Piano Concerto no. 2 / Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & Jorge Luis Prats & Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México & Enrique Bátiz

This is a paired release of two orchestral works by Sergei Rachmaninoff, composed in 1900–01 and 1934 respectively. Both pieces exemplify Rachmaninoff's late-Romantic idiom, featuring expansive melodic writing, rich chromatic harmony and virtuosic piano writing against full orchestral textures, with the earlier work marking a crucial early-career recovery and the later reflecting a mature, variation-based approach to piano virtuosity.
First released: 1991

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato
    10:05
  2. 2.
    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
    10:52
  3. 3.
    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: III. Allegro scherzando
    11:19
  4. 4.
    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
    22:26

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