Disc Details
Earl Wild: Rachmaninoff (Variations, Sonata No. 2, Preludes)
Disc.Contnets
Ivory Classics CD-78002(2CDs)
Earl Wild: Rachmaninoff (Variations, Sonata No. 2, Preludes)
-- DISC 1 --
Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943):
- [1-01] Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op. 22 26:38 ('91)
- [1-02] Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op. 42 17:40 ('91)
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov / Sergei Rachmaninov
Felix Mendelssohn / Sergei Rachmaninov
Fritz Kreisler / Sergei Rachmaninov
-- DISC 2 --
Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36
- [2-01] 1st Mvt.: Allegro agitato 07:39 ('93)
- [2-02] 2nd Mvt.: Non allegro 06:18 ('93)
- [2-03] 3rd Mvt.: Allegro molto 05:55 ('93)
Ten Preludes, Op. 23
- [2-04] Prelude in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 23 No. 1 03:24 ('93)
- [2-05] Prelude in B-Flat Major, Op. 23 No. 2 03:37 ('93)
- [2-06] Prelude in D Minor, Op. 23 No. 3 02:40 ('93)
- [2-07] Prelude in D Major, Op. 23 No. 4 04:13 ('93)
- [2-08] Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23 No. 5 03:35 ('93)
- [2-09] Prelude in E-Flat Major, Op. 23 No. 6 02:35 ('93)
- [2-10] Prelude in C Minor, Op. 23 No. 7 02:22 ('93)
- [2-11] Prelude in A-Flat Major, Op. 23 No. 8 02:57 ('93)
- [2-12] Prelude in E-Flat Minor, Op. 23 No. 9 01:58 ('93)
- [2-13] Prelude in G-Flat Major, Op. 23 No. 10 03:41 ('93)
Nine Preludes, Op. 32
- [2-14] Prelude in C Major, Op. 32 No. 1 01:13 ('93)
- [2-15] Prelude in D-Flat Major, Op. 32 No. 2 02:56 ('93)
- [2-16] Prelude in E Major, Op. 32 No. 3 02:19 ('93)
- [2-17] Prelude in E Minor, Op. 32 No. 4 05:08 ('93)
- [2-18] Prelude in G Major, Op. 32 No. 5 02:49 ('93)
- [2-19] Prelude in F Minor, Op. 32 No. 6 01:28 ('93)
- [2-20] Prelude in F Major, Op. 32 No. 7 02:16 ('93)
- [2-21] Prelude in A Minor, Op. 32 No. 8 01:41 ('93)
- [2-22] Prelude in B Minor, Op. 32 No. 10 02:40 ('93)
Piano: Earl Wild
Producer: Michael Rolland Davis
Engineer: Ed Thompson
Baldwin Piano Technicians: Andrei Svetlichny, Greg Comly, Stewart Cole
Sergei Rachmaninoff was rare among the great composers of history in that he was also a famed conductor and pianist, in equal measure. On these discs, of course, our attention is on his work as a composer and transcriber, but we must not forget the musical scope of this genius. He was renowned as a conductor and pianist, no less than as a composer, enjoying an international reputation and immense popularity for his work in all three arenas. He was the last great proponent of late Russian Romanticism.
Disc.Reviews
American Record Guide review 1 of CD-78002 (PDF document)
American Record Guide review 2 of CD-78002 (PDF document)
American Record Guide review 3 of CD-78002 (PDF document)
American Record Guide, Jan. 2010
