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Cover of CDA66047 - Rachmaninov: Piano Sonatas
CDA66047

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Recording details: January 1982
Art Workers Guild, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: May 1988
Total duration: 56 minutes 58 seconds

'Outstanding... dazzling. Here is Rachmaninov playing of enormous stylistic panache' (Hi Fi News)

'A highly commendable disc' (Penguin Guide)

'Le charme est allié à la plus grande probité intellectuelle. Du grand art' (Répertoire, France)

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
Piano Sonatas
Howard Shelley (piano)
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Piano Sonata No 1 in D minor Op 28
1
Allegro moderato  [13'38]
2
Lento  [9'35]
3
Allegro molto  [14'06]
Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor Op 36
4
Allegro agitato – Meno mosso  [8'01]
5
Non allegro – Lento – Più mosso  [5'57]
6
Allegro molto – Poco meno mosso – Presto  [5'41]
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