major)
06. 13 Preludes, Op. 32: VI. Allegro appassionato (F minor)
07. 13 Preludes, Op. 32: VII. Moderato (F major)
08. 13 Preludes, Op. 32: VIII. Vivo (A Minor)
09. 13 Preludes, Op. 32: IX. Allegro moderato (A major)
10. 13 Preludes, Op. 32: X. Lento (B minor)
11. 13 Preludes, Op. 32: XI. Allegretto (B major)
12. 13 Preludes, Op. 32: XII. Allegro (G-sharp minor)
13. 13 Preludes, Op. 32: XIII. Grave – Allegro (D-Flat Major)
14. Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Theme-Largo
15. Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation I-Moderato
16. Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation II-Allegro
17. Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation III
18. Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation IV
19. Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation V-Meno mosso
20. Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation VI-Meno mosso
21. Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation VII-Allegro
22. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation VIII
23. Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation IX
24. Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation X-Più vivo
25. Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation XI-Lento
26. Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation XII-Moderato
27. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation XIII-Largo
28. Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation XIV-Moderato
29. Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation XV-Allegro scherzando
30. Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation XVI-Lento
31. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation XVII-Grave
32. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation XVIII-Più Mosso
33. Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation XIX-Allegro vivace
34. Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation XX-Presto
35. Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation XXI-Andante
36. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation Xxii-Maestoso
37. Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3: I. Elegie
38. Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3: II. Prélude
39. Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3: III. Mélodie
40. Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3: IV. Polichinelle
41. Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3: V. Sérénade
42. 10 Preludes, Op. 23: I. Largo (F-sharp minor)
43. 10 Preludes, Op. 23: II. Maestoso (B-flat major)
44. 10 Preludes, Op. 23: III. Tempo di minuetto (D minor)
45. 10 Preludes, Op. 23: IV. Andante cantabile (D major)
46. 10 Preludes, Op. 23: V. Alla marcia (G minor)
47. 10 Preludes, Op. 23: VI. Andante (E-flat major)
48. 10 Preludes, Op. 23: VII. Allegro (C minor)
49. 10 Preludes, Op. 23: VIII. Allegro Vivace (A-Flat Major)
50. 10 Preludes, Op. 23: IX. Presto (E-flat minor)
51. 10 Preludes, Op. 23: X. Largo (G-flat major)


Described as a “poet amongst pianists”, Portuguese artist Artur
Pizarro presents a new recording of the complete solo piano works of Sergei
Rachmaninoff. A former winner of the Leeds Piano Competition, 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”. Tracing
Rachmaninoff’s development as a composer from the early Nocturnes and his
encounters with Tchaikovsky as a teenage student of Nikolai Zverev in the 1880s,
to the so-called ‘Corelli Variations’ of the 1930s, this landmark
release shines a new light on every aspect of this remarkable oeuvre. From the
famed thunder claps of the C# minor Prelude, via the monumental passion of the
two sonatas to the tender lyricism of many of the lesser-known miniatures,
Pizarro imbues every page of this music with the fire and feeling for melodic
contour for which his playing has become so admired.

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