Rachmaninov: Preludes Op 32

CDA66082

Recording details: April 1983
St George the Martyr, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: June 1988
Total duration: 47 minutes 2 seconds

BBC RECORD REVIEW 'BUILDING A LIBRARY' FIRST CHOICE
THE GUARDIAN 'BEST OF THE YEAR'

'Readings of a true keyboard aristocrat' (BBC Record Review, First Choice)

'A compellingly individual interpreter' (Penguin Guide)

'These masterly performances can, I think, lay claim to being the finest, certainly the most individual, that we have yet heard on disc' (Hi-Fi News)

'Exceptional finesse...mirrored in beautifully natural and refined sound' (BBC Record Review, First Choice)

'An essential recommendation' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'Nothing less than a revelation' (The Guardian)

'Elegant and scintillating' (Gramophone)

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

Preludes Op 32

Howard Shelley (piano)

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		Preludes Op 32 English Français Deutsch
1		No 1 in C major: Allegro vivace [1'18]
2		No 2 in B flat minor: Allegretto [2'57]
3		No 3 in E major: Allegro vivace [2'31]
4		No 4 in E minor: Allegro con brio [5'55]
5		No 5 in G major: Moderato [3'04]
6		No 6 in F minor: Allegro appassionato [1'26]
7		No 7 in F major: Moderato [2'54]
8		No 8 in A minor: Vivo [1'49]
9		No 9 in A major: Allegro moderato [3'06]
10		No 10 in B minor: Lento [6'06]
11		No 11 in B major: Allegretto [2'35]
12		No 12 in G sharp minor: Allegro [2'37]
13		No 13 in D flat major: Grave [5'18]
14		Prelude in F major [2'52]
15		Prelude in D minor Op posth. [2'34]