Rachmaninov: The Transcriptions

CDA66486

Recording details: February 1991
St Michael's Church, Highgate, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Stephen Johns
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: November 1991
DISCID: D70C540F
Total duration: 51 minutes 7 seconds

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE

'A true keyboard aristocrat' (Gramophone)

'Rachmaninov's mix of Slavonic wit and melancholy is caught to perfection' (Gramophone)

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

The Transcriptions

Howard Shelley (piano)

Buy by post £13.99 (Archive Service)Show download options

Archive Service; also available on CDS44041/8

LISTEN TO ALL EXTRACTS

1		The flight of the bumblebee (Transcription from Skazka o Tsare Saltane 'The Tale of Tsar Saltan') [1'12] Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), arr. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
2		Liebeslied [4'10] Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), arr. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
3		Minuet (Transcription from L'arlésienne suite No 1) [2'52] Georges Bizet (1838-1875), arr. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
4		Wohin? (No 2 of Die schöne Müllerin, D795) [2'36] Franz Schubert (1797-1828), arr. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
5		Hopak (Transcription from Sorochinskaya yarmarka 'Sorotchinsky fair') [1'41] Modest Musorgsky (1839-1881), arr. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
		Partita No 3 in E major BWV1006 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
6		Movement 1: Prelude [3'33]
7		Movement 3: Gavotte [2'40]
8		Movement 6: Gigue [1'43]
9		Margaritki 'Daisies' (No 3 of Songs, Op 38) [2'12]
10		Scherzo (Transcription from Ein Sommernachtstraum, Op 21) [4'18] Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), arr. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
11		Siren' 'Lilacs' (No 5 of Songs, Op 21) [2'27]
12		Polka de V R (Transcription from Lachtauben 'The little laughing dove') [4'02] Franz Behr (1837-1898), arr. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
13		Kolïbel'naya pesnya 'Cradle song' (No 1 of Shest Romansov 'Six Romances', Op 16) [4'05] Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), arr. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
14		Liebesfreud [6'55] Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), arr. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
15		Vocalise (No 14 of Songs, Op 34) [6'41] arr. Zoltán Kocsis (b1952)

Other albums in this series

Rachmaninov: Variations

Howard Shelley (piano)

MP3 £5.99FLAC £5.99ALAC £5.99Buy by post £13.99 (ARCHIVE SERVICE) CDA66009 Archive Service; also available on CDS44041/8 Download currently discounted

Rachmaninov: Piano Sonatas

Howard Shelley (piano)

MP3 £3.50FLAC £3.50ALAC £3.50Buy by post £13.99 (ARCHIVE SERVICE) CDA66047 Archive Service; also available on CDS44041/8 Download currently discounted

Rachmaninov: Preludes Op 23

Howard Shelley (piano)

MP3 £6.99FLAC £6.99ALAC £6.99Buy by post £13.99 (ARCHIVE SERVICE) CDA66081 Archive Service Only

Rachmaninov: Preludes Op 32

Howard Shelley (piano)

MP3 £4.99FLAC £4.99ALAC £4.99Buy by post £13.99 (ARCHIVE SERVICE) CDA66082 Archive Service; also available on CDS44041/8

Rachmaninov: Moments musicaux & Morceaux de salon

Howard Shelley (piano)

MP3 £5.99FLAC £5.99ALAC £5.99Buy by post £13.99 (ARCHIVE SERVICE) CDA66184 Archive Service; also available on CDS44041/8

Rachmaninov: Études-tableaux

Howard Shelley (piano)

MP3 £5.99FLAC £5.99ALAC £5.99Buy by post £6.99 CDH55403 Helios (Hyperion's budget label)

Rachmaninov: The Complete Solo Piano Music

Howard Shelley (piano)

MP3 £39.99FLAC £39.99ALAC £39.99Buy by post £55.92 CDS44041/8 8CDs Boxed set (at a special price)

Hyperion Records